Category: P

L. Fr. Near. Cy pros, so near; as near. See CY PKES.

See PEINE FORTE ET DURE.

In the civil law. Tbe right of a judge to take cognizance of an action over which he has concurrent juris- diction with another judge. In canon law. The right which a

A law French word, signifying first; primary.

The chief of a convent; next in dignity to an abbot.

Persons connected together, or having a mutual interest in the same action or thing, by some relation other thau that of actual contract between them; persons whose interest in an estate is

For the defendant. Commonly abbreviated “pro def.”

As a legacy; by the title of a legacy. A species of usucaption. Dig. 41, 8.

Lat. In the civil law. A great-grandmother. Inst. 3, 6, 3; Dig. 38, 10, 1, 5.

This word is commonly opposed to the sum of legal principles consti- tuting the substance of the law, and denotes the body of rules, whether of practice or ot pleading, whereby rights

The writing or instrument which authorizes a procurator to act Cowell; Termes de la Ley.

Treasonably. This is a technical word formerly used in indictments for treason, when they were written in Latin. Tomlins.

In practice. The name of a writ issued by a superior court, directed to the judge and parties of a suit in an inferior court, commanding them to cease from the prosecution

A plaintiff In a suit of duplex querela, (q. v.) 2 Prob. Div. 192.

PK0P:02 SO- BRINA. Lat. In the civil law. The son or daughter of a great-uncle or great-aunt, paternal or maternal. Inst. 3, 0, 3.

This term is almost synonymous with “owner,” (q. v.,) as in the phrase “riparian proprietor.” A person entitled to a trade-mark or a design under the acts for the registration or patenting

A document published by a company or corporation, or by persons acting as its agents or assignees, setting forth the nature and objects of an issue of shares, debentures, or other securities

As appears by the record. In the Latin phraseology of pleading, this was the proper for- mula for making reference to a record.

Immediate; nearest; next in order.

Lat. In the civil law. Public law; that law which regards the state of the commonwealth. Inst. 1, 1, 4.