Category: P

One to whom a promise has been made.

That which is fit, suitable, adapted, and correct. See Knox v. Lee, 12 Wall. 457, 20 L. Ed. 2S7; Griswold v. Hep burn, 2 Duv. (Ky.) 20; Westfield v. Warren, 8 N.

n. A proprietor or owner; one who lias the exclusive title to a thing; one who possesses or holds tlie title to a thing in his own right. The grantees of Pennsylvania

Lat. He follows up or pursues; he prosecutes. See NON PBOS.

form of asseveration which approaches very nearly to an oath. Wolff. Inst. Nat.

or actions on the part of one person towards another as tend to arouse rage, resentment, or fury in the latter against the former, and thereby cause him to do some illegal

to public notice, or reuderiug it accessible to public scrutiny. 2. As descriptive of tlie publishing of laws and ordinances, “publication” means printing or otherwise reproducing copies of them and distributing them

Lat. In the civil law. To beat; to accuse or charge; to proceed against at law. Calvin.

To cleanse; to clear; to clear or exonerate from some charge or imputation of guilt, or from a contempt.

In old English law. An officer who procured or purchased articles needed for the king’s use at an arbitrary price. In the statute 36 Edw. III. c. 2, this is called a

In the law of corporations. The right or capacity to act or be acted upon in a par- ticular manner or in respect to a particular subject; as, the power to have

Lat. In practice. Au original writ, drawn up in the alternative, com- manding the defendant to do the tliiug required, or show the reason why he had not done it. 3 IU.

In old English law. A preparatory oath.

A license for the master of a ship to traffic in the ports of a given country, or with the inhabitants of a given port, upon the lifting of quarantine or pro-

Lat In Roman law. Prayers. One of the names of an application to the emperor. Tayl. Civil Law, 230.

To bring before; to prosecute; to try; to proceed with. Thus, preferring an indictment signifies prosecuting or trying an indictment. To give advantage, priority, or privilege; to select for first payment, as

L. Fr. In old English law. A taking of husband; marriage. An exception or plea which might be used to disable a woman from pursuing an appeal of murder against the killer

A body of electors chosen in the different states, whose sole duty it is to elect a president and vice-president of the United States. Each state appoints, in such manner as the

That one of the parties to a suit who successfully prosecutes the action or successfully defends against It, prevailing on the main issue, though not to the extent of his original contention.

First; principal; chief; leading.