A Law Dictionary and Glossary

I. fr. For the life of another. Per bouche: by the month; orally. Per my: an old form of parmy or parmi. Per my et per tout: by the half or moiety, and by all; having each the enti

i. /r. Below. Peravale de son molin: below his mill.

I. I. In old English law. A parcener; one of several

perclos, I. fr. In old English law. The latter part or conclusion, as of a writ, plea or indictment.

I. In old English law. To strike. Percutere dnellum: to strike the duel; to engage or join in the combat Percussit: (he) struck.

pardonare, I. I. In old English law. To pardon. Perdonavimns: we have pardoned.

Z. Z. In old English law. A pardoning; a pardon.

I. fr. To lose. Pert: loses. Perdu: lost.

I. In the civil law. Treason; hostility against the state or prince; an attempt against the state, the prince or his ministers.

I. In the civil law. That which destroys or defeats, not for a time, but forever.

Strictly, that which destroys, or wholly and at once defeats; that which disposes of a matter at once, and without dela}'; that which admits of no delay or argument; that which is

To complete in form of law. Perfect bail: to justify after ex6eption, so as to render absolute. Perfect judgment: to enter judgment on record, and file and docket the record. Perfe

Accomplishment; consummation; such a fulfillment of a duty as puts an end to the obligation by leaving nothing more to bo done. v. Part performance; Specific performance.

I. At the risk of the suitor.

L Dangerous; perilous. Periculosura est res novas et inusitatas iuducere, /. It is perilous or hazardous to introduce new and untried things. Periculosum existimo quod honorum viro

Z. Peril; danger; hazard; risk. Periculum rei venditas In the civil law. Perlculnm rei venditas statim ad emptorem pertinet, tametsl adliuc ea res emptori tradita non sit: the risk

In maritime and insurance law, the natural accidents peculiar to the sea, which do not happen by the intervention of man, and are not to be prevented by human prudence.

1. 1. In English ecclesiastical law. To be equally valid; a writ of dispensation granted to a clerk admitted to a benefice without capacity. *

A space of time; any portion of complete time.

1. In civil and old English law. Perjury; the breach oi an oath; the making of a false oath.

False swearing; the making of a false oath; the breach of an oath. The offense is defined in most of the states by statute. V, Subornation.

Z. /n, Fermor. A lessee; a termor; one who held lands to farm. V. Farmer.

Waste which is allowed or suffered.

1. in the civil law. Exchange; barter.

Taking; a taking or receiving, as of the pi'ofits of an estate.

Pernour, I fr. A taker; a receiver.

In English ecclesiastical law. A place of divine worship, having parochial rights, of which the incumbent is not removable at pleasure by the rector or vicar of any supposed mother

A perpetual law. Perpetua lex est nullam legem humanam ac positivam perpetuam esse, et clausula quae abrogationem excludit ab initio non valet: it is a perpetual law that no human

The taking of testimony, usually by bill in equity, but sometimes by proceedings at law, in order to preserve it for future use, where it is in danger of being lost before the matt

The quality of indefinite duration without change; the quality by which an estate becomes inalienable either perpetually, or for a very long period; a modification of an estate by

I. I. In feudal law. To gain or acquire; to acquire by

I. In the civil law. A following after; a pursuing at law; a suit or prosecution; properly, that kind of judicial proceeding before the prsetor which was called extraordinary.

I. In t Jie civil law. To follow after; to pursue or claim in form of law.

o. sc. In old Soots law. Pursuer; plaintiflE or prosecutor.

A human being, considered as the subject of rights, as distinguished from a thing whether animate or iuaninjiate; a corporation or body politic, an artificial person ci'eated by la

I. In old English law. A person; a parson; character; capacity. Persona conjuncta wquiparatur interesse proprio: a personal connection [literally, a united person, union with a per

In old English law. Able to maiutain a plea in court; having capacity to sue; of capacity to take a thing granted or given.

Pertaining to the person; belonging to, or following the person; relating to, or affecting the person; against the person. Personal action: an action against the person, an action

I. In old English law. A In the civil law. A personal action; an

I In old English law. Personally aliter compareat: shall pei-sonally appear.

That quality of a law which and capacity of persons.

Personal property, — including whether animate or inanimate, which and sometimes things quasi movable, whether tangible or not, such as choses cannot be beneficially obtained witho

Acting as a person, or for a of a person; an acting in the character sonation. Perspicua vera non sunt probanda, I. proved.

I. In old English law. Pertaining nant; appendant.

In Scots law. Appurtenances.

?. I. In old English law. written, appertinanoes; things belonging thing. Fertinentise pertinentiarnm:

peslcerye, I. fr. In old English

I. In old English law. A demandant tion.

L In the civil law. To ask or request

/. In old English law. Prays; demands. oyer. Petit judicium: prays judgment

petyt, petite, I. fr. Small; little; small jury; the ordinary jury of twelve ceny: larceny, in old law, to the value of In English law. Petite assise: the small twelve jurors as to

i!. A petition; a demand. question. In old English law. Petition the form of words in which mandant. In the civil law. The actor's action in rem.

An application to a a motion, which may be viva In old English law. Petition of the liberties of the people, de droit; Right of petition.

I. fr. Inform of proceeding to obtain real or personal property.

Tlie person who

I. In the Roman law. action in rem; a demandant

Having the quality mand; claiming title merely, a suit in admiralty in which and sought to be enforced. In Scots law. An action in due or belonging to him.

I. In old English law. mandant's count commenced. cum pertinentiis, in tali such a one, so much land, as my dower. In the Roman law. I request; commissum, or trust, was

Small; inferior. Petty ments as, according to custom, the benefit of the ship and In English lata. Petty bag law side of the court of matters. Petty constable: and parishes, as dis

A fact the senses.

In old English law. the ground, to set up booths Petitio principii: a begging of the or demand; the eount in a real action; a title to land was stated by the destatement of his cau

In old English law. A small parcel of laud enclosed with b hedge; a little close.

1. In the civil law. To pledge; to deposit on pledge. Pi^noratio, I In modern civil law. The taking of cattle doing damage, by way of pledge, till satisfaction is made. Pi^noratiti

I, In the civil law. A pledge or pawn; a delivery of a thing to a creditor, as security for a debt; the thing delivered. Pignoris appellatione earn proprie rem contineri diciinas,

An engine for the punishment of offenders, intended more for the infliction of disgrace than of pain.

The charge or compensation allowed for piloting a vessel.

Money allowed to, or settled on, a wife, for the purpose of supplying her with dress and the means of defraying her other personal expenses.

A great roll of accounts kept in the English Exchequer.

piepoudre. In English law. The name of a court held for fairs and markets.

Robbery on the high seas, done animo furandi, in the spirit of univei'sal hostility.

A robber on the high seas.

I. L In old English laio. Fishery; a fishery.

Fishery; a liberty of fishing in the waters of another.

In old Scots law. The right to punish thieves by drowning and hanging.

Pleas; any locality limited by boundaries, whether large or smalli Place where: v. Locus in quo.

I I. In old English law. A place.

I I. In old English law. A place, as applied to a house; as applied to lands, a piebe or parcel. Placeta messuagii: a place of messuage. Placeta pasture: a piece of pasture.

I. I. The caption or title of a judgment record; so called from its initial word when in Latin. In old English law. Pleas; pleadings; judicial proceedings; suits; debates and trial

I. L In old English law. A pleader. Placituin^ I. I. In old English law. A court; a cause or suit in court; a proceeding in court, particularly a pleading; a. day in court; a plea,

1 1. In old English law. The pleading of a cause.

/. In the civil law. A man stealer; a kidnaper. Plagium,;. In the civil law. Man-stealing; kidnaping.

In English law. A private memorial tendered in open court to the judge, wherein the party injured sets forth his cause of action; a proceeding in inferior courts, without original

The complaining party in an action at law; the party bringing an action, and so named on the record. Plaintiff in error: the party who sues out a writ of error.

I In the civil law. Planting; one of the modes of acquiring property by accession.

I. fr. In old English law. Suretyship.

I fr. In old English law. Security by pledge; the engagement of a pledge.

At law, an answer alleging fact which the defendant opposes to the plaintiff's declaration; in equity, a short answer in bar of the suit setting up facts which, if inserted in the

Originally, to litiijate, to carry on a plea; in a stricter sense, to conduct that part of an action which consists in the allegations of the respective parties; to make an allegat

A person professionally employed to manage another's cause for him, particularly to plead orally, or argue for him in court V. Special pleader.

The process of making allegation in a cause by a series of ■written statements proceeding from the parties in alternate order, so as to develop the essential point in controversy,

The formal written allegations of the respective parties to a suit; at law, the plaintiff's declaration, the defendant's plea, the plaintiflC's replication, the defendant's rejoind

In English law. Criminal prosecutions, so called because conducted at the suit of the crown; criminal law.

I. In the Roman law. A law enacted by the plebs or commonalty at the request, or on the proposition, of a plebeian magistrate.

I. In the Roman law. The commonalty, or citizens, exclusive of the patricians and senators.

I. fr. That may be brought or conducted, as an action, or plea, as it was formerly called.

I. fr. In old English law. To plead; to put in a plea; to conduct an action.

A bailment of goods to a creditor, as security for some debt or engagement; the thing so bailed. In old English law. A surety; a person who undertook or became responsible for anot

Tlie person to whom goods are pledged, or delivered in pledge.

I. fr. In old English law. An action or suit; a plea, in the ancient sense of the word; a plea, in the modern sense.

1. fr. In old English law. A pledge. Plegges de sner: pledges to prosecuta ^