Tag: PA
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Passim
Definition of Passim In various places Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Passim in the Dictionaries, Passim in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the Legal Thesaurus, Find synonyms […]
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Pasture, Common Of
Definition of Pasture, Common Of The right of feeding beasts on the land of another. Common of pasture appendant is the right which every freehold tenant of a manor possesses to feed his cattle used in agriculture (i. e., horses, cattle and sheep) upon the lord’s waste, provided they are […]
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Patent
Definition of Patent (1) Letters patent from the Crown, as, e.g., conferring a peerage. (2) The right conferred by letters patent of the exclusive use and benefit of a new invention. The law as to patents is to be found in the Patents and Designs Act, 1907, as amended by the Patents and […]
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Parliament
Definition of Parliament The sovereign legislative authority for the British Empire ; composed of the King, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons. See Sovereignty Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Parliament in the Dictionaries, Parliament in […]
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Pater Est Quern Nuptise Demonstrant
Definition of Pater Est Quern Nuptise Demonstrant He is the father whom marriage indicates Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Pater Est Quern Nuptise Demonstrant in the Dictionaries, Pater Est Quern Nuptise Demonstrant in our legal dictionaries, […]
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Parliamentary Control
Definition of Parliamentary Agents Persons (usually solicitors) who transact the technical business involved in passing private Bills through the Houses of Parliament Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Parliamentary Agents in the Dictionaries, […]
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Paterfamilias
Definition of Paterfamilias One invested with patria potestas over another ; a man sui juris or not under the authority of another. (Roman Law.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Paterfamilias in the Dictionaries, Paterfamilias in our legal […]
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Particeps Criminis
Definition of Particeps Criminis One who has a share in a crime : an accessory (g.v.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Particeps Criminis in the Dictionaries, Particeps Criminis in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the […]
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Parliamentary Committees
Definition of Parliamentary Committees These consist of (1) committees of the whole House, (2) standing or sessional committees, (3) select committees, (4) joint committees.A committee of the whole House, whether in the Lords or the Commons, is really the House of Lords or the House of […]
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Paterson V. Gandassequi
Definition of Paterson V. Gandassequi ((1812), 15 East, 62). L & Co., acting on instructions from the defendant, a merchant carrying on business abroad but temporarily present in London, purchased goods from the plaintiffs without stating on whose behalf they were acting, or that they were […]