Category: P

The name by which the complainant or plaintiff Is known in the eccle- siastical courts, and in the Scotch law.

See INSANITT. 970 QILE ACCESSIONUM Q

In Scotch law. The decisions of the court of session, as evidence of the practice or custom of the country. Bell.

Lat In Roman law. The name of an ollicer who, from the time of Augustus, had tbe superintendence of the city and its police, with jurisdiction extending one hundred miles from the

In old Scotch practice. A form of action known in the forms of the court of session, by which a delay to discuss a suspension or advocation was got the better of.

Silent uniform course of practice, uninterrupted though not supported by legal decisions. See Cal t on v. Bragg, 15 East, 220; Thompson v. Musser, 1 Dall. 404, 1 L. Ed. 222. Precedents

This term, in its natural and ordinary signification, is understood to be something greater or superior iu power and influence to others, with which it is connected or compared. So understood, a

This officer, so constituted by letters patent, has preaudience over the bar after tlie attorney and solicitor general and queen’s advocate. 3 Steph. Comm. (7th Ed.) 274, note.

Keeping safe from harm; avoiding Injury, destruction, or decay. This term always presupposes a real or existing danger. See Gribble v. Wilsou, 101 Tenn. 612, 49 S. W. 736; Neuendorff v. Dur-

Not agreeable to law; exceeding the limits of law; not legal.

The first mowing; a grant of a right to have the first crop of grass. 1 Chit. Pr. 181.

Lat. In the civil law. The prince; the emperor. Princeps et respublica ex jnsta causa possnnt rem meam auferre. 12 Coke, 13. The prince and the republic, for a just cause, can

One who is deprived of his liberty; one who is against his will kept in confinement or custody. A person restrained of his liberty upon any action, civil or criminal, or upon

For; in respect of; on account of; in behalf of. The introductory word of many Latin phrases.

As a matter of form. 3 East, 232; 2 Kent, Comm. 215.

For himself; in his own behalf; in person.

mediate proceedings are presumed. 1 Greenl. Ev. S 20.

Lat In the Roman law. A girding or preparing for battle. Testa- mcntum in procinctu, a will made by a soldier, while girding himself, or preparing to engage in battle. Adams, Rom.

In French law. An attorney ; one who has received a commission from another to act on his behalf. There were in France two classes of procurcurs: Procurcurs ad ncgotia, appointed by

In old English law. An offer or proffer; an offer or endeavor to proceed In an, action, by any man concerned to do so. Cowell. A return made by a sheriff of