Category: P

See POINDING.

among immovables, and were called “prcsdia vulantia,” or “volatile estates.” 2 Bl. Comm. 428.

Lat. In Roman law. Forms of words (of a qualifying character) inserted in the formula; in which the claims in actions were expressed; and, as they occupied an early place In the

In English ecclesiastical law. A stipend granted in cathedral churches ; also, hut improperly, a prebendary. A simple prebend is merely a revenue; a prebend with dignity has some jurisdiction attached to

Lat. In pleading. The commencement of a replication to a plea in bar, by which the plaintiff “says that, by reason of anything in the said plea alleged, he ought not to

In medical Jurisprudence. The state of a female who has within her ovary or womb a fecundated germ, which gradually becomes developed in the latter receptacle. Duugl. Med. Diet.

A mode of acquiring title to incorporeal hereditaments grounded on the fact of immemorial or long-continued enjoyment. See Lucas v. Turnpike Co., 36 W. Vn. 427. 15 S. E. 182; Gayetty v.

In old English law. A payment or performance; the rendering of a service.

The consideration (usually In money) given for the purchase of a thing. It is true that “price” generally means the sum of money which an article is sold for; but this is

Lat. A writ directing a grant of the first benefice in the sovereign’s gift. Cowell. Primo excutienda est verb! vis, ne sermonis vitio obstrnatnr oratio, sive lex sine argument!*. Co. Litt 68.

A legal preference or precedence. When two persons have similar rights in respect of the same subject-matter, but one is entitled to exercise his right to the exclusion of the other, he

age.” Bract, fol. 200. Now called “privileged copyhold,” includi ng the tenure in ancient demesne. 2 Bl. Comm. 00, 100. Privilegia qua; re vera sunt in prae- judicium reipublicae, magis tameu ba-

As master or owner; in the character of master. Calvin.

An ancient writ for partition of lands between co-heirs. Reg. Orig. 316.

such facts and circumstances as would excite the belief in a reasonable mind, acting on the facts within the knowledge of the prosecutor, that the person charged was guilty of the crime

Issues; produce; money obtained by the sale of property; the sum, amount, or value of property sold or converted Into money or into other property. See Hunt v. Williams, 120 Ind. 493,

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.