Persona

Lat In the civil law. Character, in virtue of which cortain rights belong to a man and certain duties are imposed upon him. Thus One man may unite many characters, {personae,) as, for example, the characters of father and son, of master and servant. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 129.

In ecclesiastical law. The rector of a church instituted and inducted, for his own life, was called "person a mortalis f' and any collegiate or conventual body, to whom the church was forever appropriated, was termed "persona immortalis." Jacob.

— Persona designata. A person pointed out or described as an individual, as opposed to a person ascertained as a member of a class, or as filling a particular character.

— Persona ecclesiae. The parson or personation of the church.

— Persona non grata. In international law and diplomatic usage, a person not acceptable (for reasons peculiar to himself) to the court or government to which it is proposed to accredit him in the character of an ambassador or minister.

— Persona standi in judicio. Capacity of standing in court or in judgment; capacity to be a party to an action; capacity or ability to sue.

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In old English law. A person; a parson; character; capacity. Persona conjuncta wquiparatur interesse proprio: a personal connection [literally, a united person, union with a person] is equivalent to one's own interest; n?arness of blood is as good a consideration as one's own interest. Persona impersonata: a parson imparsonee. Persona praedilecta: a person particularly favored. Persona standi in jndicio: capacity of standing in court or in judgment; capacity to be a party to an action; capacity or ability to sue.

In the civil law. A person; character; capacity. Persona est liomo, cum statu quodaui consideratus: a person is a human being, considered with reference to a certain status, condition or quality.

A person. See Actio, Personalis; Delectus, Desceiptio, Personse: In, Personam, Propria, etc.; Mobilia.

A person; also a parson, q. v. The rector of a church instituted and inducted, for his own life, was called persona mortalis; and any collegiate or conventual body, to whom the church was for ever appropriated, was termed persona immortalis. Jacob. Persona conjuncta aequiparatur interesse proprio. A united personality is equivalent to one's own interest. Nearness of relationship is equivalent to a personal interest. The interest arising from a personal relationship is sometimes regarded in law as equal to the individual's own interest. This is one of the maxims of Lord Bacon, by whom it is thus explained: "The law hath that respect of nature and conjunction of blood, as in divers cases it measureth one man's profit and interest by another's, yea, and in some cases alloweth of it more strongly." And he gives this illustration: "So, if a man menace me, that he will imprison or hurt in body my father or my child, except I make unto him an obligation, I shall avoid this duress as well as if the duress had been to my own person." Bac. Max.

is a fiction of the law, the effect of which is to put the representative in the place, degree, or right of the person represented. The hcir represents his ancestor. Bac. Abr. Heir and Ancestor, A. The devisee, his testator; the executor, his testator; the administragenerally speaking they are entitled to the rights of the persons whom they represent, and bound to fulfil the duties and obligations, which were binding upon them in those characters. Representation was unknown to the Romans, and was invented by the commentators and doctors of the civil law. Toull. Dr. Civ. Fr. liv. 3, t. 1,c. 3, n. 180. Vide Ayl. Pand. 397.