Category: P

Introductory; initiatory ; preceeding; temporary and provisional ; as preliminary examination, Injunction, articles of peace, etc.

In criminal practice. The written notice taken by a grand jury of any offense, from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them at the suit of

To feign or simulate; to hold that out as real which is false or baseless. Rrown v. Perez (Tex. Civ. App.) 25 S. W. 9S3; Powell v. Yeazel, 40 Neb. 225, 04

A minister of a church. A person in the second order of the ministry, as distinguished from bishops aud deacons.

Lat In old English law. A first-born or eldest son. Bract, fol. 33. PRIMUM DECRETUM. Lat In the canon law. The first decree; a preliminary decree granted on the non-appearance of a

oned debtor, who is out on bonds, may go at will. See GAOL.

A person who is In privity with another. See PRIVIES; I’RIVITT. As an adjective, the word has practically the same meaning as “private.”

In pleading. For this that. This is a phrase of affirmation, and is sufficiently direct and positive for introducing a material averment. 1 Sauud. 117, no. 4; 2 Chit. PI. 369-393.

Proportionately; according to a certain rate, percentage, or proportion. Thus, the creditors (of the same class) of an insolvent estate are to be paid pro rata: that is, each is to receive

The act of proving; evidence; proof. Also trial; test; the time of novitiate. Used In the latter sense iu the monastic orders. In modern criminal administration, allowing a person convicted of some

In English practice. A writ for tbe continuance of process after the death of the chief jus- tice or other justices iu the commission of oyer and terminer. Reg. Orig. 128. Processus

In criminal law, and in analogous uses elsewhere, to “procure” is to Initiate a proceeding to cause a thing to be done; to instigate; to contrive, bring about, effect, or cause. See

Irreverence towards sacred things; particularly, an irreverent or blasphemous use of the name of God; punishable by statute in some jurisdictions.

The unnecessary and superfluous statement of facts in pleading or in evidence. This will be rejected as impertinent. 7 Price, 278, note.

First notary. See PBO- THONOTARY.

Z Lat. The person proposed : the person from whom a descent Is traced.

Prolonging or putting off to another day. In English law, a pro- rogation is the continuance of the parliament from one session to another, as an ad- journment is a continuation of

quent estate, the consent of the protector being made necessary for that purpose.

In Scotch practice. An action for proving the tenor of a lost deed. Bell.

curring in putrefying fish and the tyrotoxi- cons of decomposing milk and milk products.