Category: P

An election by the voters of a ward, precinct, or other small district,belonging to a particular party, of representatives or delegates to a convention which is to meet and nominate the candidates

A nation at war with the United States; alsoevery citizen or subject of such nation. Not including robbers, thieves, privatedepredators, or riotous mobs. State v. Moore, 74 Mo. 417. 41 Am. Rep.

A defense which insists that the plaintiff never had the right to institute the suit, or that, if he had, the original rightis extinguished or determined.

One which was available to a party and of which he might have had the benefit if he had pleaded it in due season, but which cannot afterwards be heard as a

One paid on the preferred stock of a corporation; a dividend paid to one classof shareholders in priority to that paid to another. Chaffee v. Railroad Co., 55 Vt 129;Taft v. Railroad

In real property law.A real covenant by the grantor of lands, for himself and his heirs, to warrant anddefend the title and possession of the estate granted, to the grantee and his

In the law of corporations. The right or capacity to act or be acted upon in a par- ticular manner or in respect to a particular subject; as, the power to have

Lat. In practice. Au original writ, drawn up in the alternative, com- manding the defendant to do the tliiug required, or show the reason why he had not done it. 3 IU.

In old English law. A preparatory oath.

A license for the master of a ship to traffic in the ports of a given country, or with the inhabitants of a given port, upon the lifting of quarantine or pro-

Lat In Roman law. Prayers. One of the names of an application to the emperor. Tayl. Civil Law, 230.

To bring before; to prosecute; to try; to proceed with. Thus, preferring an indictment signifies prosecuting or trying an indictment. To give advantage, priority, or privilege; to select for first payment, as

L. Fr. In old English law. A taking of husband; marriage. An exception or plea which might be used to disable a woman from pursuing an appeal of murder against the killer

A body of electors chosen in the different states, whose sole duty it is to elect a president and vice-president of the United States. Each state appoints, in such manner as the

That one of the parties to a suit who successfully prosecutes the action or successfully defends against It, prevailing on the main issue, though not to the extent of his original contention.

First; principal; chief; leading.

Fundamental truths or doctrines of law; comprehensive rules or doctrines which furnish a basis or origin lor others; settled rules of action, procedure, or legal determination.

A taking away or withdrawing. Co. Litt. 239. Privatis pactionibus non dubium est non Iredi jus cseterorum. There is no doubt that the rights of others [third parties] cannot be prejudiced by

In behalf of the body of the realm. Hale, Com. Law, 32.

lands. Thus, lands held by coparceners are held pro indiviso; that is, they are held un- dividedly, neither party being entitled to any specific portions of the land so held, but both