ln old Scotch practice. A form of action known in the forms of the court of session, by which a delay to discuss a suspension or advocation was got the better of. Bell
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Lat. A pretext; a pre-tense or color. Proetextu cujua, by pretense, or nnder pretext whereof. 1 Ld. Raym. 412
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Lat. In Roman law. A municipal officer of the city of Rome, being the chief judicial magistrate, and possessing an extensive equitable jurisdiction
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Lat Presumption; a presumption. Also intrusion, or the unlaw-ful taking of anything
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Lat A passing over or omission. Used in the Roman law to de-scribe the act of a testator in excluding a given heir from the Inheritance by silently passlng hlm by, that is. neither Instituting nor formally disinheriting hlm. See Mack-eld. Rom. Law, f 711
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Lat. In Roman law. A presi-dent or governor. Called a “nomen gen-erale,” including pro-consuls, legates, and all who governed provinces
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Lat. In Roman law. “Prastare” meant to make good, and, when used in conjunction with the words “dare,” “facere,” “oportere,” denoted obligations of a personal character, as opposed to real rlghts
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In old English law. An oflicer next in authority to the alderman of a hundred, called “prapositus regius;” or a steward or bailiff of an estate, answering to the “wicnere
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Lat. In the dvil law. That mode of acquisition whereby one be-comes proprietor of a thlng on the ground that he has for a long time possessed it as hls own; prescription. Dig. 41, 3. It waa anciently distinguished from “usucapio,” (q. v.,) but was blended with it by Justinian
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In English law. The name of an offense against the king and hls government, though not subject to capital punishment. So called from the words of the writ which issued preparatory to the prosecution: “Pra’tnunirc facias .4. B. quod sit coram nobis” etc.; “Cause A. B. to be forewarned that he appear before us to an-swer the contempt with which lie stands charged.” The statutes establishing this offeuse. the first of which was made in the thirty-first year of the reign of Edward I., were framed to encounter the papal usurpa-tiona in England; the original meaning of
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Lat. Forename, or first name. The first of the three names by which the Romans were commonly distinguished. It marked the individual, and was commonly written with one letter; as “A.” for “Au-lus;” “C.” for “Caius,” etc. Adams, Rom. Ant 35
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Lat in Roman law. A payment in advance of the whole or part of the share which a glven heir would he entitled to receive out of an inheritance; corresponding generally to “advancement” in English and American law. See Mackeld. Rom. Law, $ 762
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Lat. Reward; compensa-tlon. Prtemium assecurationis, compensation for Insurance; premium of insurance. Locc. de Jur. Mar. lib. 2, c. 5, j 6
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The fee paid on suing out. the writ of covenant, on levying fines, before the flne was passed. 2 Bl. Comm. 350
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Lat. In Roman law. The chief ofiicer of the night watch. His jurisdiction extended to certain offenses affecting the public peace, aud even to larcenies; but he could inflict only slight punishments. Colq. Rom. Civil Law, | 2395
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In Roman law. Conquered towns, governed by an officer* called a “prefect,” who was chosen in some Instances
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Lat in Roman law. The name of an ofiicer who, from the time of Augustus, had the superintendence of the city and its police, with jurisdiction extending one hundred miles from the city, and power to decide both civil and crimlnal cases. As he was considered the direct representative of the emperor, much that pre-viously belonged to the prtetor urbanus fell gradually into his hands. Colq. Rom. Civil Law, ft 2395
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Lat. In Roman law. A robber. See Dig. 50, 17, 126
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Lat. Aforesaid. Some-times abbreviated to “prwfat” and “p. fat
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Lat in the civil law. Land; an estate; a tenement; a piece of landed property. See Dlg. 50, 16, 115
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Such as arise merely and lmmedlately from the ground; as graln of all sorts, hops, hay, wood, fruit, herbs. 2 Bl. Comm. 23; 2 Steph. Comm. 722
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