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Parols Font Plea

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Words make the plea. 6 Mod. 458; Y. B. 19 Hen. VI. 48. PARRICIDE (from Lat. pater, father, and caedere, to slay).

In civil law. One who murders his father; one who murders his mother, his brother, his sister, or his children. Merlin, Repert.; Dig. 48. 9. 1. 3,4. The common law does not define the crime and makes no difference in punishment between it and other murders. 1 Hale, P. C. 380. In colloquial use, the term is applied according to its derivative, rather than its civil-law meaning, to the slayer of a father only.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Words make the plea.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Words make the pica. 5 Mod. 458.