Prolongation

Time added to the duration of something. When the time is lengthened during which a party is to perform a contract, the sureties of such a party are, in general, discharged, unless the sureties consent to such prolongation. In the civil law, the prolongation of time to the principal did not discharge the surety. Dig. 2. 14. 27; Id. 12. 1. 40. PROLYTAE (Lat.)

In Roman law. The term used to denominate students of law during the fifth and last year of their studies. They were left during this year very much to their own direction, and took the tions. See Dig. Pref. Prim. Const. 2; Calv. Lex.

Time added to the duration of something. See Giving Time. PRO LYT /€ (Lat.). In Roman Law. The ies. They were left during this year very century that marriage was recognized by our much to their own direction, and took the law as a temporal benefit, and a breach of name prolytfe, omnino soluti. They studied promise as cognizable by the temporal chiefly the Code and the imperial constitu- courts; 20 Q. B. D. 494, 505. tions. See Dig. Pref. Prim. Const. 2; Cal- A promise of marriage is not to be likened vinus, Lex. to an actual marriage. The latter is not a contract, but a legal relation; while the for- PROMATERTERA (Lat.). Great maternal mer is an executory contract in the strict aunt; the sister of one’s grandmother. Inst. sense of the term, and governed in general 3. 6. 3; Dig. 38. 10. 10. 14. by the ordinary law of contracts, though it