Category: P

Lat. In the civil law. A great-granddaughter. Inst 3, 6, 1; Bract, fol. 67. PRONOTARY 955 PROPERTY

A single logical sentence; also an offer to do a thing. See Perry v. Dwelling House Ins. Co., 07 N. II. 291, 33 Atl. 731. OS Am. St. Rep. OGS; Hubbard v.

In Scotch law. A power conferred by consent of the parties upon a judge who would not otherwise be competent.

In English law. By the statute 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c. 74,

In English law. The several archi-episcopal courts in the two ecclesiastical provinces of England.

A method or system of alleviating or curing certain forms of disease, particularly diseases of the nervous system or such as are traceable to nervous disorders, by suggestion, persuasion, encouragement, the inspiration

In the civil law. A condition intermediate between infancy and puberty, continuing in boys from the seventh to the fourteenth year of their age, and In girls from seven to twelve.

Lat. In the civil law. A ward or infant under the age of puberty; a person under the authority of a tutor, (q. v.) Pnpillus pati posse non intelligitur. A pupil or

The person appointed by the master of a ship or vessel, whose duty It is to take care of the ship’s books, in which every thing on board is inserted, as well

In Hindu law. A foot- passenger ; a person employed as a night- watch in a village, and as a runner or messenger on the business of the revenue. Wharton.

In English law. A court attached to the court of king’s bench, which heard and determined common matters of business and ordinary motions for writs of mandamus, prohibition, etc. It was usually

Lat. Aforesaid. Sometimes abbreviated to “prcefat,” and “p. fat.”

Lat. A pretext; a pretense or color. Prcetcxtu cuius, by pretense, or under pretext whereof. 1 Ld. Raym. 412.

Having the nature of prayer, request, or entreaty; conveying or embodying a recommendation or advice or the expression of a wish, but not a positive command or direction.

A contract or engagement made by a person, which is of such a nature as to preclude him from lawfully entering into another contract of the same nature. See 1 Bish. Mar.

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