Category: P

Lat. It is tried or proved.

Lat. In the Roman law. Originally a consul whose command was pro- longed after his office had expired. An officer with consular authority, but without the title of “consul.” The governor of

Lat. In Roman law. A prodigal; a spendthrift; a person whose ex- travagant habits manifested an inability to administer his own affairs, and for whom a guardian might therefore be appointed.

In civil engineering, a drawing representing the elevation of the various points on the plan of a road, or the like, above soma fixed elevation. Pub. St. Mass. 1SS2, p. 1294.

One who makes a promise.

that they cannot be transferred from him. or i-case to be his, without liis own act or default. 2 1,1. Comm. 389. In the law of wills, a bequest or devise “to

Lat. In the civil and old English law. Property; that which is one’s own; ownership. Proprictas plena, full property, including not only the title, but the usufruct, or ex- clusive right to

Lat. In the civil law. A father-in-law’s father; grandfather of wife.

The title given to an officer who officiates as principal clerk of some courts. Vin. Ahr. See Trehilcox v. McAlpine, 46 Hun (N. Y.) 469; Whitney v. Hopkins, 135 Pa. 246, 19

The principal magistrate of a royal burgh in Scotland; also a governing officer of a university or college.

Lat Of public right This term, as applied to a thing or right, means that it is open to or exercisable by all persons. When a thing is common property, so that

The plaintiff, or actor.

Fr. In French law. Au expression used to describe the act of freeing an estate from the mortgages and privileges with which It is charged, observing the formalities prescribed by law. Duverger.

That part of a statute commencing with the words “Be it enacted,” and continuing as far as the repealing clause; and hence, the design, contemplation, purpose, or scope of the act. See

By this phrase is meant a right or power to do some act, together with an interest in the subject-matter on which the power is to be exercised. It is distinguished from

The punishment of casting headlong from some high place.

Lat. In Roman law. A payment in advance of the whole or part of the share which a given heir would be entitled to receive out of an inheritance; cor- responding generally

Lat. Use; practice. Praxis judicum est interpres legum. Hob. 96. The practice of the judges is the interpreter of the laws.

In English ecclesiastical law. A right of the crown to name to the first prebend that becomes vacant after the accession of the sovereign, in every church of the empire. This right

The act of an insolvent debtor who, in distributing his property or in assigning it for the benefit of his creditors, pays or secures to oue or more creditors the full amount