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Definition of Protocols The minutes of the proceedings of an international conference, signed by the delegates, to serve as the basis for the final instrument Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Protocols in the Dictionaries, Protocols in our legal […]

Definition of Prolocutor A speaker Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Prolocutor in the Dictionaries, Prolocutor in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the Legal Thesaurus, Find […]

Definition of Province A district subject to an archbishop’s jurisdiction. England is divided into the two provinces of Canterbury and York Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Province in the Dictionaries, Province in our legal dictionaries, Related […]

Definition of Promise The expression of an intention to do or forbear from some act. To have legal effect, a promise must either be under seal, when it forms a covenant, or must form part of a contract, that is, he made in consideration of something done or to be done. See Breach of Promise…

Definition of Provisional Orders Regulations made by a Government Department in pursuance of statutory powers, in place of private bills. They are laid on the table of the House of Commons and are inoperative until confirmed by an Act of Parliament Browse You might be interested in these […]

Definition of Promissory Note A promissory no.te is an unconditional promise in writing, made by one person to another, signed by the maker, engaging to pay on demand, or at a fixed or determinable future time, a sum certain in money to, or to the order of, a specified person or to bearer […]

Definition of Proviso A clause in a deed or other instrument beginning provided always that (in Latin, proviso semper) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Proviso in the Dictionaries, Proviso in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics […]

Definition of Promoter Anciently, the persons who laid themselves out to bring, as common informers, penal and popular actions. Now it generally means either a person who procures the passing of a private Act of Parliament, or a person who floats a company Browse You might be interested in […]

Definition of Provocation Acts which are sufficient to lead to loss of control, and which will reduce the offence of homicide from murder to manslaughter. Mere words are not, as a rule, sufficient Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Provocation in the […]

Definition of Proof A fact is said to be proved when the Court is satisfied as to its truth, and the evidence by which that result is produced is called the proof. The general rule is that the burden of proof (oww probandi) lies on the party who asserts the affirmative of the issue or…