Per

I. By; through, in consequence of; according to; for; during. Per aiinuni: by the year; tor the space of a year. Vor capita: by heads; according to the number of persons; as individuals; share and share alike. Per contra: on the other hand. Per curiam, per cur.: by the court. Per diem: per day. Per eqnipollens: by an equivalent [word]. Per expressum: expressly. Per exteriora prsesumi poterit de interloribns: by outward acts we may judge of inward motives. Per fas aut nefas: by right or wrong. Per formam doni: by the form of the gift; by the designation of the giver, and not by the operation of law. Per frandem: by fraud; fraudulently; — et covinam: by fraud and covin.. Per incuriam: through inadvertence. Per infortunium: in criminal law, by misadventure; homicide of a certain kind, so called.

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Homicide per infortunium

Per legem: by the law; — Anglise: by the law of England; by the curtesy; — terrse: by the law of the land; by due process of law. Per minas: by threats. Per nomen: by the name. Per iiormam: by the rule; — legis communis: by the rule of the common law; — gtatnti: by the rule of the statuta Per procurationem, per proc': by appointment of power. Per quod: by which; whereby; words in a pleading introducing a consequence of law from matters of fact before stated; the initial words of the clause in a declaration stating "special damage; the name of the clause; — actio accrevit: whereby an action accrued; — consorti am amislt: whereby he lost the company or society (of his wife); a phrase in declarations in trespass by a husband for ill-using his wife, descriptive of the special damage sustained; — servitium amisit: whereby he lost the service (of his servant); a phrase in declarations in trespass by a master for illusing his servant, descriptive of the special damage sustained by the master. Per saltum: by a leap or bound; by a sudden movement; passing over certain proceedings. Per se: by itself; of itself. Per servltia: by the services; — antehac coiisueta: by the services hitherto accustomed; — debita: by the services due. Per servitium: by the service. Per stirpes: by stocks or roots; as representatives of stocks; in right of stocks; a term of the civil law, used to denote that rule of decent and distribution of estates by which the parties entitled take the shares which their stocks (such as a father), if living, would have taken. Per subseqnens matrimoniam: by a subsequent marriage. Per testes: by witnesses. Per totum tempus praidictum: during all the time aforesaid. Per nsucaptionem: by possession; by uninterrupted enjoyment Per verba: by words; — de futuro: by words of the future (tense); a phrase applied to contracta of marriage; — de prteseuti: by words of the present (tense); a phrase applied to contracts of marriao-e. In old Imv. Per annulum et baculum: vestiture. Per coiisequens: by oonseq^uence; consequently. Per considerationcm cnrisc: by the consideration (judgment) of the court. Per corpus: by the body; by the cluellum or battel, as distinguished from per pairiam; by taking the body, as on an attachment Per defaltam: by default Per extensum: at length. Per industriam lioiiiiiiis: by human industry; a term applied to the reclaiming or taming of wild animals. Per legale judicium parinm saoruiu: by the lawful judgment of his peers. Per medietatem lln^use: by half-tongue, v.

Bilinguia

Per nictas et bundas: by metes and bounds. Per misadventure: by mischance. Per omnes: by all (the judges). Per pares: by the peers; — saos: by their peers. Per patriaui: by the country; by a jury. Per plegium: by pledge or surety; on bail. Per quae servitia: by which services; a judicial writ issuing from the note of a fine of lands, for the cognizee of a manor, seigniory, etc., to compel the ten-ant to attorn. Abolished by the statute 3 & 4 Will. IV., c.

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Per totam curiam: by the whole court Per vadium: by gage; words in the old writs of attachment or pone. Per visum: by view; — ecclesise: by view of the church; under the supervision of the church, as the disposition of intestate's goods per visum ecclesice, in Magna Charta; — juratornm: by a view of the jury. Per vivam vocem: by the living voice; the same with viva voce. ' In the civil law. Per alluvionem: by alluvion; — id videtur adjici, qnod ita paulatim adjieitur, ut intelligere uon possimns quantum quoquo momcnto temporis adjiciatiir: that is considered to lie added by alluvion which is added so gradually that we cannot perceive how much is added at any moment of time. Per aversionem: by turning away; a sale in which the goods are taken in bulk, and for a single price, or where land is sold in gross, as so many acrea Per universitatem: by the whole or entirety; as a whole; in general, a terra applied to the acquisition of entire estates, as distinguished from single or separate articles of property. In the Roman law. Per ass et librani: by brazen coin and balance; a term applied to the ceremony of emancipatmg a son, or making a will by sti'iking with a brazen coin a balance held by a person called libripens (balance holder).