Law Dictionary

For want of an heir.

For defect or want of justice. Fleta, llb. 2, c. 62, § 2.

For defect or want of justice. Pleta, lib. 2, c. 62, § 2. PRO DEFENDENTE (Law Lat.) For the defendant. Vaughan, 65. Commonly abbreviated, pro. def. Hardr. passim. "Morton, pro quer

For the defendant. Pro derelicto. For abandoned.

As derelict or abandoned. A species of usucaption in the civll law. Dig. 41, 7.

I. fr. In old English law. to the barons, or other military tenants, cil.

The barons of the, realm.

One of age whose property is under guardianship for his want of capacity to care for H himself. See 1 Bl. Comm. 305.

la consideration of the royal dignity. 1 Bl. Comm. 223.

In civil law. A person who, though of full age, is incapable of managing his affairs, and of the obligations which attend them, in consequence of his bad conduct, and for whom a cu

Treason; treachery.

A traitor. PRODITORIE (Lat.) Treasonably. This is a technical word formerly used in indictments for treason, when they were written in Latin. PRODUCTIO SECTAE (Law Lat.) In old Eng

Traitorously.

As divided, i. e., in severalty.

As master or owner; in the character of master. Calvim

As a gift; as in case ot gift; by title of gift. A species of usucaption in the civil law. Dig. 41. 6. See Id. 5. 3. 13. 1.

As a dowry; by title of dowry. A species of usucaption. Dig. 41. 9. See Id. 5. 3. 13. 1.

the term “produce” includes alter, authenticate, or assemble; / the term “produce” includes design, alter, authenticate, duplicate, or assemble; / The term “produce” includes const

A person occupied in buying and selling agricultural or farm products. 1 Abb. 470. See Broker; Commission Merchant; Factor.

produced, manufactured, mined, handled, or in any other manner worked on in any State; and for the purposes of this Act an employee shall be deemed to have been engaged in the prod

products 'produced by an employer' included products distributed, as here, by a wholesaler with whom the primary dispute exists

Except as otherwise provided for in this section, for purposes of this section the term “produced or utilized in commercial quantities” means the completion of a well producing geo

The term "produced water" means water produced from an oil or gas well bore that is not a fluid prepared at, or transported to, the well site to resolve a specific oil or

A party who offers a witness.

It cannot be doubted that there are transactions so radically and fundamentally national as to impress the national character, independent of peace or war, and the local residence

all individuals, firms, associations, corporations, trustees, and receivers engaged in the business of mining coal.

The term “producer-handler” means any person who is both a producer and handler of limes.

The term “producer information” means activities designed to provide producers, feeders, and importers with information relating to production or marketing efficiencies or developm

The term “producer of quota tobacco” means an owner, operator, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper that shared in the risk of producing tobacco on a farm where tobacco was produced o

The term “producer-packer” means any person who is both a producer and handler of honey.

The term “producer storage program” means the producer storage program provided for under section 1445e 1 of this title.

The term “producer that is a qualified handler” means an entity that— (I) is engaged— (aa) in the domestic production, for sale in commerce, of cut flowers or cut greens and that o

the term "produces"— (A) means— (i) actually filming, videotaping, photographing, creating a picture, digital image, or digitally- or computer-manipulated image of an act

“producing” means producing, directing, manufacturing, issuing, publishing, or advertising;

The term “producing State” means a coastal State that has a coastal seaward boundary within 200 nautical miles of the geographic center of a leased tract within any area of the out

The term “product” means any article of wearing apparel or interior furnishing. / The term “product” means any natural or manufactured item. / The term “product” means a drug, devi

For purposes of this section, the term “product area research” includes (notwithstanding any provision to the contrary) the research, development and experimental costs, losses, ex

“product carrier” means a tanker engaged in the trade of carrying oil except crude oil.

The term "product costs" means costs that are associated with the production of a good, including the value of materials, direct labor costs, and direct overhead.

Exclusion of products covered by postal monopoly.—A product covered by the postal monopoly shall not be subject to transfer under this section from the market-dominant category of

The term "product identifier" means a standardized graphic that includes, in both human-readable form and on a machine-readable data carrier that conforms to the standard

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “product information” includes— (A) information describing the drug or device (such as drug class, device description, and features); (B) i

“competitive product” or “product in the competitive category of mail” means a product subject to subchapter II of chapter 36; and

“market-dominant product” or “product in the market-dominant category of mail” means a product subject to subchapter I of chapter 36;

a physical process.

production' and 'gathering' are terms narrowly confined to the physical acts of drawing the gas from the earth and preparing it for the first stages of distribution

The term "production baseline" means the baseline established for the production of regulated substances under subsection (e)(1)(B).

Production-Certification Related Service Defined.—In this section, the term "production-certification related service" has the meaning given that term in appendix C of pa

(i) any day during which natural gas is produced; and (ii) any day during which natural gas is not produced if production during such day is prohibited by a requirement of State la

The term “production expenditures” means the costs (whether or not incurred during the production period) required to be capitalized under subsection (a) with respect to the proper

The term "production facility" means (1) any equipment or device determined by rule of the Commission to be capable of the production of special nuclear material in such

The terms “contract” and “production flexibility contract” mean a production flexibility contract entered into under section 7211 of this title.

The 'production for commerce' intended includes at least production of goods, which, at the time of production, the employer, according to the normal course of his business, intend

The term “production history” means the production history determined for a participating dairy operation under subsection (a) or (b) of section 9055 of this title .

“production inspection primary inspection agency” means a State agency or private organization that has been approved by the Secretary to evaluate the ability of manufactured home

he who produces goods for these indispensable and inseparable parts of commerce produces goods for commerce

The production by the plaintiff of testimony to prove his case.

where sales, though technically consummated in interstate commerce, are made during the course of production and gathering and are so closely connected with the local incidents of

the 'production or gathering' exemption relates to the physical activities, processes and facilities of production or gathering, but not to sales of the kind affirmatively subjecte

this phrase comprehended the producing properties and gathering facilities of a natural-gas company. We now adhere to this natural and clear meaning of the words and their obvious

The term “production payment” means a term overriding royalty satisfiable in cash or in kind— (A) contingent on the production of a liquid or gaseous hydrocarbon from particular re

The term "production period" means, when used with respect to any property, the period— (i) beginning on the date on which production of the property begins, and (ii) exc

In old English law. Production of suit; the production by a plaintiff of his secta or witnesses to prove the allegations of his count See 3 BI. Comm. 295.

Production of suit, which see.

I. I. In old English production, by a plaintiff, of a number firm his count The original of the modern precedents, " and therefore he

I. Production of the production by a party of his to prove his case, preceding the the process referred to in the phrase V. Seda, Witness.

The term “productive activity” means either a group or individual activity that is designed to allow prisoners determined as having a minimum or low risk of recidivating to remain

The term “productivity” means— (A) engagement in income-producing work that is measured by increased income, improved employment status, or job advancement; or (B) engagement in wo

the terms “Indian product” and “product of a particular Indian tribe or Indian arts and crafts organization” has the meaning given such term in regulations which may be promulgated

The term “product of discovery” includes without limitation the original or duplicate of any deposition, interrogatory, document, thing, result of the inspection of land or other p

the term “product of smelting or refining” means metals or metal-bearing materials resulting directly from smelting or refining processes, but does not include metal-bearing ores o

The term "product or material" means an article, material, or supply brought to the site by the recipient for incorporation into the building, work, or project. The term

Product patents or patents of compositions of matter are distinct from patents of the process by which the product may be produced. The former, if sufficiently described, may exist

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 “products of spent fowl” means commercial products produced from spent fowl.

Product support.—The term "product support" means the package of support functions required to field and maintain the readiness and operational capability of covered syst

Product support arrangement.—The term "product support arrangement" means a contract, task order, or any type of other contractual arrangement, or any type of agreement o

Product support integrator.—The term “product support integrator” means an entity within the Federal Government or outside the Federal Government charged with integrating all sourc

Product support provider.—The term “product support provider” means an entity that provides product support functions. The term includes an entity within the Department of Defense,

Product tank vessel.—The term "product tank vessel" means a double hulled tank vessel capable of carrying simultaneously more than 2 separated grades of refined petroleum

As a purchaser; by the title of a purchaser. A species of usucaption. Dig. 41. 4. See Id. 5. 3. 13. 1. PRO EO QUOD (Lat.) In pleading. For this that. This is a phrase of affirmatio

For this, that.

For and during. Pro facti. As a fact.

As a fact.

A nominal amercement of a plaintiff for "his false claim," which used to be inserted in a judgment for the defendant. Obsolete.

That which has not been consecrated. By a profane place is understood one which is neither sacred, nor sanctified, nor religious. Dig. 11, 7. 2. 4.

In a profane manner. In an indictment, under the act of assembly of Pennsylvania, against profanity, it is requisite that the words should be laid to have been spoken profanely. 11

or PROFANITY. In criminal law. Imprecations in the name of the Deity. It is a form of blasphemy. 8 Conn. 375. PROFECTITUS (Lat.) In civil law. That which descends to us from our as

Profane speech. See Profane .

Irreverence towards sacred things; particularly, an irreverent or blasphemous use of the name of God; punishable by statute in some jurisdictions.

The acquisition of property by children by making it out of the property of their father. See 40 Tex. 693.

Lat. In the civil law. That which descends to us from our ascendants. Dig. 23, 3, 5.

Inherited property.

An offer; a profert.

An allegation formally made in a pleading where a party alleges a deed that he shows in court, it being in fact in his own custody. See 67 Fed. 597, 14 C. C. A. 561.

Same as Profert.

Same as Profert.

The term “profession” shall include but not be limited to architects, engineers, lawyers, physicians, surgeons, and teachers in elementary or secondary schools, colleges, academies

a person competent, whether by education, training or experience, to make the particular decision at issue.

the term “professional affiliation” shall mean staff privileges, medical staff membership, employment or contractual relationship, partnership or ownership interest, academic appoi