Law Dictionary

PERTICATA, or PARTICATA (Law Lat. from pertica). In old Scotch law. A perch. Skene de Verb. Sign. PERTINENT (from Lat. pertineo, belonging to). Belonging to or related to the subje

The fourth part of an acre. Cowell.

A pittance; a small portion of aims or victuals. Alse certain poor scholars of the Isle of Man. Cowell.

[T]he records called for by the subpoena were not 'plainly incompetent or irrelevant to any lawful purpose (of the Subcommittee) in the discharge of (its) duties,' but, on the cont

Appurtenant.

Having a tendency as evidence to support a pleading.

Appurtenances.

In Scotch law. Appurtenances. "Parts and pertinents," "parts pendicles and pertinents," are formal words in old deeds and charters. 1 Forbes, Inst, pt. 2, pp. 112, 118.

The matter for determination in this case was whether the facts called for by the question were so related to the subjects covered by the Senate's resolutions that such facts reaso

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

By the whole court. PER TOUT ET NON PER MY (Law Pr.) By the whole, and not by the moiety. 2 Bl. Comm. 182. See "Per My et per Tout." PER UNIVERSITATEM (Lat. by the whole). Used of

Per totam curiam.

During the whole of the said time.

By the whole and not by the half.

This is a technical word which signifies disturbance or infringement of a right. It is usually applied to the disturbance of pews or seats in a church. In the ecclesiastical courts

A woman who breaks the peace.

The term “per unit distribution costs” means (in kilowatt hours) the quotient obtained by dividing— (i) the depreciated book-value distribution system costs of a utility; by (ii) t

The term “per unit distribution margin” means— (i) in the case of a State-regulated electric utility, a per-unit gross pretax profit equal to the product obtained by multiplying— (

For purposes of this subchapter, the term “per-unit retain allocation” means any allocation, by an organization to which part I of this subchapter applies, to a patron with respect

For purposes of this subchapter, the term “per-unit retain certificate” means any written notice which discloses to the recipient the stated dollar amount of a per-unit retain allo

The term “per unit transmission costs” means the total cost of those transmission services purchased or provided by a utility on a per-kilowatt-hour basis as included in the retail

As a whole.

By continuous use.

By pledge.

In old practice. By gage and ■safe pledge. Words in the old writ of attachment or pone commanding the sheriff to summon the defendant by gage (taking of his goods) and safe pledges

LEGEM EXPERIentia faclt. By various acts experience frames the law. 4 Inst. 50.

By various acts, experience makes the law.

When a dealer chooses to engage in this pervasively regulated business and to accept a federal license, he does so with the knowledge that his business records, firearms, and ammun

By words of the future (tense). 1 Bl. Comm. 439; 2 Kent, Comm. 87.

By words of the present (tense). 1 Bl. Comm. 439.

Lat By words of the present [tense.] A phrase applied to contracts of marriage. 1 BL Co.min. 489.

A verdict rendered by a jury which choose not to take the law from the judge, but will act on their own erroneous view of the law. In such cases, however honest the intentions of t

or PARVISE. The palace yard at Westminster. A place where counsel used to advise with their clients. An afternoon exercise or moot for the instruction of students. Cowell; Blount.

In old English law. The court or yard of the king's palace at Westminster. Also an afternoon exercise or moot for the instruction of students. Cowell; Blount.

Lat In old English law. By view of the church; under the supervision of the church. The disposition of intestates' goods per visum ecclesiæ was one of the articles confirmed to the

In old English law. By view of the church; under the supervision of the church. The disposition of by King John's Magna Charta. 3 Bl. Comm. 96. PER VIVAM VOCEM (Law Lat.) In old En

By the view of the jury.

By the living voice.

A year is the duration of the movement in which a planet revolves through its orbit.

In a contract, is equivalent to the word "annually." Curtiss v. Howell, 39 N. Y. 211.

A weight of two hundred and fifty-six pounds. Cowell.

In England, a toll charged for weighing avoirdupois goods other than wool. 2 Chit. Com. Law, 16.

peslcerye, I. fr. In old English

(Spanish) A coroner.

In Spanish law. Coroner. White, New Recop. bk. 1, tit. 1, § 3.

Of the worst example. PESSONA (Law Lat.) In old English law. Mast, including acorns, nuts, and other similar produce of trees. Bracton, fol. 222b. PETENS (Lat.; Fr. petere, to dema

Mast of oaks, etc. or money taken for mast or feeding hogs. Cowell.

Merchandise which takes up a good deal of room in a ship. Cowell.

The term “pest” means (1) any insect, rodent, nematode, fungus, weed, or (2) any other form of terrestrial or aquatic plant or animal life or virus, bacteria, or other micro-organi

The term “pesticide” means (1) any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest, (2) any substance or mixture of substa

Except as provided in clause (B), the term “pesticide chemical” means any substance that is a pesticide within the meaning of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Ac

The term “pesticide chemical residue” means a residue in or on raw agricultural commodity or processed food of— (A) a pesticide chemical; or (B) any other added substance that is p

herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, rodenticides, and plant regulators.

The term “pet” means a domesticated animal, such as a dog, cat, bird, rodent, fish, turtle, or other animal that is kept for pleasure rather than for commercial purposes. / The ter

A plaintiff; a demandant.

To seek; to sue; to petition; to demand.

An ancient levy or tax of a penny on each house throughout England, paid to the pope. It was called "Peter-pence," because collected on the day of St. Peter, ad vincula; by the Sax

A fraudulent auction sale. 27 Abb. N. C. (N. Y.) 378. PETIT (sometimes corrupted into "petty"). A French word signifying little, small. It is frequently used; as, petit larceny, pe

An English tax on each house.

Small; petty.

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

A jury to decide on questions of possession. Britton c. 42; Glanv. lib. 2, c. 6, 7. Used in contradistinction to the grand assize, which was a jury to decide on questions of proper

When the tenant is summoned on a plea of land, and comes on the summons, and his appearance is recorded, if at the day given him he prays the view, and, having it given him, makes

Used in contradistinction from the "grand assize," which was a jury to decide on questions of property. Petite assize, a jury to decide on questions of possession. Britt. c. 42; Gl

A petition; a demand.

The term "petition" means petition filed under section 301, 302, 303 and 3 1504 of this title, as the case may be, commencing a case under this title. / For purposes of t

A petition of right, by which property in the possession of the crown is recovered in chancery.

The term "petitioner" means a member or former member of the armed forces (or if the member or former member is dead, the surviving spouse, next of kin, or legal represen

Ordinarily, a petition for rehearing is for the purpose of directing attention to matters said to have been overlooked or mistakenly conceived in the original decision, and thus in

A paper filed in a court of bankruptcy, or with the clerk, by a debtor praying for the benefits of the bankruptcy act, or by creditors alleging the commission of an act oi bankrupt

The creditor at whose instance an adjudication of bankruptcy is made against a bankrupt. ticularly in an action in rem; a demandant. Calv. Lex. Actor est qui agit in personam, peti

The term “petitioning spouse” means the spouse of a qualifying marriage, other than the alien.

As the prayer of the petition is grantable ex debito justitiae, it is called a petition of right, and is a judicial proceeding, to be tried like suits between subject and subject.

A parliamentary declaration of the liberties of the people, assented to by King Charles I. in 1629. It is to be distinguished from the bill of rights (1689), which has passed into

Begging the question.

In logic. Begging the question, which is the taking of a thing for true or for granted, and drawing conclusions from it as such, when it is really dubious, perhaps false or at leas

(Lat.) In old practice. Prays judgment. 6 Mod. 236. 10 Id. 210, 211. w\iich was of a larger number, and whose duty it was to find bills for the petit jury to try. 3 Bl. Comm. 351*.

A trial jury.

All larceny below the grade of grand larceny. See Grand larceny .

A petitioner; a plaintiff.

That which demands or petitions; that which has the quality of a prayer or petition; a right to 'demand. A petitory suit or action is understood to be one in which the mere title t

the petitory action is a proceeding at law for the recovery of property, and can be maintained in the courts of the United States only where the right of possession can be shown, a

Originally, the court of admiralty in England entertained jurisdiction of petitory as well as mere possessory actions. Since the Restoration, that court, through the jealous interf

An admiralty suit to try title.

A tenure by which lands are held of the crown by the service of rendering yearly some small implement of war, as a lance, an arrow, etc. 2 Bl. Comm. 82. Though St. 12 Car. II. took

The killing of a master by a servant; of a husband by a wife; of a superior by an ecclesiastic.

I seek; I pray; I demand.

A stone weight. Cowell.

As used in this section, the term “petrochemical” includes organic chemicals, cyclic intermediates, plastics and resins, synthetic fibers, elastomers, organic dyes, organic pigment

Petroleum Defined.—In this section, the term “petroleum” means natural or synthetic crude, blends of natural or synthetic crude, and products refined or derived from natural or syn

For purposes of this chapter, the term “petroleum product” means crude oil, residual fuel oil, or any refined petroleum product (as defined in section 752(5) 1 of this title). / Th

“petroleum product information” means information relating to petroleum products transported by vessel which is received by the Secretary (A) under section 555 of this title , or (

The term “products” or “petroleum products” includes any article produced or derived in whole or in part from petroleum or any product thereof by refining, processing, manufacturin

The term "petroleum residue" means the carbonized product of high-boiling hydrocarbon fractions obtained in petroleum processing. / The term “petroleum residue” means the

f 1. A practitioner of law vchose business is chiefly confined to petty causes. 3. One who pretends to practice law, but is without either knowledge of the law or conscience.8 1 1

Ojne who pretends to be a lawyer, but possesses neither knowledge of the law nor conscience. An unprincipled practitioner of law, whose business is confined to petty cases. See 40

Practicing the arts of a pettifogger, like the raising of unprofessional or dishonorable quibbles, practicing petty deceptions on the court, attempting to bring scandalous or imper

A disreputable and unscrupulous member of the legal profession. See 40 Mich. 251.

Small; inferior. A word framed from the Fr. petit, and sometimes used indiscriminately with it. PETTY AVERAGE (called, also, "customary average"). Several petty charges which are b

Necessary expenses, such as towage, laid out by the master of a ship.