Pars

A part of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, where the Serjeants, standing each by his allotted pillar used to give advice to their clients. 2 Holdsw. Hist. E. L. 411.

Lat A part; a party to a deed, action or legal proceeding.

— Pars enitia. In old English law. The privilege or portion of the eldest daughter in the partition of lands by lot.

— Pars gravata. In old practice. A party aggrieved ; the party aggrieved. Hardr. 50; 3 Leon. 237.

— Pars pro toto. Part for the whole; the name of a part used to represent the whole; as the roof for the house, ten spears for ten armed men, etc.

— Pars rationabilis. That part of a man's goods which the law gave to his widow and children. 2 Bl. Comm. 492.

— Pars rea. A party defendant. St. Marlbr. c. 13.

— Pars viscerum matris. Part of the bowels of the mother; i. e., an unborn child.

Lat.

In old English law. A part; a party. Pars actrix: a party plaintiff. Pars ejusdem negotii: a part of the same transaction. Pars enitia: the eldest's part or share; the privilege of the eldest daughter in the partition of lands. See Esnetia. Pars fundi: part of the soil. Pars gravata: a party aggrieved; the party aggrieved. Pars judicis: the duty of the judge. Pars rationabilis: reasonable part or portion; that share of a man's goods which the law gave to his wife and children. Pars rea: a party defendant.

/. A part, party. Pars negotii: part of the same the soil. Pars judicis: the nabilis: v. De rationabili parte

A part. Also, a party, either to an agreement or to an action or other legal proceeding. Pars enitia. The eldest part. The share of the eldest on a partition between coparceners. See Enitia Pars. Pars rationabilis. A reasonable part. law gave to his wife or to his heirs upon his decease. Pars rationabilis is the ancient division of a man's goods into three equal parts, of which one went to his heirs or lineal descendants, another to his wife, and the third was at his own disposal; or, if he died without a wife, he might then dispose of one moiety, and the other went to his children, and so e converse; but if he died without either wife or issue, the whole was at his own disposal. The shares of the wife and children were called their reasonable parts; and the writ de rationa Uli parte bonorum was given to recover them. 'Phis law has been altered by imperceptible degrees, and the deceased may now by will bequeath the whole of his goods and chattels. Wharton. Pars viscerum matris. Part of the mother's bowels; an unborn child. Parte inaudita. One side being unheard. Spoken of a cause in which one party only has had a hearing; or of making a decree without a hearing. Parte integrante sublata, to Uitur totam. Taking away an integral part destroys the whole. Parte nou comparente. The party (or one party) not having appeared. The condition of a, cause called, in Anglo- American law, default. Partes finis nihil habuerunt. The parties to the fine had no estate.