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PARANOIA

the name that is given to the form of mental illness that is characterised by hallucinations, delusions and feeling of being persecuted.

PARAMOUR

term used to describe a lover but has no legal relationship with the person.

PARTNER LIMITED

a term used for the partner who has given funds to a partnership but isn’t engaged actively in running the business.

PLEA BAD

the term for a plea that is lacking in facts and its form of presentation.

PROCEEDING COLLATERAL

a proceeding where a certain question is incidentally involved and not for deciding a question.

POSSESSION ACTUAL

a term that is used for the situation where a person occupies the property that he possess.

PARTY WALL

a term given to describe a wall that is built on the line that is between 2 adjoining pieces of land that belong to 2 different people for both of them to

PHYSICAL VIOLENCE

the term that is applied to bodily harm that a person will inflict on another person.

PEER

a term that means your equal.

PROCEEDING LEGAL

the term that is given to the action or a case that is being tried in court.

PAPER PROFIT

the term that is given to the gains that are evident on a financial statement but are not converted to cash for the purposes of taxation.

PROBABLE REASONING

a logic that is based on the supposed or probable fact a person is trying to prove.

POSSESSOR BONA FIDE

the person who occupies property with the conviction that he is the rightful owner.

PRECARIOUS POSSESSION

the possession that is dependent on the pleasure of another personbeing terminated at any time.

PREEMPTION CLAIMANT

a person who claims a property before other people and occupies it and is proceeding according to law to get the title to it.

PATENT LAW

the term given to the branch of law that deals with patents.

PROCESS FINAL

the name that is given to the last court order in a law suit.

PEACE AND QUIET

a term referring to a right to security, freedom and tranquility as is guaranteed by the law.

PRESUME

a term that means to believe, acceot as true or to assume.

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