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Category: P

PREEMPTION ENTRY

a term for the entering and occupation of public land to create a homestead.

PREDECEASE

a term that is used when a person dies before another.

PRIVILEGED INFORMATION

the term that is given to certain information that is only given to some people and not to other people.

PAIN AND SUFFERING

a term that is applied for the inability to lead a normal life due to mental and physical suffering.

POSITIVE EVIDENCE

1. The eyewitness testimony. 2. Testimony that is seen or heard to take place.

POLICE RECORD

the name of the court file where the records of people convicted of crimes is kept.

PUBLIC GRANT

a term that is used for a gift of land that is from the government.

PENAL LAW

a term that is given to the penal code or a penal statute.

PURE PLEA

a plea that brings new material for the defence.

PLAIN ERROR RULE

The term given to a rule requiring an appellate court to reverse a conviction and start a new trial as an error was made in the first trial.

PERSONAL USE TRUST

a trust that is created for a person’s sole use where any benefits and interest cannot be transferred.

PREMARITAL AGREEMENT

an agreement that is made between a couple before marriage with provisions for property disposal should they separate or divorce.

PROFFER

a term that is used for an offer or to offer.

PEACEABLE ENTRY

the term that is applied to the peaceable entry onto land without using force of any kind.

PERMANENT INJURY

the term that is applied to an injury that has appeared with certainty and will be ongoing and not disappear.

PASSIVE NEGLIGENCE

a term given to the negligence that results from failing to act or perform an obligation.

PEACE OFFICERS

a term used to describe people who are police officers, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, marshals and other people involved with the keeping of the peace.

PER QUOD DEFAMATORY

the term that describes a statement that appears to be slanderous but whose injury needs to be proved.

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