PLAT
PLAINT. In English practice. A private memorial tendered in open court to the judge, wherein the party injured sets forth his cause of action. <A proceeding in inferior courts by which an action ts commenced without orig...
Terms beginning with "P" (639 total)
Platt, Cov
312; Rawle, Cov. 125. A covenant
PLEA
ber, 18 N. Y. 321, 72 Am. Dec. 515; Pierson v. Evans, 1 Wend. (N. Y.) 30.—Fo Tea. A plea objecting to the jurisdiction of a judge, on the ground that he had not cognizance of the subject-matter of the suit. Cowell.—N...
PLEADING
verbal or written opinions upon statements
PLEADINGS
language, the adroit and plausible advocacy of a client’s case in court." Stimson, Law Gloss.
Pleas Reports ;—Barnfield’s Reports, vols
19— 20, Rhode Island.
PLEBISOITUM
Lat. In Roman law. A law enacted by the plebs or commonalty, (that is, the citizens, with the exception of
PLEBS
Lat. In Roman:law. The com: monalty or citizens, exclusive of the patricians and senators. Inst. 1, 2, 4
PLEDABLE. IL
Fr. That may be brought or conducted; as an action or “plea,” as it was formerly -cailed. Britt. c. 32, ge 2g ae
PLEDGE
the patriclans and senators,) at the request or on the proposition of a plebeian magistrate, such as a “tribune.” Inst. 1, 2, 4. ~ discontinued. Brown.—Pledges to restore. In England, before the plaintiff in forei...
PLEGIX DE RETORNO HABENDO
Pledges to return the subject of distress, should the right be determined against the party bringing the action of replevin. &
PLENE
Lat. Completely; fully; suffi-
PLENUM DOMINIUM
Lat In the civil law. Full ownership; the property in a thing united with the usufruct. Calvin.
PLOW-BOTE
ry and summary. The former are those in whose proceedings the order and solemnity of the law is required to be exactly observed, so that if there is the least departure from that order, or disregard of that solemnity, th...
PLOW-LAND
of any certain content, but as much as a plow can, by course of husbandry, plow in a year.” Co. Litt. 69a.
Plowd
94a. 76. 270, 271. Supposed to be a corruption of gersuma, (g. v.) See GRESSUME. 649. 343. 20. A term and the fee cannot both be in one and the same person at the same time. :
Pluche v. Jones, 54 Fed
865, 4 C. C. A. 6223
PLUMBATURA
Lat. In the civil law.
PLUMBUM
Lat. In the civil law.
PLURIES
Lat. Often; ‘ ‘frequently, When an original and alius writ have been issued and proved ineffectual, a third writ, called a “pluries writ,” may: frequently: be issued. It is to the same effect as the two former, e...
PLUS VALET CONSUETUDO °
number of votes than those cast for all his competitors combined.
PLUS VALET UNUS OCULATUS
Plus valet unus oculatus testis quam auriti decem. One eye-witness is of more weight than ten ear-witnesses, [or those who speak from hearsay.) 4 Inst. 279.
Pngland, by St
5 & 6 Vict. c. 97. In American law. In haga! eae and New Jersey the rule is different. en an act of assembly gives treble costs, the party is allowed three times the usual costs, with the exception that the fees of the o...
Pngland: by fine and
apr monment 4 ‘Stent!
PO. LO
8UO. An old abbreviation for the words “ponit loco suo,” (puts in his place,) used in warrants of attorney. Townsh. Pl. 431.
Poindexter v. Jeffries, 15 Grat
(Va.) 363; ae v. McCreary, 12 Smedes & M. (Miss.)
Point R. Co.,:24 Wis
132. Nominal parties are those who are joined as plaintiffs or defendants, not because they have any real interest in the subject-matter or because any relief is demanded as against them, but merely because the technical...
Point, 18 Cal
229; Budd v. New York, 143 U. 8S. 517, 12 Sup. Ct. 468, 36 L. Ed. 247.—Public ways. Highways, (q. v.)—Public welfare. The prosperity, well-being, or convenience of the
Pol. Econ
485.—Soci6t6 en commandite. In Louisiana. A partnership formed by a contract by which one person or partnership agrees to furnish another person or partnership a certain amount; either in property or money, to be emplo...
POLE
mind; drawing back from an agreement already made, or rescinding it.
POLICE
POLICE. Police is the function of that branch of the administrative machinery of government which is charged with the preservation of public order and tranquillity, the promotion of the public health, safety, and morals,...
POLICIES OF INSURANCE, COURT
OF. A court established in pursuance of the statutes 43:Eliz. « 12, and 13 & 14 Car. IT. c. 23. Composed of the judge of the admiral- _ty, the recorder of Londgn, two doctors of the civil law, two common lawyers, and ei...
POLICY
welfare or prosperity of the state or com munity.
POLITICAL
between the assured and the underwriter, but is left to be estimated in case of loss. The term is opposed to “valued policy,” in which the value of the subject insured is fixed for the porpoee of the insurance, and e...
POLITIOAL
regulation of its resources, and productive property and. labor. Wharton.—Political law.
Pollak, 107 Ala
547, 19. South. 180, 54 Am.
Pollard v. Fidelity F, Ins. Co
1 8S. D. 570, . W. 1060; Carlock v. Cagnacci, 88 Cal. 600, 26 Pac. 507.—Fictitious plaintiff. A person appearing in the writ or record as the plaintiff in a suit, but who in reality does not exist, or who is ignorant o...
POLYGAMY
in the jurisdiction of the taxing power and within a certain class (as, all males of a certain age, etc.) without reference to his property or lack of it. See Southern Ry. Co. v. wives at the same time. 4530.
Pome Code Cal
1903, § 552;. Pen. Code Idaho, 901, § 5003. "
PONENDUM SIGILLUM AD EXOCEFP-+
TIONEM. A writ by which justices were required to put their seals to exceptions exhibited by a defendant against a plaintiff's evidence, verdict, or other proceedings, before them, according to the statute Westm. 2, (13 ...
Poo
L. Adv. People’s Legal Adviser, Utica, New York.
POOL
1. A combination of persons or corporations engaged in the same business, or for the purpose of engaging ina particular business or commercial or speculative venture, where all contribute to a common fund, or place their...
Poor, 29 Ohio St
206; Indlanapolis v, Sturdevant, 24 Ind. 391.
Pope
(Pope) Opinions Attorney General, pt. 1, vol. 22.
POPE NICHOLAS’ TAXATION. The
first fruits (primitie or annates) were the first year’s profits of all the spiritual preferments in the kingdom, according to a rate made by Walter, bishop of Norwich, in the time of Pope Innocent II., and afterwards ...
POPULISCITUM
Lat. In Roman law. A law enacted by the people; a law passed by an assembly of the Roman people, in the comitia centuriata, on the motion of a senator; differing from a plebiscitum, in that the latter was always proposed...
POPULUS
Lat. In Roman law. The people; the whole body of Roman citizens,
PORATIONS
- ELEGANTER. In the civil law. Ac curately; with discrimination. Veazie v.
PORCION
for debt. On swearing that he has not property enough to pay the debt, he is set at liberty.— Poor law. ‘hat part’ of the law which relates to the public or ag ah relief of paupers. -—Poorelaw bo The English offi...
PORRECTING
land. See Downing v. Diaz, 80 Tex. 436, 16 8. W. 49.