Law Dictionary

By the law of the land; by due process of law. See 7 111. 473.

With consent or without it.

The term “permanent” means a relationship of continuing or lasting nature, as distinguished from temporary, but a relationship may be permanent even though it is one that may be di

A domicil, a home, which a party is at liberty to leave, as interest or whim may dictate, but without any present intention of changing it. Dale v. Irwin, 78 111. 181. See Non-Resi

the term 'permanent alimony' as used in the decree of the Georgia court means a final provision for the minor child

The term “permanent areas” means areas on land or water that provide for launch, recovery, and operation of small unmanned aircraft.

One which issues its stock, not ali at once or in series, but at any time when application is made therefor. Cook v. Equitable B. & In Ass'n, 104 Ga. 814, 30 S. E. 911. As to perma

The term “permanent capital” means— (A) current year retained earnings; (B) allocated and unallocated earnings (which, in the case of earnings allocated in any form by a System ban

Permanent change of station.—The term "permanent change of station" means a permanent change of station described in section 452(b)(2) of this title. / The term "per

that which is continuing as opposed to what is temporary.

The term “permanent download” means a digital transmission of a sound recording of a musical work in the form of a download, where such sound recording is accessible for listening

The term “permanent duty assignment location” means— (i) the official station of a member of the uniformed services; or (ii) the residence of a dependent of a member of the uniform

Employment for an indefinite time which may be severed by either party. Lord v. Goldberg, 81 Cal. 596, 22 Pac. 1126, 15 Am. St. Rep. 82; Perry v. Wheeler, 12 Bush (Ky.) 541; 4 C. B

a fixed place of business through which the business of an enterprise is wholly or partly carried on ....

The term “permanent flowage easement” means the perpetual right by the water districts to use the described lands in the Salton Sink within and below the minus 220-foot contour as

The term “permanent housing” means community-based housing without a designated length of stay. / The term “permanent housing” means community-based housing without a designated le

Permanent improvements are not necessarily everlasting in character, but are such as rest upon, or are attached to, the soil, are reasonably enduring and not intended for removal a

An injunction which is to be effective until the end of the suit. See 96 Tex. 154, 71 S. W. 14.

This nuisance has at all times been removable by the device of secondary treatment of the sewage. It may be hereafter abated at any time by the state health authorities requiring s

It does not follow that an employer, guilty of no act denounced by the statute, has lost the right to protect and continue his business by supplying places left vacant by strikers.

the term “permanent resident alien” means an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence into the United States; and / the term "permanent resident alien" means an al

A trespass consisting of trespasses of one and the same kind, committed on several days, which are in their nature capable of renewal or continuation, and are actually renewed or c

See Jury de medietate liguae .

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

By metes and bounds.

In Lat In old English law. By metes and bounds.

By threats.

By misfortune. Per mitter le droit. By the release of the right. See 19 N. Y. 384. Per mitter restate. By the release of the estate. See 19 N. Y. 384. Per my et per tout. By the ha

A discretion to make regulations to guide supervisory action in such matters may be constitutionally permissible while it might not be allowable to authorize creation of new crimes

For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “permissible range” means a rate of interest which is not more than 20 percent above, and not more than 20 percent below, the average ra

a charge designed only to make the user of state-provided facilities pay a reasonable fee to help defray the costs of their construction and maintenance may constitutionally be imp

The term “permissible withdrawal” means any withdrawal from an eligible automatic contribution arrangement meeting the requirements of this paragraph which— (i) is made pursuant to

Leave or license to do any act. It ordinarily implies consent actually given (105 111. 658), but has been held to mean "allow," by not prohibiting (9 Allen [Mass.] 266).

Negations of law, arising either from the law's silence or Its express declaration. Ruth. Inst. b. 1, c. 1.

Allowed; that which may be done; as, permissive waste, which is the

permissive appeals which may be had not as of right but only in the discretion of the Circuit Court of Appeals

In a note by PERPARS. A part of the inheritance. the secretary of the navy, October 1, 1801,. Fleta. this term was used as indicating an author- PERPETRATOR. Within the meaning of

See Use.

The term “permissive service credit” means service credit— (i) recognized by the governmental plan for purposes of calculating a participant’s benefit under the plan, (ii) which su

[A] unilateral mid-term modification of a permissive term ... does not ... violate § 8(d). ... The remedy for a unilateral mid-term modification to a permissive term lies in an act

A passive use which was resorted to before the statute of uses, in order to avoid a harsh law; as that of mortmain or a_ feudal forfeiture. It was a mere invention in order to evad

Waste suffered by omission of care, not by actual depredation; the mere neglect or omission to do what will prevent injury, as, to suffer a house to go to decay for want of repairs

The term “permit” means a written or oral authorization, including by electronic methods, by the Secretary to move plants, plant products, biological control organisms, plant pests

“permit applicant” or “applicant” means a person applying for a permit;

“permit area” means the area of land indicated on the approved map submitted by the operator with his application, which area of land shall be covered by the operator's bond as req

The term “construction permit” or “permit for construction” means that instrument of authorization required by this chapter or the rules and regulations of the Commission made purs

The term “permit or license applicant” means, when used with respect to an action of a Federal agency for which exemption is sought under section 1536 of this title , any person wh

The term “permitted benefit” means, with respect to any eligible employee, the maximum dollar amount of payments and reimbursements which may be made under the terms of the qualifi

The term "permitted entity" means a financial institution or a service provider, subsidiary, affiliate, agent, subcontractor, or assignee of a financial institution.

The term “permitted insurance” means— (A) insurance if substantially all of the coverage provided under such insurance relates to— (i) liabilities incurred under workers’ compensat

The term “permitted investments” means any— (A) cash flow investment, (B) qualified reserve asset, or (C) foreclosure property.

The term “permitted payment stablecoin issuer” means a person formed in the United States that is— (A) a subsidiary of an insured depository institution that has been approved to i

The term “permitted property” means any obligation of the United States or any diversified investment fund approved by regulations issued by the Office of Government Ethics.

For purposes of this section, the term "permitted year" means a taxable year which— (1) is a year ending December 31, or (2) is any other accounting period for which the

“Permittee” means any user of explosives for a lawful purpose, who has obtained either a user permit or a limited permit under the provisions of this chapter. / “permittee” means a

L. Fr. By passing the right One of the modes by which releases at common law were said to inure was "per piittcr le droit," as where a person who had been disseised released to the

In Fr. By passing the estate. At common law, where two or more are seised, either by deed, devise, or descent, as joint tenants or coparceners of the same estate, and one of them r

The term “permitting authority” means the Administrator, or the State or local air pollution control agency, with an approved permitting program under part B 3 of title III of the

a permit to operate a denaturing plant is not a permit to manufacture liquor within the meaning of section 6 of the National Prohibition Act; such a permit authorizes the holder to

Permutation.

In civil law. Exchange; barter. This contract is formed by the consent of the parties; but delivery is indispensable, for without it, it is a mere agreement. Dig. 31. 77. 4; Code,

A writ to an ordinary, commanding him to admit a clerk to a benefico upon exchange made with another. Reg. Grig. 307.

A writ commanding an ordinary to admit a clerk on exchange of benefices. PERNANCY (from Fr. prendre, to take). A taking or receiving. PERNOR (from Law Fr. pamour, or pernour, q. v.

By the conveyance from Levi Sheftall to James Gairdner, Edwin Gairdner, and Robert Mitchel, each acquired a fee simple in one third of the property in question. In legal language t

The receipt of rents or profits.

A receiver; a taker.

He who receives the profits of lands, etc. A cestui que use, who is legally entitled and actually does receive the profits, is the pernor of profits. PERNOUR (Law Fr.) A taker. Lep

In Fr. A taker. Le per-nour ou le detenour, the inker or the detainee, Britt c. 27.

By all.

Trial by the country, t. e. by jury.

L. Lat A purpart; a part of the inheritance.

By the country, by means of a jury.

Generally, this term denotes the person who actually commits a crime or delict or by whose immediate agency it occurs. But, where a servant of a railroad company is killed through

That which Is to last without limitation as to time; as, a perpetual statute, which is one without limit as to time, although not expressed to be so.

The office of a curate, in a parish where there is no spiritual rector or vicar, but where the curate is appointed to officiate for the time by the impropriator. 2 Burn, Ecc. Law,

In Roman law. Originally the term "perpetual" was merely opposed to "occasional" and was used to distinguish the general edicts of the pnetors from the special edicis or outers whi

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

NULLAM LEGEM humanam ac positivam perpetuam esse; et clausula quae abrogatlonem excludit ab Initio non valet. It is a perpetual law that no human or positive law can be perpetual;

The law is perpetual that no human and positive law is perpetual, and a clause which excludes abrogation is void from the beginning.

It is a perpetual law that no human and positive law can be perpetual, and a clause [in a law] which precludes the power of abrogation is void ab initio. Ban. Max. p. 77, in reg. 1

where the grant to a corporation of a franchise to construct and operate its road is not, by its terms, limited and revocable, the grant is in fee.

Opposed to an injunction ad interim; an injunction which finally disposes of the suit, and is indefinite in point of time.

A lease without limitation as to term; a grant in fee, subject to a reserved rent.

One not subject to repeal or expiration at any future time.

continuous succession during the life of the charter only.

To cause to endure indefinitely; to preserve from the contingency of loss or extinction. ' Newton v. Commissioners, ante. " Harris v. Shaw, 13 111. 465 (1851). » Mead v. Ballard, J

The act by which testimony is reduced to writing as prescribed by law, so that the same shall be read in evidence in some suit or legal proceedings to be thereafter instituted. The

Any limitation tending to take the subject of it out of commerce foi a longer period than a life or lives in being, and twenty-one years beyond, and, in case of a posthumous child,

That Action of the English law which, for certain political purposes, ascribes to the king in his political capacity the attribute of immortality; for, though the reigning monarch

Per procurationem, by proxy.

By proxy; by letter of attorney. Used in connection with the signature of an agent or attorney in fact. It is notice that the agent has but a limited authority to sign. Byles, Bill

A real action by which the grantee of a seigniory could compel the tenants of the grantor to attorn to himself. Shep. Touch. 254. It was abolished by St. 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c. 27, § 35.

To acquire.

In its most extensive sense, perquisites signifies anything gotten by industry or purchased with money, different from that which descends from a father or ancestor. Bracton, lib.

Purchase. 2 BI. Comm. 241. Acquisition by one's own act or agreement, and not by descent. Id. See "Purchase."

A purchaser; one who first acquired an estate to his family; one who acquired an estate by sale, by gift, or by any other method, except only that of descent. 2 Bl. Comm. 220.

Purchase. Bracton, fol. 66. Co. Litt. 3b, 18b. An estate acquired by purchase, that is, by one's own act, and not by descent; praedium quod quis non a patre vel majoribus possidet,

By which. Used in commonlaw pleading to introduce a conclusion. Sometimes used as the name of the clause averring special damages. PER QUOD CONSORTIUM AMISIT (Lat. by which he lost

By which an action accrued.

Through which he lost consortium. See Consortium .