Persuasion
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
The act of in, be true. va fluencing by expostulation or re- PETTY AVERAGE. Vide quest. While the persuasion is con- Average. fined within those limits which leave PETTY-BAG. Engl. law. An the mind free, it may be used to in- office in the court of chancery, apduce another to make his will, or propriated for suits against attorneys even to make it in his own favour; and officers of the court; and for but if such persuasion should so far: process and proceedings, by extent operate on the mind of the testator, on statutes, recognizances, ad quod that he would be deprived of a per- damnum, and the like. T. dela Ley. sing neither knowledge, law, nor conscience.