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PARTIARITJS

Lat. In Roman law. A legatee who was entitled, by the directions of the will, to receive a share or portion of the inheritance left to the heir. PARTICEPS. Lat. A participant;

PARUM CAVISSE VIDETUR

Lat. In Roman law. He seems to have taken too little care; he seems to have been incautious, or not sufficiently upon his guard. A form of expression used by the judge

PASSENGER

A person whom a common carrier has contracted to carry from one place to another, and has, in the course of PASSIAGIARIU9 880 PATENT Nthe performance of that contract, received under his

PATERNA PATERNIS

Lat, Paternal estates to paternal heirs. A rule of the French law, signifying that such portion of a decedent’s estate as came to him from his father must descend to his heirs

PATRINUS

In old ecclesiastical law. A godfather. Spelman.

PAWNEE

The person receiving a pawn, or to whom a pawn Is made; the person to whom goods are delivered by another in pledge.

PECORA

Lat. In Roman law. Cattle; beasts. The term included all quadrupeds that fed in flocks. Dig. 32, 05, 4.

PENALTY

1. The sum of money which the obligor of a bond undertakes to pay by way of penalty, in the event of his omitting to perform or carry out the terms imposed

PENT-ROAD

A road shut up or closed at its terminal points. Wolcott v. Whit- comb, 40 Vt 41.

PER CONSIDERATIONEM CUR IS

Lat. In old practice. By the consideration (judgment) of the court. Yearb. M. 1 Edw. II. 2. PER CURIAM. Lat. By the court. A phrase used in the reports to distinguish an

PER QUOD SERVITIUM AMISIT

Lat. In old pleading. Whereby he lost the service [of his servant.] A phrase used in the old declarations in actions of trespass by a master, for beating or ill using his

PERCEPTURA

In old records. A wear; a place in a river made up with banks, dams, etc., for the better convenience of preserving and taking fish. Cowell.

PERGAMENUM

In old practice. Parchment. In pcrgamcno scribi fccit. 1 And. 54.

PERMUTATIONE

A writ to an ordinary, commanding him to admit a clerk to a benefice upon exchange made with another. Reg. Orig. 307.

PERSONAL

the nature or partaking of the qualities of human beings, or of movable property. As to personal “Action,” “Assets,” “Chattels,” “Contract,” “Covenant,” “Credit,” “De- mand,” “Disability,” “Franchise,” “Injury,” “Judgment,” “Knowledge,” “Law,” “Liability.”

PETTY

Small, minor, of less or inconsiderable importance. The English form of “petit,” and sometimes used instead of that word in such compounds as “petty jury,” “petty larceny,” and “petty treason.” See PETIT.

PICKPOCKET

A thief who secretly steals money or other property from the person of another.

PIN-MONEY

An allowance set apart by a husband for the personal expenses of his wife, for her dress and pocket money. PINCERNA 900 PIX

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