Prohibitive Impediments

Those impediments to a marriage which are only followed by a punishment, but do not ren- PROJECT (Fr.)

In international law. The draft of a proposed treaty or convention. PROJECTIO (Lat. from projicere, to cast up).

In old English law. A throwing up of earth by the sea. Used by Sir Matthew Hale a synonym of alluvia. PROLEM ANTE MATRIMONIUM NAtam, ita u't post legltimam, lex civilis succedere facit in haereditate parentum; sed prolem, quam matrimonlum non parit, succedere non sinit lex Anglorum. The civil law permits the offspring born before marriage [provided such offspring be afterwards legitimized] to be the heirs of their parents; but the law of the English does not suffer the offspring not produced by the marriage to succeed. Fortescue, c. 39. PROLES (Lat.) Progeny; such issue as proceeds from a lawful marriage, and, in its enlarged sense, it signifies any children. PROLES SEQUITUR SORTEM PATERnam. The offspring follows the condition of the father. 1 Sandf. Ch. (N. Y.) 583, 660.

Those impediments to a marriage which are only followed by a punishment but do not render the marriage null. Bowyer, Mod. Civ. Law 44. PRO JET (Fr.). In International Law. The draft of a proposed treaty or convention. Projet de loi, — a bill iri a legislative body. PROLES (Lat.). Progeny; such issue as proceeds from a lawful marriage; and, in its enlarged seuse, it signifies any children.