Category: P

Lat. Management of another’s affairs by bis direction aud in his behalf; procuration; agency. Procnratio est exhibitio sumptuum necessariorum facta prselatis, qui dioe- ceses peragrando, ecclesias subjectas -visitant. Dav. Ir. K. B.

The party calling a witness under the old system of the English ec- clesiastical courts.

Lat. Offspring; progeny ; the issue of a lawful marriage. Proles sequitur sortem paternam. The offspring follows the condition of the father. Lynch v. Clarke, 1 Sandf. Ch. (N. Y.) 583, 600.

The order given to cause a law to be executed, and to make It public; it differs from publication. 1 Bl. Comm. 45.

In old records. Purport ; intention or meaning. Cowell.

For; on account of. The initial word of several Latin phrases.

The English statute 33 Edw. I. St. 1, allowing a challenge to be entered against a protection, etc.

The word used in introducing a proviso (which see.) Ordinarily it sig nifies or expresses a condition ; but this is not invariable, for, according to the context, it may import a

A kind of service of tenure. Blount says it signifies an old-fashioned spur with one point ouly, which the tenant, holding land by this tenure, was to find for the king. Wharton.

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.

An act of parliament, made in Ireland, (10 lieu. VII. c. 22, A. D. 1405;) so called because Sir Edward l’oyuiugs was lieuteuaut there when it was made, whereby all general statutes

A right which is granted for the advantage of one piece of land over another, and which may be exercised by every possessor of the land entitled against every possessor of the

Lat. In Roman law. A president or governor. Called a “nomen generate,” including pro-consuls, legates, and all who governed provinces.

Day-works which the tenants of certain manors were bound to give their lords in harvest time. Magna precaria was a great or general reaping day. Cowell.

In Scotch practice. Preliminary examination. The investigation of a criminal case, preliminary to committing the accused for trial. 2 Alis. Crim. Pr. 134.

See NEGATIVE PREGNANT.

A gift; a gratuity; anything presented or given.