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In Fr. Provable; justifiable ; manifest Kelham.

claims founded upon contract, which at the time of the bankruptcy are fixed in amount or susceptible of liquidation, may be proved under subdivision (a)(4) of that section, althoug

There can be no debt provable in bankruptcy arising out of a contract which becomes effective only at the claimant's option and after the inception of the proceedings, the fulfillm

To make proof of; to establish by evidence.

"proven effectiveness" means that a program, project, approach, or practice has been shown by analysis of performance and results to make a significant contribution to th

the term "proven practices" means methods and activities that advance the use of geospatial data for the benefit of society.

In old English law. One who undertakes to prove a crime against another. 28 Edw. I.; 5 Hen. IV. One who, being indicted and arraigned for treason or felony, confesses before plea p

I. I. In old English law. To prove; to

In a figurative sense, power, authority, prerogative: as, in saying that it is the province of the jury to decide the facts, and the province of the court or judge to decide the la

The word always expresses a condition, unless it appears from the context to be the intent of "the parties that it shall constitute a covenant; Rich v. Atwater, 16 Conn. 419; but i

“provided by the United States Government” includes, but is not limited to, foreign assistance provided by means of gift, loan, sale, credit, or guaranty.

the term "provider" means an electronic communication service provider or remote computing service; / the term "provider" means a non-profit entity, a for-profi

For purposes of this subsection, the term "provider directory information" includes, with respect to a group health plan, the name, address, specialty, telephone number,

For purposes of this section, the term “provider entity” means a provider of services, supplier, facility (including a renal dialysis facility), clinic, agency, or laboratory.

the term "provider for a Senate office" means a provider of electronic communication service or remote computing service directly commissioned or used by a Senate office

The term “provider of adult education” has the meaning given the term “eligible provider” in section 3272 of title 29 .

The term "provider of advanced communications service"— (A) means a person who provides advanced communications service to United States customers; and (B) includes— (i)

The term “provider of direct broadcast satellite service” means— (i) a licensee for a Ku-band satellite system under part 100 of title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations; or (ii

The term “provider of early childhood services” means a public or private entity that has regular contact with young children, including child welfare agencies, child care provider

The term “provider of operator services” means any common carrier that provides operator services or any other person determined by the Commission to be providing operator services

The term "provider of peer recovery support services" means a provider that delivers peer recovery support services through an organization described in section 290ee–2(a

In this subsection, the term “provider of services” means a hospital, skilled nursing facility, comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facility, home health agency, hospice progra

The term “provider of transportation services” means an entity that— (A) is established or organized— (i) in the United States; or (ii) pursuant to Federal law; (B) has significant

The term "provider-owned consumer premises equipment" means any equipment that a provider of internet access service or multichannel video programming service rents or lo

In this subsection (except as provided in paragraph (6)), the term “provider-related donation” means any donation or other voluntary payment (whether in cash or in kind) made (dire

In this part, the term “provider-sponsored organization” means a public or private entity— (A) that is established or organized, and operated, by a health care provider, or group o

the term “provides” includes giving, donating, and transmitting;

The term “providing carrier” means a local exchange or interexchange common carrier providing telephone services (other than local exchange services) to a vendor for a telephone-bi

Sometimes this signifies the district into which a country has been divided; as, the province of Canterbury, in England; the province of Languedoc, in France. Sometimes it means a

the term "Province of Canada" means a Province of Canada and includes the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories and their successors.

The province of courts is to decide real controversies, not to discuss abstract propositions.

the good old rule, that on questions of fact, it is the province of the jury, on questions of law, it is the province of the court to decide. But it must be observed that by the sa

It is the province of the legislature to declare, in explicit terms, how far the citizen shall be restrained in the exercise of that power over property which ownership gives; and

It is as much within the province of the jury to decide questions of fact as of the court to decide questions of law. The jury should take the law as laid down by the court and giv

The decrees of provincial synods held under divers archbishops of Canterbury, from Stephen Langton, in the reign of Henry

In English law. The several archl-episcopal courts in the two ecclesiastical provinces of England.

A work on ecclesias-itical law, by William Lyndwode, official principal to Archbishop Chichele in the reign of Edward IV. 4 Reeve, Eng. Law, c. 25, p. 117.

Lat In the civll law. One who has his domicile in a province. Dig. 50, 16, 190.

To forswear the country. Spelman.

In Scotch practice. An action for proving the tenor of a lost deed. Bell, Diet.

The right to select the judicial forum is the kind of 'provision' that cannot be waived under § 14 of the Securities Act.

SEIZURE. In Louisiana. A term which signifies nearly the same as attachment of property. It is regulated by the Code of Practice as follows, namely: The plaintiff may, in certain c

Those who, under the old bankruptcy practice of England, were appointed to take charge of bankrupt estates until the creditors' assignees were appointed.

A committee appointed for a temporary occasion.

One temporarily established in anticipation of and to exist until another shall be instituted and organized in its stead. See 22 Tex. 504.

Same as Injunction pendente lite.

The license of the Governor to the applicant to make a temporary occupation, until he could inform himself, so as to act considerately or intelligently, we think, cannot be treated

In English law. Under various acts of parliament, certain public bodies and departments of the government are authorized to inquire into matters which, in the ordinary course, coul

The term “provisional relief” means— (i) any increase in, or imposition of, any duty; (ii) any modification or imposition of any quantitative restriction on the importation of an a

A remedy adopted to meet a particular exigency. The terra is ordinarily applied to process issued at the commencement or during the pendency of a suit to preserve some status until

While these two remedies differ in nature and incidents, they are alike in being available at the commencement or during the pendency of an action, are not independent but auxiliar

In Louisiana. A term which signifies nearly the same as attachment of property. By the Code of Practice, plaintiff may, in certain cases, obtain the provisional seizure of the prop

By provision of law.

Lat In English history. Those acts of parliament which were passed to curb the arbitrary power of the crown. See Provision.

By provision of the husband.

the term “provision of law” means any provision of a Federal statute or rule, regulation, or order issued thereunder; and

For purposes of this section, the term “provisions of this chapter” or “provision of this chapter” means (1) any provision of subchapter I or II or this subchapter, (2) any regulat

Food for man; victuals. Corn on the ear in the shuck is provisions within the meaning of a constitutional provision with reference to exemptions; Cochran v. Harvey, 88 Ga. 352, 14

In this paragraph, the term “provisions known as the Anti-Deficiency Act” means sections 1341, 1342, 1349(a), 1350, 1351, 1511, 1512, 1513, 1514, 1515, 1516, 1517, 1518, and 1519 o

Provisions granting power. 146 111. App. 420.

Another name for the statute of Merton. See Merton , Statute OF.

Certain provisions made in the parliament of Oxford, 1258, for the purpose of securing the execution of the provisions of Magna Charta against the invasions thereof by Henry III. T

The term “provisions of this chapter” includes (A) any regulation or permit issued pursuant to this chapter, and (B) any provision of, or regulation issued pursuant to, any interna

A name given to certain ordinances or declarations promulgated by the barons in A. D. 1259, for the reform of various abuses.

It is the opinion of this Court that fat cattle are provisions, or munitions of war, within the true intent and meaning of the act, entitled 'an act to prohibit American vessels fr

it is the true office of a proviso to restrict the sense or make clear that which has gone before and which might be doubtful because of the generality of the language used.

A proviso is to provide for the present and the future, not the past.

He that hath the care of providing things necessary, but more especially one who sued to the court of Rome for a provision. Jacob; 25 Edw. III. One nominated by the pope to a benef

STATUTE OF. A statute passed in 25 Edw. III. forbidding the Pope to nominate to benefices, and declaring that the election of bishops and other dignitaries I should be free, and al

I. It is provided, — initial words of provisions in old statutes.

That treatment of another which arouses anger or passion. See 52 S. C. 480; 30 S. E. 482. Excepting words or gestures. See Add. (Pa.) 155.

To excite; to stimulate; to arouse. State v. Warner, 34 Conn. 279. See Provocation.

A title given to the chief of some corporations or societies. In Prance, this title was formerly given to some presiding judges. The word is derived from the Latin praepositus.

A military officer appointed to arrest and secure deserters and other offenders, to prevent pillaging, indict offenders, and see to the passage and execution of sentence, and also

Proximus, which see.

Lat In the civil law. A broker; one who negotiated or arranged the terms of a contract betwcen two parties, as between buyer and seller; one who negotiated a marriage; a match-make

In English law. Yearly payments made by a parish priest to his bishop or archdeacon, on account of visitation.

In its legal sense, closeness of causal connection. Menger v. Laur, 55 N. J. L. 205, 2(1 Atl. 180, 20 L. Ii. A. 61.

By proximate cause is meant efficient cause. In other words, if the gas had not been there, would his death have followed? And was gas being there necessary to his death?

It requires no reasoning to demonstrate that the general rule is that, where negligence is charged, to justify a recovery it must be shown that the alleged negligence was the proxi

It is a well-established principle of that law, that in all cases of loss, we are to attribute it to the proximate cause, and not to any remote cause; causa proxima non remota spec

Proximate damages are such as are the ordinary and natural results of the omission or commission of acts of negligence, and such as are usual and might have been reasonably expecte

Relationship.

The next; the nearest.

He is next whom no one precedes; he is last whom no one follows.

The next heir.

The next following.

The civil-law name of a kind of broker or agent making a business of promoting marriages. All contracts and agreements respecting marriage (commonly called marriage-brokage contrac

Proximus sequento, which see.

A person appointed in the place of another, to represent him. The instrument by which a person is appointed so to act. It is said to be a contraction of "procuracy." In Ecclesiasti

There is nothing in the First Amendment which prevents the Government from requiring a licensee to share his frequency with others and to conduct himself as a proxy or fiduciary wi

In old English law. An officer next in authority to the alderman of a hundred, called "prœpositus regius;" or a steward or bailiff of an estate, answering to the "wicnere." Also th

A church-reeve, or warden. Spelman,

A constable of a town, or petty constable.

I. We command; an emphatic or initial word in most of the old Latin writs. Praecipimus tibi, sicut alias tibi praecepimus: we command you, as we have before commanded you, etc. A c

I.. In the civil law. That which is to be predetermined.

I. In old English law. Prescription. titulus ex nsu et tempore snbstaiitiam legis: prescription is a title deriving its [length of] time, under the authority of lavir. In the civil

I. I. In old English law. A payment relief and a heriot

Lat. In Roman law. Forms of words (of a qualifying character) inserted in the formulœ in which the claims in actions were expressed; and, as they occupied an early place in the for