Category: P

The mother church. 1 Steph. Comm. (7th Ed.) 118.

I,at. Principal; a principal debtor; a principal in a crime. Principalis deket semper excuti ante- quam per.cniatizr ad fidcijussores. The principal should always be exhausted before coming upon the sureties. 2 lust.

A vessel owned, equipped, and armed by one or more private individ uals, and duly commissioned by a belligerent power to go ou cruises and make war upon the enemy, usually by

For counsel given. An annuity pro connilio amounts to a condition, but in a feoffment or lease for life, etc., it is the consideration, and does not amount to a condition ;

As undefended; as making no defense. A phrase in old practice. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 41,

For so much ; for as much as may be; as far as it goes.

This name is given, in the practice of the English admiralty courts, to the space of time allowed for the taking of testimony in an action, after issue formed.

An officer of the English court of common pleas.

A term said by Tomlins to be frequently applied in the ancient books to the barons of the realm, particularly as constituting a council or administration or government. It is probably a

L. Lat In old English law. Profits; especially the “issues and profits” of an estate in land. See Co. Litt. 142.

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