A term used in the civil law, to signify full proof, in contradistinction to semi-plena probatio, which is only a presumption. Code, 4, 19, 5, &c. 1 G...
eccl. law. Signifies that a benefice is full. Vide Avoidance. ...
Full, complete. 2. In the courts of admiralty, and in the English ecclesiastical courts, causes or suits in respect of the different course of proceed...
pleading. A plea in bar entered by an executor or administrator by which he affirms that he had not in his possession at the time of the commencement ...
This is the usual plea of plene administravit, except that the defendant admits a certain amount of assets in his hands. ...
pleading. A plea in an action of account render, by which the defendant avers that he has fully accounted. Bac. Ab. Accompt, E. This plea does not adm...
Possessing full powers; as, a minister plenipotentiary, is one authorized fully to settle the matters connected with his mission, subject however to t...
The unlimited right which the owner has to use his property as he deems proper, without accountability to any one. ...
An allowance made to a rural tenant, of wood sufficient for ploughs, harrows, carts, and other instruments of hushandry. ...
old Eng. law. An uncertain quantity of land; but, according to some opinions, it contains one hundred and twenty acres. Co. Litt. 69 a. ...
mar. law. The embezzlement of goods on board of a ship, is known by the name of plunderage. 2. The rule of the maritime law in such cases is, that the...
A term used in grammar, which signifies more than one. 2. Sometimes, however, it may be so expressed that it means only one, as, if a man were to devi...
government. The greater number of votes given at an election; it is distinguished from a majority, (q. v.) which is a plurality of all the votes which...
practice. A term by which a writ issued subsequently to an alias of the same kind, is denominated. 2. The pluries writ is made by adding after we comm...
Scotch. law. That diligence, affecting movable subjects, by which their property is carried directly to, the creditor. Poinding is real or personal. E...
Scotch law. Poinding of the goods belonging to the debtor; and of those goods only. 2. It may have for its warrant either letters of horning, containi...
or poinding of the ground, Scotch law. Though it be properly a diligence, this is generally considered by lawyers as a species of real action, and is ...
practice. A proposition or question arising in a case. 2. It is the duty of a judge to give an opinion on every point of law, properly arising out of ...
A point or question of law which the court, not being fully satisfied how to decide, in the hurried trial of a cause, rules in favor of the party offe...
construction. Marks in writing and in print, to denote the stops that ought to be made in reading, and to point out the sense. 2. Points are not usual...
crim. law. Those substances which, when applied to the organs of the body, are capable of altering or destroying, in a majority of cases, some or all ...
A measure of length, equal to five yards and a half. Vide Measure. ...
That species of superintendence by magistrates which has principally for its object the maintenance of public tranquillity among the citizens. The off...
In Louisiana this name is given. to certain officers who collectively exercise jurisdiction in certain cases of police as levying taxes, regulating ro...
contracts. An instrument in writing by which the contract of insurance is effected and reduced into form. 2. The term policy of insurance, or as suran...
By public policy is meant that which the law encourages for the promotion of the public good. 2. That which is against public policy is generally unla...
Pertaining to policy, or the administration of the government. Political rights are those which may be exercised in the formation or administration of...
A head. Hence poll tax is the name of a tax imposed upon the people at so much a head. 2. To poll a jury is to require that each juror shall himself d...
civil law. A pollicitation is a promise not yet accepted by the person to whom it is made; it differs from a contract inasmuch as the latter includes ...
The place where electors cast in their votes. ...
The state of a woman who has several hushands. 2. Polyandry is legalized only in Tibet. This is inconsistent with the law of nature. Vide Law of Natur...
A term used to express a government which is shared by several persons; as, when two brothers succeed to the throne, and reign jointly. ...
crim. law. The act of a person who, knowing he has two or more wives, or she has two or more hushands living, marries another. It differs from bigamy....
A body of stagnant water; a pool. 2. Any one has a right to erect a fish pond; the fish in ii are considered as real estate, and pass to the heir and ...
English practice. An original writ issuing out of chancery, for the purpose of removing a plaint from an inferior court into the superior courts at We...
A contribution towards the maintenance, rebuilding or repairs of a bridge. The toll taken for this purpose also bears this name. Obsolete. ...
A small lake of standing water. 2. By the grant of a pool, it is said, both the land and water will pass. Co. Litt. 5. Vide Stagnum; Water. Undoubtedl...
The chief of the catholic religion is so called. He is a temporal prince. He is elected by certain officers called cardinals, and remains in power dur...
The name of a small island, situated in the bay of Passama quoddy, which, it has been decided, is within the jurisdiction of the United States. 1 Ware...
punishment. An action given by statute to any one who will sue for the penalty. A qui tam action. Dig. 47, 23, 1. ...
A place to which the officers of the customs are appropriated, and which include the privileges and guidance of all members and creeks which are allot...
Eng. law. In some places in England an officer bearing this name is the chief magistrate of a port-town. Jacob s Dict. h. t. ...
Mer. law., By this phrase is understood the money paid for the privilege of bringing goods into a port. ...
Engl. law. The generic name for port duties charged to ships. Harg. L. Tr. 74. ...
The name of an ancient English officer who bore or carried a rod before the justices. The door-keeper of the English parliament also bears this name. ...
That part of a parent s estate, or the estate of one standing in loco parentis, which is given to a child. 1 Vern. 204. Vide 8 Com. Dig. 539; 16 Vin. ...
civil law. Duties paid in ports on merchandise. Code, 4, 61, 3. ...
Auctions were anciently so called, because they took place in ports. ...
Express; absolute; not doubtful. This word is frequently used in composition. 2. A positive condition is where the thing which is the subject of it mu...
This word is used substantively to signify a possibility. For example, such a thing is in posse, that is, such a thing may possibly be; when the thing...
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