Pet. Ad
(or Pet. Adm.). Peters’ United States District Court Reports (Admiralty Decisions).
Terms beginning with "P" (639 total)
PETENS
Lat. In old English law. A, demandant; the plaintiff in a real action.
Peterson v. Hubbard, 28 Mich
199; Clarke v. Cock, 4 East, 72; Lucas v. Groning, 7
Petheram, 64 Mich
252, 31 N. W. 188; First
PETIT
Fr. Small: minor; inconsiderable. Used in several compounds, and some times written “petty.”’ —Petty bag office. In English law. An office in the court of chancery, for suits against attorneys and officers of th...
PETITORY ACTION
in opposition, praying for the exercise of the judicial powers of the court in relation, ta some matter which is not the subject for a suit or action, or for authority to do some act which requires the sanction of the co...
PETO
Lat. In Roman law. I request. A common word by which a fideicommtssum, or trust, was created in a will. Inst. 2, 24, 3.
Pettit v. Black, 13 Neb
142, 12 N. W. 841; Reno v. McCully, 65 Iowa, 029, 22 N. W. 902;
PETUAL
—Artificial succession. That attribute of a corporation by which, in contemplation of law, the company itself remains always the same though its constituent members or stockholders may change from time to time. See Tho...
Peyton v. Desmond, 129 Fed
11, 68 C. C. &A 651.’
PF ‘INOASTELLARE
’ INCASTELLARE. To make a building serve as a castle. Jacob.
Phila
(Pa.) 535. (Pa.). Philadelphia Reports, Common Pleas of Philadelphia County.
Philadelphia, 167 Pa
569, 31 Atl. 925, 46. Ane
Philadelphia, 99 Pa
170; State v. Fry, 4
Philamaijee v. State, 58 Neb
320, 78 N. W. 625; People v. Bosworth, 64 Hun, 72, 19.N,
Phillips v. Herron, 55 Ohio St
478, 45 N, E. 720; Hone v. Van Schaick, 8 Barb. Ch. (N. Y.) 509.
Phillips v. Spotts, 14 Neb
139, 15 N. W. 332. In the practice of the English privy council in ecclesiastical appeals, “process” means an official copy of the whole proceedings and proofs of the court below, which is transmitted to the registry...
Phillips, 50 Ga
130. ‘The remedy which the law allows a-party injured by a nuisance of destroying or removing it by his own act, so as he commits no riot in doing it, nor occasions (in the Cuse of a private nuisance) any damage beyond...
Phillips, 65 Ga
550; Coffin v. Ewer, 5 Metc. (Mass.) 228; Gleason v. Peck, 12 Vt. 56, 36
Phipps v. Harding, 70 Fed
470, 17 C. C. A. 208, 30 L. R. A. 518; Shone y. Lucas, 8
Pi.) 9 N. ¥. Supp
743; Rawle v. Phelps, 20
PIA FRAUS
Lat. A pious fraud; a subterfuge or evasion considered morally justifiable on account of the ends sought to be promoted. Particularly applied to an evasion or disregard of the laws in the interests of religion or religio...
Pick
(Mass.) 432 (Mass.) 6. (Mass.) 248; Pullen v. Monk, 82 Me. 412, 19 Ati. 909; Gilman v. Inman, 85 Me. 105, 26 Atl. 1049. (Mass.) 416, 25 Am. Dec. 415; Parker v. Carter, 4 Munf. (Va.) 287, 6 Am. Dec. 513; (Mass.)-184; ...
PICK OF LAND
running into a corner.
Pickering v. Cassidy, 98 Me
189, 44 Atl. 683. In maritime law and marine insurance. “Accidents of navigation” or ‘“accidents of the sea” are such as are peculiar to the sea or to usual navigation or the action of the elements, which do no...
PICKETING
ed from imaginary or fictitious; real, having relation to facts, as distinguished from moral or constructive.
Pickett, 78 Ala
339 ; Small v. Graves, 7 Barb. (N. Y.) 578.—Fraudulent conveyance. A conveyance or transfer of property, the object of which is to defraud a creditor, or hinder or delay him, or to put such property beyond his reach. S...
PICKLE
at all the appruaches to the works struck against, for the purpose of observing and reporting the workmen going to or coming from the works, and of using such influence as may be in their power to prevent the workmen fro...
PICKLE, PYCLE, or PIGHTEL. A
small parcel of land inclosed with a hedge, which, in some countries, is called a “pingle.” Ene. Lond.
Pierson v. Insurance Co., 7 Houst
(Del.) 307, 31 Atl. 966.
Pierstof! v. Jorges, 86 Wis
128, 56 N. W. 735, 39 Am. St. Rep. 881. : :
PIGNORATIO
Lat. In the civil law. The contract of pledge; and also the obligation of such contract.
PIGNORATITIA ACTIO
Lat. In the ‘civil law. An action of pledge, or founded on a pledge, which was either directa, for the debtor, after ‘payment of the debt, or con- ctraria, for the creditor. Heinece. Elem. lib, 3, tit. 13, §§ 824-8...
PIGNORIS CAPIO
Lat. In Roman law. This was the name of one of the legis ‘actiones. It was employed only In certain particular kinds of pecuniary cases, and con- ‘sisted in that the creditor, without preliminary suit and without the...
Pilot, 50 Fed
437, 1 C. C. A. 523.—Inland waters. See INLAND.—Navigable waters. See NAVIGABLE.—Percolating waters. Those which pass through the ground beneath the ‘surface of the earth without any definite channel, and do not ...
PILOTAGE AUTHORITIES. In Eng
lish law. Boards of commissioners appointed and authorized for the regulation and appointment of pilots, each board having jurisdiction within a prescribed district.
PIN-MONEY
cause it was the side on which there was an impression of a church built on piles. Fileta, lib. 1, cc 39.
PINCERNA
PINCERNA. In old Engitsh law. Butfer; the king’s butler, whose office it was to select out of the cargo of every vessel laden with wine, one cask at the prow and another at the stern, for the king’s use. Fleta, Llib....
Pines Atl
225; Sewall v. oe 6 Wend. ay OO } Smith v. Wilcox, 24 N. Y. 358, an. Dee 302; Dyott v. Letcher, 6 J. J.
Pinglish conveyancing
to denote powers given for the good, not of the donee himself exclusively, or of the donee himself necessarily at all, but for the good of several persons, including or not including the donee also. They are so called be...
Pipe & Foundry Co
v. Howland, 111 N. C. 615, 16 S. E. 857, 20 L. R. A. 743; Boyle v. Philadelphia & R. R. Co., 54 Pa. 314.
Pipe-Line Co
v. Fee, 62 Ohio St. 543, 57 N. v. Delaware, L. & W. R. Co.,
PIX
soverezgn and no law, and support themselves by pillage and depredations at sea; but there are instances wherein the word “pirate” has been formerly taken for a sea-captain. Spelman. and there are occasions on which...
Pl
309; Mitf. Eq. Pl]. 318. 223. 260. p. 481.—Full faith and credit. , In the constitutional provision that full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of ev...
PLACITUM
PLAOIT, or PLACITUM. Decree; de termination. PLAOITA. In old English law. The communia, (common cases or common pleas, é. €., private civil actions.)
PLAGIARIUS
Lat. In the civil law.
PLAGIUM
Lat. In the civil law. Man-stealing; kidnapping. The offense of enticing away and stealing men, children, and slaves. Calvin. The persuading a slave to escape from his master, or the concealing or harboring him without t...
Plans, 98 Cal
384, 33 Pac. 268, 20 L. R. A. 688. 35 Am. St. Rep. 180; Improvement Co. v. Adams, 1 Colo. App. 250, 28 Pac. 662.
Plant Inv. Co
v. Cook, 74 Fed. 503, 20 C. C. A. 625; Began v. Electric Light Co., 100 Ky. 173, 37 S. W. 851, 34 L. R. A. 812; Riley v. Railway Co., 27 W. Va. 164.—Oriminal negligence. Negligence of such a character, or occurring und...
Planters’ Bank v. Houser, 57 Ga
140; Iliff v. Weymouth, 40 Ohio St. 101.