Category: P

Lat Often; frequently. When an original and alias writ have been issued and proved ineffectual, a third writ, called a “pluries writ,” may frequently be issued. It is to the same effect

The science of government; the art or practice of administering public affairs.

In English practice. An obsolete writ to the sheriff to summon the defendant to appear and answer the plaintiff’s suit, on his putting in sureties to prosecute. It was so called from

In Spanish law. A part or portion; a lot or parcel; an allotment of PORRECTING 914 PORTMOTE land. See Downing v. Diaz, 80 Tex. 436, 16 S. W. 40.

The suburbs of a city, or any place within its jurisdiction. Somner; Cowell. Portns est locus in quo exportantnr et importantur merces. 2 Inst. 148. A port is a place where goods

A bureau or department of government, or under governmental superintendence, whose office is to receive, transmit, and deliver letters, papers, and other mail-matter sent by post. Also the office established by government

A person who possesses great power or sway; a prince, sovereign, or monarch. By the naturalization law of the United States, au alien is required to reuouuee all al- legiance to any

The name for a consignment of goods, consisting of one large parcel made up of several small ones, (each bearing a different address,) collected from different persons by the immediate consignor, (a

A duty to lords of manors for exporting and importing vessels of wiue at any of their ports. Jacob.

One who adheres to the communion of the Church of Rome. The word seems to be considered by the Roman Catholics themselves as a nickname of reproach, originating in their maintaining the

In the law of real property parcel signifies a part or portion of land. As used of chattels, it signifies a small package or bundle. See State v. Jordan, 36 Fla. 1,

Lat. For the like reason ; by like mode of reasoning. Paria copulantur paribus. Like things unite with like. Bac. Max. Paribus sententiis reus absolvitur. Where the opinions are equal, [where the

Lat In the civil law. Parricide; the murder of a parent Dig. 48, 9, & PARS 875 PARTICULAR

The dividing of lands held by joint tenants, coparceners, or tenants in common, into distinct portions, so that they may hold them in severalty. And, in a less techuical sense, any division

In the civil law. A feeding wood; a wood devoted to the feeding of cattle! Dig. 50, 16, 30, 5.

Land on which cattle are fed; also the right of pasture. Co. Litt 46.

In the civil law. A title of the highest honor, conferred on those who enjoyed the chief place in the emperor’s esteem.

Lat. In Roman law. Damage or injury done by an irrational animal, without active fault on the part of the owner, but for which the latter was bound PAVAGE 8S3 PAYMENT to

As applied to the affairs of a state or nation peace may be either external or internal. In the former case, the term denotes the prevalence of amicable relations and mutual good

Lat In the civil and old English law. A putting or placing of the foot. A term used to denote the possession of lands by actual corporal entry upon them Waggoner v.