Category: P

In the procedure of parliamentary bodies, moving the “previous question” is a method of avoiding a direct vote on the main subject of discus- sion. It is described in May, Pari. Prac.

In English law. First fruits; the first year’s whole profits of a spiritual preferment. 1 Bl. Comm. 284.

To the person first applying. In probate practice, where there are several persons equally entitled to a grant of administration, (e. y., next of kin of the same degree,) the rule of

Possessing or enjoying a privilege; exempt from burdens; entitled to priority or precedence.

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As not written; as though it had not been written; as never written. Ambl. 139.

Likelihood; appearance of truth; verisimilitude. The likelihood of a proposition or hypothesis being true, from its conformity to reason or experience, or from superior evidence or arguments adduced in its favor. People

In practice. The steps or measures taken in the course of an action, including all that are taken. The proceedings of a suit embrace all matters that occur in its progress judicially.

Lat. To take care of another’s affairs for him, or iu his behalf ; to manage ; to take care of or superintend.

A person whose occupation it is to buy or sell agricultural or farm products. 14 U. S. St. at Large, 117; U. S. v. Simons, 1 Abb. (U. S.) 470, Fed. Cas.

Fr. In international law. The draft of a proposed treaty or convention. Prolem ante matrimonium natam, ita ut post legitimam, lex civilis succedere facit in baereditate parentum; sed prolem, quam matrimonium non

To publish; to announce officially; to make public as important or obligatory. See Wooden v. Western New York & P. R. Co. (Super. Ct.) 18 N. Y. Supp. 769.

In Scotch law. To state. To propone a defense is to state or move it 1 Karnes, Eq. pref. In ecclesiastical and probate law. To bring forward for adjudication; to exhibit as

Lat. By its own force; by its intrinsic meaning.

Common lewdness; whoredom; the act or practice of a woman who permits any man who will pay her price to have sexual intercourse with her. See Com. v. Cook, 12 Mete. (Mass.)

To establish a fact or hypothesis as true by satisfactory and sufficient evidence. To present a claim or demand against a bankrupt or insolvent estate, and establish by evidence or affidavit that

A person who is substituted or deputed by another to represent him and act for him, particularly in some meeting or public body. Also the instrument containing the appointment of such person.

Chastity; purity; continence.

An interpreter of the Hindu law ; a learned Brahmin.

A purpresture may be defined as an inclosure by a private party of a part of that which belongs to and ought to be open and free to the enjoyment of the