Category: P

In English law. A tract of inclosed ground privileged for keeping wild beasts of the chase, particularly deer; an inclosed chase extending only over a man’s own grounds. 2 Bl. Comm. 38.

A certain portion of lands, tithes, and offerings, established by law, for the maintenance of the minister who has the cure of souls. Tomlins. The word is more generally used for the

A member of a copartnership or firm ; one who has united with others to form a partnership in business. See PABT- NEKSIIIP.

The grazing or pasturage of cattle.

In feudal law. The procuration or provision which tenants were bound to make for their lords at certain times, or as often as they made a progress to their lands. It was

Lat In Roman law. Paternal authority; the paternal power. This term denotes the aggregate of those peculiar powers and rights which, by the civil law of Rome, belonged to the head of

Lat. In the civil law. A cousin-germau by the father’s side; the son or daughter of a father’s brother. Wharton.

The performance of a duty, promise, or obligation, or discharge of a debt or liability, by the delivery of money or other value. Also the money or other thing so delivered. Brady

Itinerant traders; persons who sell small wares, which they carry with them in traveling about from place to place. In re Wilson. 19 D. C. 341, 12 L. It. A. t’,24 ;

The custom or duty paid for skins of leather.

A standard, banner, or ensign carried in war.

To come in in the per is to claim by or through the person last entitled to an estate; as the heirs or assigns of the grantee. To come in in the

Lat. By the law of the land; by due process of law. U. S v. Kendall. 20 Fed. Cas. 74S; Appeal of Ervine, 10 Pa. 203. 55 Am. Dec. 499; Ithinehart v.

Lat In old English law. By view ol’ the church ; under the supervision of the church. The disposi- tion of intestates’ goods per visum ecciesiw was one of the articles confirmed

Lat In the civil law. That which takes away or destroys forever; hence, exceptio pcremptoria, a plea which is a perpetual bar. Calvin.

In criminal law. The willful assertion as to a matter of fact, opinion, belief, or knowledge, made by a witness in a judicial proceeding as part of his evidence, either upon oath

In Its most extensive sense, “perquisites” signifies anything obtained by industry or purchased with money, dif PERQUISITES 895 PERSONALIS ACTIO ferent from that which descends from a father or ancestor. Bract. 1.

To belong or relate to, whether by nature, appointment or custom. See People v. Chicago Theological Seminary, 174 111. 177, 51 N. E. 198.

A written address, embodying an application or prayer from the person or persons preferring it, to the power, body, or person to whom it is presented, for the exercise of his or

A robber; a plunderer.