Category: P

Z Lat. The person proposed : the person from whom a descent Is traced.

Prolonging or putting off to another day. In English law, a pro- rogation is the continuance of the parliament from one session to another, as an ad- journment is a continuation of

quent estate, the consent of the protector being made necessary for that purpose.

In Scotch practice. An action for proving the tenor of a lost deed. Bell.

curring in putrefying fish and the tyrotoxi- cons of decomposing milk and milk products.

Lat. In the civil law. Childhood; the age from seven to fourteen. 4 Bl. Comm. 22.

Fr. By or for. Used both as a separable particle, and iu the composition of such words as “purparty,” “purlieu.”

To follow a matter judicially, as a complaining party. To pursue a warrant or authority, in the old books, is to execute it or carry it out. Co. Litt. 52a.

In old Scotch law. Petty theft. 2 Pitc. Crim. Tr. 43.

A succession of acts of a similar kind or in a like employment

In Roman law. Conquered towns, governed by an officer called a “prefect” who was chosen in some instances by the people, in others by the praetors. Butl. Ilor. Jur. 29.

whereof. 1 Ld. Raym. 412. PRiETOR. Lat In Roman law. A municipal otlicer of the city of Rome, being the chief judicial magistrate, and possessing an extensive equitable jurisdiction.

An adjudged case or decision of a court of justice, considered as furnishing an example or authority for an identical or similar case afterwards arising or a similar question of law. A

In logic. That which is said concerning the subject in a logical prop- osition ; as, “The law is the perfection of common sense.” “Perfection of common sense,” being affirmed concerning the

A principal minister of state; the prime minister.

The present instrument. The phrase “these presents” is used in any legal document to designate the instrument’ in which the phrase itself occurs.

See FALSE PRETENSE.

Lat. At first sight; on the first appearance; on the face of it; so far as can be judged from the first disclosure ; presumably. A litigating party is said to have

In a general sense, a sovereign ; the ruler of a nation or state. More particularly, the son of a king or emperor, or the issue of a royal family; as princes

The English statute 1 Edw. II. St. 2, (in Rev. St. 23 Edw. I.,) a still unrepealed statute, whereby it is felony for a felon to break prison, but misdemeanor only for