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| PACE | | . A measure of length containing two feet and a ... |
| PACIFICATION | | . The act of making peace between two countries which have ... |
| PACTIONS | | International law. When contracts between nations are to be performed by ... |
| PACTUM CONSTITUTAE PECUNIAE | | civil law. An agreement by which a person appointed to his ... |
| PACTUM DE NON PETANDO | | civil law. An agreement made, between a creditor and his debtor ... |
| PACTUM DE QUOTA LITIS | | . An agreement by which a creditor of a sum difficult ... |
| PAGODA | | comm. law. A denomination of money in Bengal. In the computation ... |
| PAIS, or PAYS | | . A French word signifying country. In law, matter in pais ... |
| PALFRIDUS | | A palfrey; a horse to travel on. 1 Tho. Co. ... |
| PANDECTS | | civil law. The name of an abridgment or compilation of the ... |
| PANEL | | practice. A schedule or roll containing the names of jurors, summoned ... |
| PANNEL | | Scotch law. A person, accused of a crime; one indicted. ... |
| PAPER DAYS | | Eng. law. Days on which special arguments are to take place. ... |
| PAPER MONEY | | . By paper money is understood the engagements to pay money ... |
| PAPER-BOOK | | practice. A book or paper containing an abstract of all the ... |
| PAR | | comm. law. Equal. It is used to denote a state ... |
| PARAGE | | . Equality of name or blood, but more especially of ... |
| PARAGIUM | | . A Latin term which signifies equality. It is derived from ... |
| PARAMOUNT | | . That which is superior.
2. It is ... |
| PARAPHERNALIA | | . The name given to all such things as a ... |
| PARATITLA | | civil law. An abbreviated explanation of some titles or books of ... |
| PARATUM HABEO | | . A return made by the sheriff to a capias ... |
| PARAVAIL | | . Tenant paravail is the lowest tenant of the fee, ... |
| PARCEL | | estates. Apart of the estate. 1 Com. Dig. Abatement, H 511 ... |
| PARCENARY | | . The state or condition of holding title to lands jointly ... |
| PARCENERS | | Engl. law. The daughters of a man or woman seised ... |
| PARCO FRACITO | | Engl. law. The name of a writ against one who violently ... |
| PARDON | | crim. law, pleading. A pardon is an act of grace, proceeding ... |
| PARENTAGE | | . Kindred. Vide 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1955; Branch; Line. ... |
| PARENTS | | . The lawful father and mother of the party spoken ... |
| PARES | | . A man's equals; his peers. (q. v.) 3 Bl. ... |
| PARES CURIE | | feudal law, Those vassals who were bound to attend the lord's ... |
| PARI DELICTO | | crim. law. In a similar offence or crime; equal in guilt. ... |
| PARI MATERIA | | . Of the same matter; on the same subject; as, ... |
| PARI PASSU | | . By the same gradation.
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| PARISH | | . A district of country of different extents. In the ecclesiastical ... |
| PARIUM JUDICIUM | | . The trial by jury , or by a man's ... |
| PARK | | Eng. law. An enclosed chase (q.v.) extending only over a man's ... |
| PARLIAMENT | | . This word, derived from the French parlement, in the English ... |
| PAROL | | . More properly parole. A French word, which means literally, word ... |
| PAROL LEASES | | . An agreement made verbally, not in writing, between the parties, ... |
| PAROLE | | international law. The agreement of persons who have been taken by ... |
| PARRICIDE | | civil law. One who murders his father; it is applied, by ... |
| PARSON | | eccles. law. One who has full possession of all the rights ... |
| PARTICEPS FRAUDIS | | . fraud. Both parties be in pari delicto is not allowed ... |
| PARTICULAR AVERAGE | | . This term, partipular average, has been condemned as not being ... |
| PARTICULAR AVFRMENT | | pleading. Vide Avermzent.
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| PARTICULAR CUSTOM | | A particular custom is one which only affects the inhabitants of ... |
| PARTICULAR ESTATE | | . An estate which is carved out of a larger ... |
| PARTICULARS | | practice. The items of which the accounts of one of the ... |
| PARTIES | | contracts. Those persons who engage themselves to do, or not to ... |
| PARTIES TO A SUIT IN EQUITY | | . The person who seeks a remedy in chancery by suit, ... |
| PARTIES TO ACTIONS | | . Those persons who institute actions for the recovery of their ... |
| PARTITION | | conveyancing. A deed of partition is, one by which lands held ... |
| PARTITION | | ?states. The division which is made between several persons, of lands, ... |
| PARTNERS | | contracts. Persons who have united together and formed a partnership. 2. ... |
| PARTNERSHIP | | contracts. An agreement between two or more persons, for joining together ... |
| PARTOWNERS | | . Persons who hold real or personal property by the same ... |
| PARTTICULAR, LIEN | | contracts. A right which a person has to retain property in ... |
| PARTURITION | | . The act of giving birth to a child. ... |
| PARTURITION | | . Tho act of giving birth to a child ... |
| PARTUS | | . The child just before it is born, or immediately ... |
| PARTY | | practice, contracts. When applied to practice, by party is understood either ... |
| PARTY WALL | | . A wall erected on the line between two adjoining estates, ... |
| PARTY-JURY | | . An ancient word used to signify a jury de ... |
| PASS | | . In the slave states this word signifies a certificate given ... |
| PASS | | practice. To be given, or entered; to proceed; as, let ... |
| PASS BOOK | | com. law. A book used by merchants with their customers, in ... |
| PASSAGE | | . A way over water; a voyage made over the ... |
| PASSAGE MONEY | | contracts. The sum claimable for the conveyance of a person with ... |
| PASSENGER | | cont. One who has taken a place. in a public conveyance, ... |
| PASSIVE | | com. law. All the sums of which one is a ... |
| PASSPORT, SEA BRIEF, or SEA LETTER | | maritime law. A paper containing a permission from the neutral state ... |
| PASTURES | | pastures. The land on which beasts are fed; and by ... |
| PATENT | | constrction. That which is open or manifest.
2. ... |
| PATENT | | contracts. A patent for an invention is a giant made ... |
| PATENT FRENCH | | . The following points in relation to the patent laws of ... |
| PATENT LAWS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND | | . The patent laws of Great Britain and Ireland will be ... |
| PATENT, PRUSSIAN | | . This subject will be considered by taking a view of ... |
| PATENT, ROMAN | | . The Roman patents will be considered by taking a view ... |
| PATENT-OFFICE | | . An office bearing this name was established by law, and ... |
| PATENTEE | | . He to whom a patent has been granted. The ... |
| PATER | | . Father. A term used in making genealogical tables. ... |
| PATER FAMILLIAS | | civil law. One who was sui juris and consequently was not ... |
| PATERNA PATERNIS | | . This expression is used in the French law to signify ... |
| PATERNAL | | . That which belongs to the father or comes from ... |
| PATERNAL POWER | | . Patria potestas, The, authority lawfully exercised by parents, over their ... |
| PATERNAL PROPERTY | | . That which descends or comes from the father and other ... |
| PATERNITY | | The state or condition of a father.
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| PATHOLOGY | | med. jur. The science or doctrine of diseases. In cases of ... |
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