Category: P

Lat. In the civil law. By turning away. A term applied to that kind of sale where the goods are taken in bulk, and not by weight or measure, and for a

Trial by the country ; i. e., by jury.

The act of walking over the boundaries of a district or piece of land, either for the purpose of determining them or of preserving evidence of them. Thus, in many parishes in

The act of one who has engaged his faith to do a tiling, aud does not do it, but does the contrary. Wolff, Inst 8 300.

A license or instrument granted by the officers of excise, (or customs,) certifying that the duties on certain goods PERMIT 894 PERQUISITES have been paid, or secured, and permitting their removal from

Lat. In the civil law. A personal action; an action PERSONALIS ACTIO 896 PESSIMI EXEMPLI against the person, (in personam.) Dig. 50, 1(3, 178, 2.

In old English law. The court or yard of the king’s palace at Westminster. Also an afternoon exercise or moot for the instruction of students. Cowell; Blount.

A jailer.

In the civil law. A contract of pledge, hypothecation, or mortgage of realty.

A liquid measure of half a quart, or the eighth part of a gallon.

In mining law. A superficial deposit of sand, gravel, or disintegrated rock, carrying one or more of the precious metals, along the course or under the bed of a water-course, ancient or

In English practice. A private memorial tendered in open court to the judge, where the party injured sets forth his cause of action. A proceeding in inferior courts by which an action

The common or meaner sort of people; the plebeians

Lat Completely; fully; sufficiently.

One that holds more than one ecclesiastical benefice, with cure of souls.

The general principles by which a government is guided in its management of public affairs, or the legislature in its measures. This term, as applied to a law, ordinance, or rule of

A body of stagnant water without an outlet, larger than a puddle aud smaller than a lake; or a like body of water with a small outlet. Webster. And see Rockland Water

In reference to the construction of a statute, this term means that sense which people conversant with the subject-matter with which the statute is dealing would attribute to it. 1 Exch. Div.

In old English law. A court held in ports or haven towns, and PORTORIA 915 POSSESSIO FRATRIS DE FEODO sometimes in Inland towns also. Cowell; Blount

After the day; as, a plea of payment post diem, after the day when the money became due. Com. Dig. “Pleader,” 2. In old practice. The return of a writ after the