Category: P

Not agreeable to law; exceeding the limits of law; not legal.

The first mowing; a grant of a right to have the first crop of grass. 1 Chit. Pr. 181.

Lat. In the civil law. The prince; the emperor. Princeps et respublica ex jnsta causa possnnt rem meam auferre. 12 Coke, 13. The prince and the republic, for a just cause, can

One who is deprived of his liberty; one who is against his will kept in confinement or custody. A person restrained of his liberty upon any action, civil or criminal, or upon

For; in respect of; on account of; in behalf of. The introductory word of many Latin phrases.

As a matter of form. 3 East, 232; 2 Kent, Comm. 215.

For himself; in his own behalf; in person.

mediate proceedings are presumed. 1 Greenl. Ev. S 20.

Lat In the Roman law. A girding or preparing for battle. Testa- mcntum in procinctu, a will made by a soldier, while girding himself, or preparing to engage in battle. Adams, Rom.

In French law. An attorney ; one who has received a commission from another to act on his behalf. There were in France two classes of procurcurs: Procurcurs ad ncgotia, appointed by

In old English law. An offer or proffer; an offer or endeavor to proceed In an, action, by any man concerned to do so. Cowell. A return made by a sheriff of

Time added to the duration of something; an extension of the time limited for tlie performance of an agreement. A prolongation of time accorded to the principal debtor will discharge the surety.

Lat In the civil law. The wife of a grandson or great-grandson. Dig. 38, 10, 4, 6.

In French law. The term “propres” or “Mens propres” (as distinguished from “acquets”) denotes all property inherited by a person, whether by devise or ah intcstato. from his direct or collateral relatives,

In the civil law. Among the Romans, a man was said to be “proscribed” when a reward was offered for his head; but the term was more usually applied to those who

1. A formal declaration made by a person interested or concerned in some act about to be done, or already performed, and in relation thereto, whereby he expresses his dissent or disapproval,

A condition or provision which is inserted in a deed, lease, mortgage, or contract, and on the performance or nonperformance of which the validity of the deed, etc., frequently depends; it usually

necessarily a place devoted solely to the uses of the public, but a place which is in point of fact public rather than private, a place visited by many persons and usually

In law French. Afterwards; since.

One who acquires real property in any other mode than by descent. One who acquires either real or personal property by buying it for a price in money; a buyer; vendee. In