Category: P

Liable to be returned or rendered up at the mere demand or request of another; lience held or retained only ou sufferance or by permission; aud by au extension of meaning, doubtful,

In Scotch practice. To examine beforehand. Arkley, 232.

A forejudgment; bias; preconceived opinion. A leaning towards one side of a cause for some reason other than a conviction of its justice. Willis v. State, 12 Ga. 449; Hungerford v. Cushing,

In ecclesiastical law. A clerk who has been presented by his patron to a bishop in order to be instituted in a church.

In canon law. A fund or revenue appropri ated by the founder for the subsistence of a priest, without being erected into any title or benefice, chapel, prebend, or priory. It is

impartiality, as it is said, lets the point of it fall upon one of the three names nominated for each county, etc., and the person upon whose name it chances to fail

Lat. To the one first coming. An executor anciently paid debts as they were presented, whether the assets were sufficient to meet all debts or not. Stim. Law Gloss.

Fr. In French law. Prize; captured property. Ord. Mar. liv. 3, tit. 9. See Dole v. Insurance Co., 6 Allen (Mass.) 373.

The benefit of clergy, (q. v.) Privilegium est beneficium personale, et extinguitnr cum persona. 3 Bulst. 8. A privilege is a personal benefit, and dies with the person. Privileginm est quasi privata

As a dowry; bytitle of dowry. A species of usucaption.Dig. 41, 9. See Id. 5, 3, 13, 1.

As a possessor; by title of a possessor. Dig. 41, 5. See Id. 5, 3, 13. Pro possessore habetnr qui dolo in- juriave desiit possidere. He is esteemed a possessor whose possession

The act or process of proving a will. The proof before an ordinary, surrogate, register, or other duly authorized person that a document produced before him for official recognition and registration, and

tion of proceedings against him and to compel his appearance, in either civil or criminal cases. See State v. Gnilbert. 50 Ohio St. 575, 47 N. E. 551, 3S L. R. A.

In ecclesiastical law. Certain sums of money which parish priests pay yearly to the bishops or archdeacons ratione visitationis. Dig. 3, 39, 25; Ayl. Par. 429.

That which has not been consecrated. By a profane place is understood one which is neither sacred nor sanctified nor religious. Dig. 11, 7, 2, 4.

Lat. In Roman law. A person of poor or mean condition; those among the common people whose fortunes were below a certain valuation; those who were so poor that they could not

Lat. In the civil law. A great-grandson. Inst. 3, 6, 1; Bract, fol. 67

An offer; something proffered. An offer, by one person to another, of terms and conditions with reference to some work or undertaking, or for the transfer of property, the acceptance whereof will

To divide, share, or distribute proportionally; to assess or apportion pro rata. Formed from the Latin phrase “pro rata,” and said to he a recognized English word. Rosenberg v. Frank, 58 Cal.

A law imposing duties on imports, with the purpose and the effect of discouraging the use of products of foreign origin, and consequently of stimulating the home production of the same or