Category: P

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

Forethought; preconceived ; premeditated. See Territory v. Bannl- gan, 1 Dak. 451. 46 N. W. 507; People v. Clark, 7 N. T. 385.

In old practice. A piece or skin of parchment, several of which used to be sewed together in making up a roll or record of proceedings. See 1 Bl. Comm. 183; Townsh.

In the civil law. Deceitful, crafty, or unfaithful conduct; particularly, such as is manifested in concealing a crime. Dig. 47, 15, 6. In English law. A collusion between an informer and a

A chief ecclesiastic; part of the style and title of an archbishop. Thus, the archbishop of Canterbury is styled “Primate of all England ;” the archbishop of York is “Primate of England.”

The art of impressing letters ; the art of making books or papers by impressing legible characters. Arthur v. Moller, 97 U. S. 305, 24 L. Ed. 1040; Le Roy v. Jamison,

Lat Private. Privatum jus, private law. Inst. 1, 1, 4. Privatum commodum publico cedit. Private good yields to public. Jenk. Cent, p. 223, case SO. The interest of au individual should give

For want (failure) of purchasers.

According to his interest; to the extent of his interest. Thus, a third party may be allowed to intervene in a suit pro interessc suo.

Lat. In the civil law. A great paternal aunt; the sister of one’s grandfather.

Lat. A good and lawful man. A phrase particularly applied to a juror or witness who was free from all exception. 3 Bl. Comm. 102.

The generation of children. One of the principal ends of marriage is the procreation of children. lust. tit. 2, in pr.