Law Dictionary

See Libeety.

A political offender if accused of what is prima facie an extraditable crime cannot be legally surrendered, if the offence is of a political character, that is if it is incidental

A class of offenses excluded from many extradition treaties, and including, generally, crimes against the government as such, and crimes incident to political uprisings. Treason, s

Civil offices are usually divided into three classes, —political, judicial, and ministerial. Political offices are such as are not immediately connected with the administration of

Political offices are such as are not immediately connected with the administration of justice, or with the execution of the mandates of a superior, as the President or head of a d

Natural liberty, so far restrained by human laws as is necessary and expedient for the general advantage of the public. 1 Bl. Comm. 125.

The term “political organization” means a party, committee, association, fund, or other organization (whether or not incorporated) organized and operated primarily for the purpose

See Election; Nomination.

any association, committee, or organization which nominates a candidate for election to any Federal office whose name appears on the election ballot as the candidate of such associ

for our recognition of new suspect classes.

The term "political prisoner" means a person who has been detained or imprisoned on politically motivated grounds.

any oral, visual, graphic, written, pictorial, or other communication or expression by any person (1) which is reasonably adapted to, or which the person disseminating the same bel

any oral, visual, graphic, written, pictorial, or other communication or expression by any person (1) which is reasonably adapted to, or which the person disseminating the same bel

The very nature of executive decisions as to foreign policy is political, not judicial. Such decisions are wholly confided by our Constitution to the political departments of the g

It is indeed a singular misconception of the nature and character of our constitutional system of government to suggest that the settled distinction which the doctrine just stated

Questions Involving executive policy, and within the power of the executive to determine, such as the recognition of a particular government in a foreign state. Such questions will

the rights in danger, as we have seen, must be rights of persons or property, not merely political rights, which do not belong to the jurisdiction of a court, either in law or equi

particular geographic regions within a State, such as New York's Westchester County.

Political subdivisions of States—counties, cities or whatever—never were and never have been considered as sovereign entities. Rather, they have been traditionally regarded as subo

The science of government.

Politics are to be adapted to the laws, and not the laws to politics. Hob. 154.

The form of government; civll constitution.

A head. Hence poll tax is the name of a tax imposed upon the people at so much a head. To poll a jury is to require that each juror shall himself declare what is his verdict. This

A head; an levied by the head

Cut or shaved dentation; anciently meaning, v. Deed

A foreign coin of base metal, prohibited by St. 27 Edw. I. a 8, from being brought into the realm, on pain of forfeiture of life and goods. 4 Bl. Comm. 98. It was computed at two p

Trees which have been lopped; distinguished from timber-trees. Plowd. 649.

In civil law. A promise not yet accepted by the person to whom it is made. It differs from a contract, inasmuch as the latter includes a concurrence of intention in two parties, on

In Hindu law. The head of a vlllage or district; also a military chieftain in the peninsula, answering to .a hill zemindar in the northern drears. Wharton.

To poll a jury is to require that each juror shall himself declare what is his verdict

A tax ordained by act of parliament, (18 Car. II. c. 1,) by which every subject in the kingdom was assessed by the head or poll, according to his degree. Cowell. A similar personui

The place where electors cast in their votes.

A capitation tax. See Per capita .

Poll taxes are laid upon persons without regard to their occupations or property to raise money for the support of government or some more specific end.

For federal elections, the poll tax is abolished absolutely as a prerequisite to voting, and no equivalent or milder substitute may be imposed. Any material requirement imposed upo

dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded

The terms “environment”, “facility”, “hazardous substance”, “person”, “pollutant or contaminant”, “release”, “removal”, “response”, “disposal”, and “hazardous waste” have the meani

The term “pollution” means the man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological, and radiological integrity of water.

“pollution control facilities” means such property (both real and personal) as the Administration in its discretion determines is likely to help prevent, reduce, abate, or control

The term “pollution liability” means liability for injuries arising from the release of hazardous substances or pollutants or contaminants.

A riparian proprietor is required to refrain from erecting upon the hanks of a water course any works which will pollute the water and thereby create a nuisance; 9 Co. 59; 5 B. & A

An old abbrevation for the words "ponit loco sua," put in his place, used in warrants of attorney. Towns. PL.431. PbACHING. Unlawful taking of game from the land of another. Unlawf

The state of a woman who has several husbands. Polyandry is legalized only in Thibet. POLYGAMIA EST PLURIUM SIMUL Vlrorum uxorumve connubium. Polygamy is the marriage with many hus

The term “polychlorinated biphenyls” has the meaning given that term under section 6(e) of the Toxic Substances Control Act ( 15 U.S.C. 2605(e) ).

The term "polyfluoroalkyl substance" means a man-made chemical containing a mix of fully fluorinated carbon atoms, partially fluorinated carbon atoms, and nonfluorinated

gr.-l. In pluriuni simnl marriage of several

Polygamy is marriage with many husbands or wives at the same time.

3 Inst. 88. Polygamy is the marriage with many husbands or wives at one time.

The act or state of a person who, knowing that he has two or more wives, or that she has two or more husbands, marries another. It differs fom "bigamy" (q. v.) Comyn, Dig. "Justice

A term used to express a government which is shared by several persons; as, when two brothers succeed to the throne, and reign jointly.

The term “polygraph” means an instrument that— (A) records continuously, visually, permanently, and simultaneously changes in cardiovascular, respiratory, and electrodermal pattern

In this section, the term “Polygraph Review” means the review of the Committee to Review the Scientific Evidence on the Polygraph of the National Academy of Sciences.

The term "polymeric backsheet" means a sheet on the back of a solar module which acts as an electric insulator and protects the inner components of such module from the s

insanity arising from an inflammation of the nerves, of the kind called "polyneuritis" or "multiple neuritis" because it involves several nerves at the same lime. This is often pre

In old pleading. An apple-tree; an orchard.

A body of stagnant water; a pool, either natural or artificial. 13 Pick. (Mass.) 265. A pond differs from a lake only in size. 1 Starkle, Ev. 554; Best, Ev. 426, § 389; 14 Wend. (N

non nnmerantur, I. Witnesses are weighed, not counted; that is, they are estimated by the weight or importance of their testimony, and not by their number.

Witnesses are weighed, not coanted. See 14 Wend. (N. Y.) 105.

Witnesses are weighed, not counted. 1 Starkie, Ev. 554; Best, Ev. p. 426, § 389; Bakeman v. Rose, 14 Wend. (N. Y.) 105, 109.

Poundage, which see.

The king,s weight; standard weight.

See Writ of Pone .

An obsolete writ to impanel a jury.

A writ commanding that a prisoner be bailed in cases bailable. Reg. Orig. 133. PONENDUM SIGILLUM AD EXCEPTIonem. A writ by which justices were required to put their seals to except

A writ requiring justices to put their' seals to a bill of exceptions, according to Stat. West. 2, 13 Ed. I. c. 31. Wliart. Law Lex. PONERE (Lat.). To put. The word is used in the

A writ to compel the placing of the court seal upon exceptions to rulings made at a trial.

In English practice. An obsolete writ to the sheriff to summon the defendant to appear and answer the plaintiff's suit, on his putting in sureties to prosecute. It was so called fr

A writ issued after the return of the original writ and the nonappearance of the defendant, ordering the sheriff to attach or take sureties for his appearance. See 3 Bl. Comm. 210.

To place; to put.

I Puts in his place. Ponit se inde in Deo et magna assisa: put himself thereof on God and on the grand assize. Ponit se super lingnas vestras: rests his fate upon your words. Ponit

He put him in his place or stead.

Lat. He puts himself upon the country. The defendant's plea of not guilty in a criminal action is recorded, in English practice, in these words or in the abbreviated form "po. se."

He puts himself out of the country.

A contribution towards the maintenance, rebuilding, or repairs of a

An old writ directed to the sheriff, requiring him to charge one or more to repair a bridge. Reg. Orig. 153.

The term "Pool" means a pool established in accordance with subsection (d).

The term “pooled employer plan” means a plan— (i) which is an individual account plan established or maintained for the purpose of providing benefits to the employees of 2 or more

The term “pooled financing bond” means any bond issued as part of an issue more than $5,000,000 of the proceeds of which are reasonably expected (at the time of the issuance of the

The term “pooled fund” means an unemployment fund or any part thereof (other than a reserve account or a guaranteed employment account) into which the total contributions of person

The term “pooled investment vehicle” means— (A) any investment company, as defined in section 3(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ( 15 U.S.C. 80a–3(a) ); or (B) any company

For purposes of this subsection, the term "pooled plan provider" means, with respect to any plan, a person who— (i) is designated by the terms of the plan as a named fidu

The term “pool heater” means an appliance designed for heating nonpotable water contained at atmospheric pressure, including heating water in swimming pools, spas, hot tubs and sim

See Restraint of Trade; Rates.

Strictly, an agreement between common carriers to divide their earnings on an agreed basis, irrespective of the proportions which such earnings bore to each other, the same being p

Agreements bstween competing railways for a division of the traffic or for a pro rata distribution of their earnings united into a "pod" or common fund. 15 Fed. 667, note. See Pool

Where domination exists, a pooling of competing process patents, or an exchange of licenses for the purpose of curtailing the manufacture and supply of an unpatented product, is be

Destitute; helpless and in treme want; Rhine v. Sheboygan, 82 352, 52 N. W. 444; so completely destitute property as to require assistance from public; Stale v. Osawkee Tp., 14 Kan

In this section, the term “poor air quality area” means an area— (1) that is subject to the national ambient air quality standards promulgated by the Administrator of the Environme

One who, being imprisoned in a civil action, has no property to pay the debt whereon the same was issued, and who is accordingly entitled to his release on making oath to such fact

By the constitution the several states and territories, or by laws which exist for the relief of poor ors, it is provided in general terms that shall be no imprisonment for debt. t

An oath of poverty, on taking which one imprisoned on execution is entitled to release.

That part of the law which relates to the public or compulsory relief of paupers.

A government board 421, appointed by statute 10 & 11 Viet. c. 109, to need take the place of poor law commissioners, sole wlio had general management of the poor a and the funds fo

The English official body appointed under St. 10 & 11 Viet. c. 109, passed in 1847, to take the place of the poor-law commissioners, under whose control the general management of t

A rate levied by church' of authorities for the relief of the poor. the debt- POPE. The bishop of Rome and head of there the Roman Catholic church. lie is elected But by certain of

The term “popcorn” means unpopped popcorn (Zea Mays L) that is— (A) commercially grown; (B) processed in the United States by shelling, cleaning, or drying; and (C) introduced into

The bishop of Rome and the head of the Roman Catholic church. He is a temporal prince. He is elected by certain officers called "cardinals," and remains in power during life. In th

The first fruits (primitiœ or annates) were the first year's profits of ali the spiritual preferments in the kingdom, according to a rate made by Walter, bishop of Norwich, ip the

The religion of the Roman Catholic Church, comprehending doctrines and practices.