PRO POSSESSORE. AS a
by title of a possessor. 5, 3, 13.
Terms beginning with "P" (639 total)
PRO-CONSUL
Lat. In the Roman law. Originally a consul whose command was prolonged after his office had expired. An officer with consular authority, but without
PROAMITA
Lat. In the civil law. A great paternal aunt; the sister of one's grandfather.
PROAVIA
Lat. great-grandmother. 10, 1, 5.
PROAVUNCULUS
Lat. law. <A great-grandfather’s brother. 8, 6, 8; Bract. fol. 68D.
PROAVUS
Lat. In the civil law. A great-grandfather. Inst. 3, 6,1; Bract. fols.
Prob. Pr
(5th Ed.) 237-239; Mozley & Whit-
PROBABLE
such facts and circumstances as would: excite the belief in a reasonable mind, acting on the facts within the knowledge of the A er cutor, that the person charged was guilty of the crime for which he was prosecuted. Whee...
Probate Court v. Matthews, 6 Vt
274; Laing v. Barbour, 119 Mass. 525; Lafferty v. People’s Say. Bank, 76 Mich. 35, 43 N. W. 34.
PROBATIO
Lat. Proof; more particularly direct, as distinguished from indirect or circumstantial evidence.
PROBATIS EXTREMIS
to designate the proof of his claim made by a non-resident plaintiff (when the same is on book-account, promissory note, etc.) who swears to the correctness and justness of the same, and that it is due, before a notary o...
PROBATIVE
mediate proceedings are presumed. 1 Greenl. Ev. § 20.
PROBUS ET LEGALIS HOMO. [at
A good and lawful man. A phrase particularly applied to a juror or. witness who was free from all exception. 8 Bl. Comm. 102.
Proc. Cal
1903, § 1833. Evidence which, standing alone and unexplained, would maintain the proposition and warrant the conclusion to support which it is introduced. Emmons v. Bank 97 Mass. 230. An inference or presumption of law,...
Proc. N. Y. 1899, § 2514, subd
9.—Intermediate order. In code practice. An order made between the commencement of an action and the
PROCEEDING
the body of rules, whether of practice or of Pleading, whereby rights are effectuated through the successful application of the proper remedies. It is also generally distinguished from the law of evidence. Brown. See Kri...
PROCESS
court. -And when actions were commenced, by original writ, instead of, as at present, by writ of summons, the method of compelling the defendant to appear was by what was termed “original process,” being founded an t...
PROCESSUM OCONTINUANDO. In
English practice. A writ for the continuance of process after the death of the chief justice or other justices in the commission of oyer and terminer. Reg. Orig. 128.
PROCHEIN. UL
Fr. Next. A term somewhat used in modern law, and more frequently in the old law; as prochein ami, prochein cousin. Co. Litt. 10. —~Prochein ami. Next friend. As an infant cannot legally sue in his own name, the action...
PROCLAMATION
19 Fed. Cas. 718; In re Weston, 17 Apy. D.
PROCURARE
Lat. To take care of another’s affairs for him, or in his behalf; to manage; to take care of or superintend.
PROCURATIO
Lat. Management of another's affairs by his direction and in his. behalf; -procuration; agency.
PROCURATORES ECCLESIZ: PARO
CHIALIS. The old name for church-wardens. Paroch. Antig. 562.
PROCURATORY OF RESIGNATION
In Scotch law. A form of proceeding by which a vassal authorizes the feu to be re turned to his superior. Bell. It is analogous to the surrender of copyholds in England.
PROCUREUR GENERAL, or IM
PERIAL. In French law. An officer of the imperial court, who either personally or by his deputy prosecutes every one who is accused of a crime according to the forms of French law. His functions appear to be confined to ...
PRODIGUS
Lat. In Roman law. A prodigal; a spendthrift; a person whose ex-. travagant habits manifested an inability to administer his own affairs, and for whom a guardian might therefore be appointed.
PRODUCTION
initiation of all criminal proceedings. In the exercise of his office (which appears to include the apprehension of offenders) he is entitled to call to his assistance the public force, (posse comitatus ;) and the office...
PROFERT IN CURIA
L. Lat. He produces in court. In old practice, these words were inserted in a declaration, as an allegation that the plaintiff was ready to produce, or did actually produce, in court, the deed or other written instrument...
PROFICUA
L. Lat.. In old English law. Profits; especially the “issues and profits” of an estate in land. See Co. Litt. 142.
PROFITS
1. The advance in the pricc of goods sold beyond the cost of purchase. The gain made by the sale of produce or manufactures, after deducting the value of the labor, materials, rents, and all expenses. together with the i...
PROHIBITIO DE VASTO, DIRECTA
PARTI, ‘A judicial writ which used to be addressed to a tenant, prohibiting him from waste, pending suit. Reg. Jud. 21; Moore, 917.
PROJECTIO
Lat. In old English law. A throwing up of earth by the sea.
PROLES
Lat. Offspring; progeny; the issue of a lawful marriage.
PROMATERTERA
Prolem ante matrimonium natam, ita ut post legitimam, lex civilis succedere facit in hsreditate parentum; sed prolem, quam matrimonium non parit, suceedere non sinit lex Anglorum. fF ortesc: e. 389. The civil law permits...
PROMISE
PROMISE. A _ declaration, verbal or written, made by one person to another for a good or valuable consideration in the nature of a covenant by which the promisor binds himself to do or forbear some act, and gives to the ...
PROMISSOR
Lat. In the civil law.
PROMULGARE
Lat. In Roman law. To make public; to make publicly known, to promulgate. To publish or make known a law, after its enactment.
PROMUTUUM
Lat. In the civil law. A quasi contract, by which he who receives a certain sum of money, or a certain quantity of fungible things, which have been paid to him through mistake, contracts towards the payer the obligation ...
PRONEPOS
Lat. In the civil law. A great-grandson. Inst. 8, 6, 1; Bract. fol. 67.
PRONEPTIS
certain in money, either to the bearer or to Lat. great-granddaughter. fol. 67.
PRONOTARY
PRONOTARY. First notary. See Pro-
PRONURUS
Lat. The wife of a grandson or great-grandson.
PROOCURADOR DEL COMUN. Sp. In
Spanish law, an officer appointed to make Inquiry, put a petitioner in possession of land prayed for, and execute the orders of the executive in that behalf. See Lecompte v.
PROOCURATOR
PROOCURAOCY. The writing or instrument which authorizes a procurator to act. Cowell; Termes de la Ley. is used in Scotch law to denote that a person fg acting under a procuration (power of attorney) with reference to a ...
PROOF
proposition by which a party seeks either to maintain his own claim or to defeat the claim of another. Whart. Ev. § 1.
Prop
p. 131, § 119.—Advowson in gross. An advowson separated from the manor, and annexed to the person. 2 Bl. Comm. : 3 p. 144, § 129. Where the annexation is to the use of a lay person, it is usually called an “improp...
PROPERTY
PROPINQUI ET CONSANGUINEL
Lat. The nearest of kin to'a deceased person. re
PROPIOS:: 7
nent, but may at some times subsist and not at other times; such for example, as the property a man may have in wiid animals which he has caught and keeps; and which are his only so long as he retains possession of them....
PROPOSITUS
Lat. The person proposed; the person from whom a descent is traced.