Category: P

In French law. An officer of the imperial court who either personally or by his deputy prosecutes every one who is accused of a crime according to the forms of French law.

A public declaration respecting something. Cod. 10, 41, 6. In ecclesiastical law. The act of entering into a religious order. See 17 Vin. Abr. 645. Also a calling, vocation, known employment ;

A declaration, verbal or written, made by one person to another for a good or valuable consideration in the nature of a covenant by which the promisor binds himself to do or

Lat. In the civil law. A great-grandfather’s brother. Inst 3, 6, 3; Bract, fol. 686.

In Spanish law. Property. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit. 7, c. 5,

In criminal law. A criminal action; a proceeding instituted and carried on by due course of law, before a competent tribunal, for the purpose of determining the guilt or innocence of a

Those who adhered to the doctrine of Luther; so called because, in 1529, they protested against a decree of the emperor Charles V. and of the diet of Spires, and declared that

In old English law. A provider, or purveyor. Spelman. Also a person nominated to be the next incumbent of a benefice (not yet vacant) by the pope.

Lat In Roman law. A farmer of the customs; a publican. Calvin.

Fr. Paternal power. In the French law, the male parent has the following rights over the person of his child: (1) If child is under sixteen years of age, he may procure

The act of cleansing or exonerating one’s self of a crime, accusation, or suspicion of guilt by denying the charge on oath or by ordeal. Canonical purgation was made by the party’s

In old English law. A providing of necessaries for the king’s house. Cowell.

In feudal law. A kind of benefices, so called because they were possessed by the more eminent templars, whom the chief master by his authority created and called “frwecptores Templi.”

The fee paid on suing out the writ of covenant, on levying fines, before the fine was passed. 2 Bl. Comm. 350.

An extensive tract of level or rolling land, destitute of trees, covered with coarse grass, and usually characterized by a deep, fertile soil. Webster. See Buxton v. Railroad Co., 58 Mo. 45;

other like officer, for the bringing of a person or record before him. Cowell. The direction formerly issued by a sheriff to the proper returning officers of cities and boroughs within his

In French law. The name given to the public functionary who is charged in chief with the administration of the laws, in each department of the country. Merl. Repert See Crespin v.

L. Fr. To take. The power or right of taking a thing without waiting for it to be offered. See A PKENDEB.

main direction and administration of their concerns. Roe v. Bank of Versailles, 167 Mo. 406, 67 S. W. 303. The chief executive magistrate of a state or nation, particularly under a democratic

In Scotch law. A courthouse, or hall of justice. 3 How. State Tr. 425.