Category: P
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Purchase
Definition of Purchase In the special legal sense purchase means to acquire land by lawful act ; e.g., by conveyance, gift or devise, as opposed to title by act of the law, such as descent, dower, curtesy, inclosure, partition, etc., and to title by wrong, as in the case of disseisin. One who […]
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Purgation
Definition of Purgation To make clean : the modes by which a man accused of crime acquitted himself. They were compurgation, the ordeal, and trial by battle Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Purgation in the Dictionaries, Purgation in our legal […]
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Pubertas
Definition of Pubertas The legal ag of puberty, fourteen for males and twelve for females. Plena pubertas was fixed at eighteen, when the body was regarded as fully developed. (Roman law.). Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Pubertas in the […]
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Purparty
Definition of Purparty Share or portion Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Purparty in the Dictionaries, Purparty in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the Legal Thesaurus, Find […]
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Pubertati Proximi
Definition of Pubertati Proximi Children in the stage prior to puberty. (Roman law.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Pubertati Proximi in the Dictionaries, Pubertati Proximi in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the […]
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Purpresture
Definition of Purpresture Iiiclosure Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Purpresture in the Dictionaries, Purpresture in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the Legal Thesaurus, Find […]
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Public Authorities Protection Act, 1893
Definition of Public Authorities Protection Act, 1893 This Act provides that any action brought against any person for any act done in execution of an Act of Parliament or public duty must be commenced within six months of the ceasing of the cause of action, and if judgment be for the […]
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Pursue
Definition of Pursue To execute or carry out Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Pursue in the Dictionaries, Pursue in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the Legal Thesaurus, Find […]
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Public Meeting
Definition of Public Meeting A public meeting may be held on private property by licence, but there is no right to cause obstruction to a highway. Under the Public Meeting Act, 1908, to create disorder in order to prevent the transaction of business at a lawful meeting is an offence punishable […]
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Purveyance
Definition of Purveyance The Crown’s prerogative right to buy up provisions and other necessaries for the Royal Household at an appraised price, and of impressing horses and vehicles, at an appraised price, for the royal use Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]