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PROSTITUTION. The common lewdness of a woman for gain. 2. In all well regulated communities this has been considered a heinous offence, for which the ...

PROSCRIBED, civil law. Among the Romans, a man was said to be proscribed when a reward was offered for his head; but the term was more usually applied...

PROPRIETARY. In its strict sense, this word signifies one who is master of his actions, and who has the free disposition of his property. During the c...

PROPINQUITY. Kindred; parentage. Vide. Affinity; Consanguinity; Next of kin. PROPIOS, or PROPRIOS, Span. law. Certain portions of ground laid off and ...

PROPER. That which is essential, suitable, adapted, and correct. 2. Congress is authorized by art, 1, s. 8, of the constitution of the United States, ...

PROMOTERS. In the English law, are those who in popular or penal actions prosecute in. their own names and the king's, having part of the fines an...

PROMISOR. One who makes a promise. 2. The promisor is bound to fulfil his promise, unless when it is contrary to law, as a promise to steal or to comm...

PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. A contract mutually entered into by a man and a woman capable of contracting matrimony, that they will marry each other. 2. When ...

PROLOCUTOR. In the ecclesiastical law, signifies a president or chairman of a convocation. PROLONGATION. Time added to the duration of something. 2. W...

PROGRESSION. That state of a business which is neither the commencement nor the end. Some act done after the matter has commenced and before it is com...