PRIMOGENITURE
1. The state of being the first-born among several children of the same parents; seniority by birth in the same family. 2. The superior or exclusive right possessed by the eldest son,
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1. The state of being the first-born among several children of the same parents; seniority by birth in the same family. 2. The superior or exclusive right possessed by the eldest son,
L. Fr. A taking in another place. A plea in abatement in the action of replevin. 2 Ld. Raym. 1016, 1017.
The term “privity” means mutual or successive relationship to the same rights of property. The executor is in privity with the testator, the heir with the ancestor, the assignee with the assignor,
As a purchaser; by the title of a purchaser. A species of usucaption. Dig. 41, 4. See Id. 5, 3, 13, 1.
For the plaintiff.
Lat Proof; more particularly direct, as distinguished from Indirect or circumstantial evidence.
A proceeding to determine boundaries, in use in some of tbe United States, similar in all respects to the English perambulation, (q. v.)
The old name for church-wardens. Paroch. Antiq. 562.
In a profane manner. A technical word in indictments for the statutory offense of profanity. See Updegraph v. Com., 11 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 394.
Iu medical jurisprudence. A word used to designate the destruction of the human offspring. Jurists divide the subject into foeticide, or tlie destruction of the foetus in utcro, and infanticide, or the
Lat. In the civil law. A great-granddaughter. Inst 3, 6, 1; Bract, fol. 67. PRONOTARY 955 PROPERTY
A single logical sentence; also an offer to do a thing. See Perry v. Dwelling House Ins. Co., 07 N. II. 291, 33 Atl. 731. OS Am. St. Rep. OGS; Hubbard v.
In Scotch law. A power conferred by consent of the parties upon a judge who would not otherwise be competent.
In English law. By the statute 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c. 74,
In English law. The several archi-episcopal courts in the two ecclesiastical provinces of England.
A method or system of alleviating or curing certain forms of disease, particularly diseases of the nervous system or such as are traceable to nervous disorders, by suggestion, persuasion, encouragement, the inspiration
In the civil law. A condition intermediate between infancy and puberty, continuing in boys from the seventh to the fourteenth year of their age, and In girls from seven to twelve.
Lat. In the civil law. A ward or infant under the age of puberty; a person under the authority of a tutor, (q. v.) Pnpillus pati posse non intelligitur. A pupil or
The person appointed by the master of a ship or vessel, whose duty It is to take care of the ship’s books, in which every thing on board is inserted, as well
In Hindu law. A foot- passenger ; a person employed as a night- watch in a village, and as a runner or messenger on the business of the revenue. Wharton.