Category: P

He who has the interest or command of the passage of a river; or a lord to whom a duty Is paid for passage. Wharton.

The father of a family. In Roman law. The head or master of a family. This word is sometimes employed, in a wide sense, as equivalent to sui juris. A person sui

A right or estate inherited from one’s ancestors, particularly from direct male ancestors.

A person whose business is to lend money, usually in small sums, on security of personal property deposited with him or left in pawn. Little Itock v. Barton, 33 Ark. 444; Schaul

A measure of two gallons; a dry measure.

Lat. A foothold; an actual possession. To constitute adverse possession there must be pedis possessio, or a substantial inclosure. 2 Bouv. Inst. no. PEDONES 886 PENAL 2193; Bailey v. Irby, 2 Nott

Punishable; inflicting a punishment; containing a penalty, or relating to a penalty.

One who is supported by an allowance at the will of another; a de- pendent. It is usually applied (in a public sense) to those who receive pensions or annuities from government,

Lat. By consequence; consequently. Yearb. M. 9 Edw. III. 8.

Lat Whereby. When the declaration in an action of tort, after stating the acts complained of, goes on to allege the consequences of those acts as a ground of special damage to

Taking into possession. Thus, perception of crops or of profits is re- ducing them to possession.

The fulfillment or accomplishment of a promise, contract, or other obligation according to its terms.

The exchange of one movable subject for another; barter.

Having the rights and powers of a person; able to hold or maintain a plea in court; also capacity to take anything granted or given. Personae vice fungitnr municipinm et decuria. Towns

In the English ecclesiastical courts, a “suit for perturbation of seat” is the technical name for an action growing out of a disturbance or infringement of one’s right to a pew or

A lawyer who is em- ployed in a small or mean business, or who carries on a disreputable business by unprincipled or dishonorable means. “We think that the term ‘pettifogging shyster” needed

A small parcel of land inclosed with a hedge, which, in some countries, is called a “pingle.” Enc. Lond.

A very singular and odious kind of tenure mentioned by the old writers, “Wilhelmus Hoppeshort tenet di- midiam virgatam terrce per servitium cus- todiendi sex damisellas, sett, meretrices ad usum domini regis.”

In medical Jurisprudence. A term of recent introduction to medical science, signifying curability by means of persuasion, and used as synonymous with “hysteria,” in effect limiting the scope of the latter term

The act of appropriating the literary composition of another, or parts or passages of his writings, or the ideas or language of the same, and passing them off as the product of