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A term formerly used in English politics to describe a borough entitled to send a representative to parliament, in which a single individual, either as the principal landlord or by

A stafute-merchant which was enforceable at any time after non-payment on the day assigned, without further proceedings. Wharton.

A statute merchant which was enforceable at any time after nonpayment on the day assigned, without further proceedings. Wharton.

Pocket markets exist because reconsignment is possible only at high combination rates

A statute so calied. Brownl. pt. 2, p. 81.

In English law. A sheriff appointed by sole authority of the crown, not being one of the three nominated by the judges in the exchequer. 1 Bl. Comm. 342*.

Non-approval of a legislative act by the president or state governor, with the result that it fails to become a law, not by a written disapproval, (a veto in the ordinary form,) bu

Quasi. Quasi crimes. Offenses not crimes or misdemeanors, but in that' nature — a class of offenses against the public which have not been declared crimes.is In Louisiana, certain

Punishment.

METUS AD OMnes perveniat. If punishment be Inflicted on a few, a dread comes to all.

Punishment for the few (signifies that) fear comes to all.

Corporal punishment.

asperandae sunt. Punishments should rather be tender than savage.

Punishments should be restrained. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 29. POENAE SUOS TENERE DEBET ACTOres et non alios. Punishment ought to be inflicted upon the guilty, and not upon others. Bracton

The doers ought to be punished and not others.

HAEres teneri non debet. The heir ought not to be bound in a penalty inflicted for the crime of the ancestor. 2 Inst. 198.

The heir ought not to be bound by a penalty for the crime of the deceased.

Penal.

CULPA PERENnis erit. Punishment cannot be, crime will be, perpetual. 21 yiner, Abr. 271.

Punishment cannot be, sin will be, perpetual.

In old English law. Punishment of the pillory. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 38, § 11. rather be softened than aggravated. 3 Inst. 220.

The punishment can be annulled, the sin will be perpetual.

Repentance; altered intent. See Locus penitentiae .

In Scotch law. That diligence (g. V.) affecting movable subjects by which their property is carried directly to the creditor. Poinding is real or personal. Ersk. Inst. 3. 6. 11. Pe

PERSONAL, in the Scotch law, is a poinding of the goods belonging to the debtor, and of those goods only. It may have for its warrant either letters of horning, containing a clause

REAL, or poinding of the ground, in the Scotch law, though it be properly a diligence, is generally considered by lawyers as a species of real action, and is so called to distingui

A single distinct proposition or principle of law. satisfied how to decide, in the hurried trial of a cause, rules in favor of the party offering it, but subject to revision on a m

The term “point-of-sale service” means any product or service related to the electronic authorization and processing of payments for merchandise at a retail food store, including c

A point of law decided during a trial, but conditionally, and subject to reargument after the trial.

The distinct propositions of law, or chief heads of argument, presented by a party in his paper-book, and relied upon, on the argument of the cause. Also the marks used in punctuat

For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “points and fees” means points and fees as defined by section 1602(aa)(4) 1 of this title (other than bona fide third party charges not r

“Points of prospective use” means the locations where the wood residues are sold or otherwise put to use, as determined by the Secretary in accordance with appropriate appraisal an

any discernible, confined and discrete conveyance.

ditch[es]" and "channel[s]," as well as "any discernible, confned and discrete conveyance .

In medical jurisprudence. A substance having an inherent deleterious property which renders it, when taken into the system, capable of destroying life. Whart. & S. Med. Jur. § 493;

The term “ Polar Sea ” means Coast Guard Cutter Polar Sea (WAGB 11).

The term “ Polar Star ” means Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10).

A measure of length, equal to five yards and a half.

The term “pole attachment” means any attachment by a cable television system or provider of telecommunications service to a pole, duct, conduit, or right-of-way owned or controlled

sax. Land of the people, v. folcgemote: a popular assembly; a county

See Liberty pole .

That species of superintendence by magistrates which has principally for its object the maintenance of public tranquillity among the citizens. The officers who are appointed for th

Public polity piness; regulations particularly in a those regulations. eral, jurisdiction of trate: a magistrate of a conservator or of a state to make education, and good

In this section, the term “police animal” means a dog or horse employed by a Federal agency (whether in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch) for the principal purpose of

A municipal court for the summary trial of petty offendera and violators of city ordinances.

Fr. In French law. A bill of lading. Ord. Mar. liv. 3, tit. 2. —Police jury, in Louisiana, is the designation of the board of officers in a parish corresponding to the commissioner

No higher police duty rests upon municipal authority than that of furnishing an ample supply of pure and wholesome water for public and domestic uses. The preservation of the healt

In Louisiana. A name given to certain officers who collectively exercise jurisdiction in certain cases of police; as, levying taxes, regulating roads, etc.

the designation of the board of officers in a parish corresponding to the commissioners or supervisors of a county in other states. — Police justice . A magistrate charged exclusiv

A magistrate having criminal jurisdiction of minor offenses similar to that of a justice of the peace, but charged exclusively with the duties incident to the common-law office of

The term "police lockup" means a temporary holding facility of a Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency to hold— (A) inmates pending bail or transport to jail; (

See Magistrate.

A watchman, with the same power of making arrests for crimes as a sheriff or constable and covered therein by the same legal protection. See 84 Am. St. Rep. 680, note.

Definition.—In this paragraph, the term "police officer" means any person determined by a public housing agency to be, during the period of residence of that person in pu

the time-tested conceptional limit of public encroachment upon private interests.

The private employer may likewise fix standards and tests, but, if his business is one in which the public health or safety is concerned, the state may legislate so as to exclude f

The railway company accepted its franchise from the state, subject necessarily to the condition that it would conform at its own expense to any regulations, not arbitrary in their

The 14th Amendment protects the citizen in his right to engage in any lawful business, but it does not prevent legislation intended to regulate useful occupations which, because of

a state or a territory, for the same reasons, in the exercise of the police power, may make rules and regulations not conflicting with the legislation of Congress upon the same sub

Liquor laws are enacted by virtue of the police power to protect the health, morals, and welfare of the public. Such laws may operate to depreciate the principal value of distiller

Laws designed to prevent persons from being misled in respect to the weight, measurement, quality, or ingredients of an article of general consumption are a common exercise of the

It is only its palpably arbitrary exercises which can be declared void under the 14th Amendment. The problems of government are practical ones and may justify, if they do not requi

The principle that a police regulation, valid when adopted, may become invalid because in its operation it has proved to be confiscatory, carries with it the recognition of the fac

A municipal ordinance or police regulations is peculiarly applicable to the inhabitants of a particular place; in other words, it is local in character.

an exception to this general principle is, the regulation of steamboats and other water-craft in the ports and harbors of the States, which is required for the accommodation and sa

In England, subjection to police supervision is where a criminal offender is subjected to the obligation of notifying the place of his residence and every change of his residence t

In each case the risk assumed by the insurer is the loss of the insured's life, and the payment of the insurance money is contingent upon the loss of life. These insurance policies

Insurance is deemed to be taken out by the decedent in all cases where he pays all the premiums, either directly or indirectly, whether or not he makes the application. On the othe

a definite course or method of action selected (as by a government, institution, group, or individual) from among alternatives and in the light of given conditions to guide and usu

The term “policy and supporting position”— (A) means any position at an agency, as determined by the Director, that, but for this section and section 2(b)(3) of the PLUM Act of 202

That a policy 'for whom it may concern,' will, in ordinary cases, cover belligerent property, has been fully conceded in argument. Nor is it contested, that previous representation

Until the maturity of a policy, the policyholder is simply a member of the corporation, with no present enforceable right against the assets. Upon the maturity of the policy he bec

For purposes of this part, the term “policyholder dividend” means any dividend or similar distribution to policyholders in their capacity as such. / For purposes of this part, the

Such advances being against the surrender value do not create a 'personal liability' or a 'debt' of the insured, but are merely a deduction from the sum that the company 'ultimatel

The "policy of a statute," or "ot the legislature," as applied to a penal or prohibitive statute, means the intention of discouraging conduct of a mischievous tendency. See In R. 6

For purposes of section 4371(1), the term “policy of casualty insurance” means any policy (other than life) or other instrument by whatever name called whereby a contract of insura

A State may not refuse to apply another State's law where there are " " no " sufficient policy considerations to warrant such refusal." " Ibid.

Policies of insurance are generally the most informal instruments which are brought into courts of justice; and there are no instruments which are more liberally construed, in orde

This policy of lenity means that the Court will not interpret a federal criminal statute so as to increase the penalty that it places on an individual when such an interpretation c

For the purpose of section 4371(2), the term “policy of life, sickness, or accident insurance, or annuity contract” means any policy or other instrument by whatever name called whe

The patent law was designed for the public benefit, as well as for the benefit of inventors. For a valuable invention, the public, on the inventor's complying with certain conditio

For the purpose of section 4371(3), the term “policy of reinsurance” means any policy or other instrument by whatever name called whereby a contract of reinsurance is made, continu

Public policy (q. V.) POLITIAE LEGIBUS NON LEGES POLItiis adaptandae. Politics are to be adapted to the laws, and not the laws to politics. Hob. 154.,

Politics should be adapted to the laws, not the laws to politics.

Pertaining to policy, or the administration of the government. 90 111. 563, Political rights are those which may synonymous with "power." 90 111. 563. They are distinguished from c

electoral activities, independent expenditures, or expenditures made to any candidate, political party, political action committee or political issues committee or in support of or

The term “political advertising” means any advertising for the purpose of influencing public opinion with respect to legislative, administrative, or electoral matters, or with resp

For purposes of this subsection, the term “political appointee” means an employee who holds— (A) a position which has been excepted from the competitive service by reason of its co

An expression sometimes used to signify the art of making calculations on matters relating to a nation; the revenues, the value of land and effects; the produce of lands and manufa

it is not clear what is meant by a "Federal, State, County or Municipal .

any committee, association, or organization (whether or not incorporated) which accepts contributions or makes expenditures for the purpose of influencing, or attempting to influen

The term “political consultant” means any person who engages in informing or advising any other person with reference to the domestic or foreign policies of the United States or th

“political contribution”— (A) means any gift, subscription, loan, advance, or deposit of money or anything of value, made for any political purpose; (B) includes any contract, prom

A public or municipal corporation ; one created for political purposes, and having for its object the administration of governmental powers of a subordinate or local nature. Winspe

The science which describes the methods and laws of the production, distribution, and consumption of wealth, and treats of economic and industrial conditions and laws, and the rule

The term “political expenditure” means any amount paid or incurred by a section 501(c)(3) organization in any participation in, or intervention in (including the publication or dis

the practice of dividing a geographical area into electoral districts, often of highly irregular shape, to give one political party an unfair advantage by diluting the opposition's

The language of the political arena, like the language used in labor disputes, is often vituperative, abusive, and inexact. We agree with petitioner that his only offense here was

Political information.—The term "political information" means information relating to political spending, including any payment consisting of a contribution, expenditure,

That branch of jurisprudence which treats of the science of politics, or the organization and administration of government.