Tag: PA

  • Pauper

    Definition of Pauper (1) A person in receipt of relief under the poor laws(2) A person suing or defending an action in forma pau peris. See Poor Person Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Pauper in the Dictionaries, Pauper in our legal dictionaries, […]

  • Pauperies

    Definition of Pauperies Mischief occasioned by an animal; damage done without injuria, or wrong intent, on the part of the doer. (Roman law.) See Actio noxalis Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Pauperies in the Dictionaries, Pauperies in our legal […]

  • Pawn

    Definition of Pawn To pledge a chattel as security for a debt. A special property is conferred on the pawnee, who has the power of sale in default of redemption. The surplus, after satisfying the debts belongs to the pawnor. It is a tort for the pawnee to retain the goods after payment or […]

  • Pawnbroker

    Definition of Pawnbroker A person who carnes on the business of taking goods and chattels in pawn. (Pawnbrokers Act, 1872, s. 5.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Pawnbroker in the Dictionaries, Pawnbroker in our legal dictionaries, Related […]

  • Payee

    Definition of Payee The person to whom a bill of exchange is payable Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Payee in the Dictionaries, Payee in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the […]

  • Paymaster-General

    Definition of Paymaster-General The officer who makes the payments out of public money required for the Government Departments, by issuing drafts on the Bank of England Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Paymaster-General in the Dictionaries, […]

  • Payment Into Court

    Definition of Payment Into Court The deposit of money with an official or banker of a Court of justice for the purposes of proceedings pending in the Court(1) Where the defendant in an action admits the plaintiff’s claim to a certain amount, he may pay that amount into Court by way of […]

  • Patria

    Definition of Patria A jury of neighbours. See Jury Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Patria in the Dictionaries, Patria in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the Legal Thesaurus, […]

  • Patrimonium

    Definition of Patrimonium Things in nostro patrimonio are things belonging to individuals. Things extra nostrum patrimonium are things belonging not to individuals but to all men (communes), to the State (publicce), to corporate bodies (univertitatis), or to no one (nullius). (Roman law.) […]

  • Patria Potestas

    Definition of Patria Potestas The rights enjoyed by the head of a Roman family (paterfamilias) over his legitimate children. It was acquired by(1) birth, (2) legitimation, (3) adoption. It was lost by (1) death of the paterfamilias, (2) by loss of status of parent or child, (3) by promotion of […]