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Definition of Procurator-General The Treasury Solicitor (q.v.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Procurator-General in the Dictionaries, Procurator-General in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of […]

Definition of Protector Of A Settlement A person without whose consent a tenant in tail cannot bar the entail except as against his own issue, nor a tenant in base- fee enlarge his estate into a fee-simple. In the absence of a protector specially appointed by the settlor, the original owner of […]

Definition of Profits A Prendre Rights of taking the produce or part of the soil from the land of another person, e.y., rights of common, of pasture, of vesture and herbage Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Profits A Prendre in the Dictionaries, […]

Definition of Protest (1) An express declaration by a person doing an act that the act is not to give rise to an implication which it might otherwise cause, e.g., that payment of money is not to imply a debt. (2) A solemn declaration by a notary stating that he has demanded acceptance or […]

Definition of Prohibition, Writ Of A writ issuing out of the High Court to restrain an inferior Court from exceeding its powers. Prohibitions are of three kinds. (1) An absolute prohibition is peremptory, and wholly ties up the inferior jurisdiction. (2) A temporary prohibition (a prohibition […]

Definition of Prothonotary A principal notary ; a chief clerk. The title was borne by three officers of the Common Pleas and by one officer of the King’s Bench, who were analogous to the modern Master Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Prothonotary […]

Definition of Prolixity The allegation of facts at unnecessary length, either in a pleading or affidavit. The party offending may be ordered to pay the costs thereby occasioned. (Order XIX, r. 2; Order XXXVIII, r. 2) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription […]

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 […]