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PERSON. This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons. In law, man and person are not exactly-synonymous terms. Any ...

PERNANCY. This word, which is derived from the French prendre, to take, signifies a taking or receiving. PERNOR OF PROFITS. He who receives the profit...

PERMANENT-TRESPASSES. When trespasses of one and the same kind, are committed on several days, and are in their nature capable of renewal or continuat...

PERIPHRASIS. Circumlocution; the use of other words to express the sense of one. 2. Some words are so technical in their meaning that in charging offe...

PEREMPTORY PLEA, pleading. A plea which denies the plaintiff's cause of action. 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 2891. Vide Plea. PERFECT. Something complete. 2. ...

PER STIRPES. By stock; by roots. 2. When, for example, a man dies intestate, leaving children and grandchildren, whose parents are deceased, the estat...

PER CAPITA, by the head or polls. This term is applied when an estate is to be divided share and share alike. For example, if a legacy be given to the...

PENNY. The name of an English coin of the value of one-twelfth part of a shilling. While the United States were colonies, each adopted a monetary syst...

PENNSYLVANIA. The name of one of the original states of the United States of America. Pennsylvania was occupied by planters of various nations, Dutch ...

PENANCE, eccl. law. An ecclesiastical punishment, inflicted by an ecclesiastical court, for some spiritual offence. Ayl. Par. 420. PENCIL. An instrume...