Category: P

In Spanish law. People; all the inhabitants of any country or place, without distinction. A town, township, or municipality. White, New Itecop. b. 2, tit. 1, c. 6, I 4. This term

Relating to punishment; having the character of punishment or penalty ; inflicting punishment or a penalty.

A term used in heraldry; the color commonly called “purple,” expressed in engravings by lines in bend sinister. In the arms of princes it was formerly called “mercury,” and in those of

as applied to a bond, or any other legal instrument, signifies bringing an action upon it, or making it the subject of an action.

A practical construction of a couslitution or statute is one determined, not by judicial decision, but practice sanctioned by general consent. Farmers’ & Mechanics’ Bank v. Smith, 3 Serg. & it. tl’a.)

Such as arise merely and immediately from the ground ; as grain of all sorts, hops, hay, wood, fruit, herbs. 2 Bl. Comm. 23; 2 Steph. Comm. 722.

ly happens. Post v. Pearsall, 22 Wend. (N. Y.) 425, 475. Praesnmptio violenta plena probatio. Co. Litt 66. Strong presumption Is full proof. Praesnmptio violenta valet in lege. Strong presumption is of

Liable to be returned or rendered up at the mere demand or request of another; lience held or retained only ou sufferance or by permission; aud by au extension of meaning, doubtful,

In Scotch practice. To examine beforehand. Arkley, 232.

A forejudgment; bias; preconceived opinion. A leaning towards one side of a cause for some reason other than a conviction of its justice. Willis v. State, 12 Ga. 449; Hungerford v. Cushing,

In ecclesiastical law. A clerk who has been presented by his patron to a bishop in order to be instituted in a church.

In canon law. A fund or revenue appropri ated by the founder for the subsistence of a priest, without being erected into any title or benefice, chapel, prebend, or priory. It is

impartiality, as it is said, lets the point of it fall upon one of the three names nominated for each county, etc., and the person upon whose name it chances to fail

Lat. To the one first coming. An executor anciently paid debts as they were presented, whether the assets were sufficient to meet all debts or not. Stim. Law Gloss.

Fr. In French law. Prize; captured property. Ord. Mar. liv. 3, tit. 9. See Dole v. Insurance Co., 6 Allen (Mass.) 373.

The benefit of clergy, (q. v.) Privilegium est beneficium personale, et extinguitnr cum persona. 3 Bulst. 8. A privilege is a personal benefit, and dies with the person. Privileginm est quasi privata

As a dowry; bytitle of dowry. A species of usucaption.Dig. 41, 9. See Id. 5, 3, 13, 1.

As a possessor; by title of a possessor. Dig. 41, 5. See Id. 5, 3, 13. Pro possessore habetnr qui dolo in- juriave desiit possidere. He is esteemed a possessor whose possession

The act or process of proving a will. The proof before an ordinary, surrogate, register, or other duly authorized person that a document produced before him for official recognition and registration, and

tion of proceedings against him and to compel his appearance, in either civil or criminal cases. See State v. Gnilbert. 50 Ohio St. 575, 47 N. E. 551, 3S L. R. A.