Category: P

In English law. A court attached to the court of king’s bench, which heard and determined common matters of business and ordinary motions for writs of mandamus, prohibition, etc. It was usually

Lat. Aforesaid. Sometimes abbreviated to “prcefat,” and “p. fat.”

Lat. A pretext; a pretense or color. Prcetcxtu cuius, by pretense, or under pretext whereof. 1 Ld. Raym. 412.

Having the nature of prayer, request, or entreaty; conveying or embodying a recommendation or advice or the expression of a wish, but not a positive command or direction.

A contract or engagement made by a person, which is of such a nature as to preclude him from lawfully entering into another contract of the same nature. See 1 Bish. Mar.

Introductory; initiatory ; preceeding; temporary and provisional ; as preliminary examination, Injunction, articles of peace, etc.

In criminal practice. The written notice taken by a grand jury of any offense, from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them at the suit of

To feign or simulate; to hold that out as real which is false or baseless. Rrown v. Perez (Tex. Civ. App.) 25 S. W. 9S3; Powell v. Yeazel, 40 Neb. 225, 04

A minister of a church. A person in the second order of the ministry, as distinguished from bishops aud deacons.

Lat In old English law. A first-born or eldest son. Bract, fol. 33. PRIMUM DECRETUM. Lat In the canon law. The first decree; a preliminary decree granted on the non-appearance of a

oned debtor, who is out on bonds, may go at will. See GAOL.

A person who is In privity with another. See PRIVIES; I’RIVITT. As an adjective, the word has practically the same meaning as “private.”

In pleading. For this that. This is a phrase of affirmation, and is sufficiently direct and positive for introducing a material averment. 1 Sauud. 117, no. 4; 2 Chit. PI. 369-393.

Proportionately; according to a certain rate, percentage, or proportion. Thus, the creditors (of the same class) of an insolvent estate are to be paid pro rata: that is, each is to receive

The act of proving; evidence; proof. Also trial; test; the time of novitiate. Used In the latter sense iu the monastic orders. In modern criminal administration, allowing a person convicted of some

In English practice. A writ for tbe continuance of process after the death of the chief jus- tice or other justices iu the commission of oyer and terminer. Reg. Orig. 128. Processus

In criminal law, and in analogous uses elsewhere, to “procure” is to Initiate a proceeding to cause a thing to be done; to instigate; to contrive, bring about, effect, or cause. See

Irreverence towards sacred things; particularly, an irreverent or blasphemous use of the name of God; punishable by statute in some jurisdictions.

The unnecessary and superfluous statement of facts in pleading or in evidence. This will be rejected as impertinent. 7 Price, 278, note.

First notary. See PBO- THONOTARY.