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POST-FACTUM, or POSTFACTUM
An after-act; an act done afterwards; & post-act.
Powell, 2 Metc
(Ky.) 10; Cothran v. State, 39
Pratt v. Breckinridge, 112 Ky
1, 65 S. W. 186; Parks v. State, 100 Ala. 684, 18 South. 156.
PREFERRED
5 Wis. 480. And see Doe yv. Beck, 108 Als. 71, 19 South. 802. the same kind or class. See State v. Cheraw & C. BR. Co., 16 S. C. 528.
PRES
v. Ashenfelter, 4 N. M. 98, 12 Pac. 879; State
Prindle, 28 Cal
278; Levy v. State, 79 Ala. 261,
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
PROCURATORES ECCLESIZ: PARO
CHIALIS. The old name for church-wardens. Paroch. Antig. 562.
Proud, 2 Barn. & Ald
835; State v. Bartlett, 55 Me. 211; State v. Brown, 9 Baxt. (Tenn.) 64, 40 Am. Rep. 81.
PRZESES
Lat. In Roman law. A president or governor. Called a “nomen generate,” including pro-consuls, legates, and all who governed provinces.
PUBLICUM JUS
Lat. In the civil law. Public law; that law which regards the state of the commonwealth. Inst. 1, 1, 4.
PUPILLUS
Lat. In the civil law. A ward or infant under the age of puberty; a person under the authority of a tutor, (c. v.)
QUOD NULLUM EST
among all men is called the “law of nations.” 1 Bl. Comm. 48; Dig. 1, 1, 9; Inst. 1, 2, 1.
R. A. 729; Bullock v. Guilford, 50 Vt
516, 9 Atl. 860; Fenton v. Edwards, 126 Cal. 43, 58 Pac. 320, 46 L. R. A. 832, 77 Am. St. Rep. 141.
R. I. 597, 35 Atl
302, 33 L. R. A. 566; Lawrie v. State, 5 Ind. 526; Godwin v. Banks, 87.Md. 425, 40 Atl. 268. A child conceived, but not born, is to be deemed an “existing person” so far as may be necessary for its interests in the event of its subsequent birth. ...
Rand, 94 N. Y. 1, 46 Am. Rep
112; Gholson v. State, 53 Ala. 521, 26 Am. Rep. 652; Campbell v. State, 28 Tex. App. 44, 11 S. W. 832;
Randolph’s Reports, vols
21-56 Kansas ;— Randolph's Reports, vols: 7-11 Louisiana Annual;—Randall’s Reports, vols. 52-71 Ohio State.
RANSOM
note one of the divisions of a state, and designates a row or tier of townships as they
Raymond, 186 Ill
407, 57 N. BE. 1066; Morewood v. Hollister, 6 N. Y. 309; Uhe v. Railway Co., 3 8S. D. 563, 54 N. W. 601; State v. Gordon, 8 Wash. 488, 36 Pac. 498.
RAZE. To erase
8 How. State Tr. 154
Reed, 62 Me
129; State v. Ching Ling, 16 Or. 419, 18 Pac. 844; Stout v. State, 90 Ind. 1;
REFER
1. When a case or action involves matters of account or other intricate details which require minute examination, and for that reason are not fit to be brought before a jury, it is usual to refer the whole case, or some part of it, to the decision of...
Reilly, 116 U. S. 80, 6 Sup. Ct
291, 29 L. Ed. 541; State v. Hall. 115 N. C. 811, 20 S. E. 729, 28 I. R. A. 289, 44 Am. St. Rep. 501 ;
Ren
5617; State v. O’Driscoll, 3 Brev. (S. C.) 527: Com’rs v. Goldsborough, 90 Md. 198. 44
RETRO
Lat. Back; backward; behind. Retrofeodum, a rerefief, or arriere fief. Spelman. :
Roquet v. Eldridge, 118 Ind
147, 20 N. E. 733. A legacy of quantity is ordinarily a general legacy: but there are legacies of quantity in the nature of specific legacies, as of so much money, with reference to a particular fund for payment. This kind of legacy is called by the ...
ROUTE
which would: be a riot if. actually committed, such assembly is a rout. Pen. Code Cal. § 406.. And. see People v. Judson, 11 Daly (N. Y.) 23; Follis v. State, 87 Tex. Cr. R. 535, 40 8. W. 277.
Ry. Co
v. Fowler, 142 Mo. 670, 44 S. W. 771: Gray v. Manhattan Ry. Co., 16 Daly, 510, 12 v. Morrison, 106 Ga. 543, 31 S. E. 504; Haehl v. Wabash R. Co., 119 Mo. 323, 24S. W. 7387;. State v. Gillespie, (2 Kan, 469. 63 Pac. 742, 84 Am. St. Rep. 411.
S. (D. C.) 87 Fed
476, 2 L. R. A. 229; Willingham vy. State, 21 Fla. 776; Ellison v.