Lat. In Roman law. A person who stood in the relation of protector to another who was called his “client.” one who advised hls client in matters of law, and advocated his causes In court. Gilb. Forum Rom. 25
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In English ecclesiastical law. The right of presentation to a church or ecclesiastical benefice; the same with ad-vowson, (q. v.) 2 Bl. Comm. 21
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ln Roman law. Patronage; protection ; defense. The buslness or duty of a patron or advocate
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A policeman assigned to duty in patrolling a certain beat or district; also the designation of a grade or rank in the organized police force of large cities, a patrolman being generally a private in the ranks, as distinguished from roundsmen, sergeants, lieutenants, etc. See State v. walhridge, 153 Mo. 194, 54 S. W. 447
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In old eccleslastlcal law. A godfather. Spelman
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An honor conferred on men of the first quallty in the t!me of the English Saxon kings
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In the civU law. The prlvate and exclusive ownership or dominion of an individual. Things capable of belng possessed by a single person to the exclusion of all others (or which are actually so pos-sessed) are said to be in patrimonio; if not capable of being so possessed, (or not act* nally so possessed,) they are said to be extra patrimonium. See Gaius, bk. 2, $ 1
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A right or estate inherited from one’s ancestors, particularly from direct male ancestors
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In the clvll law. A title of the highest honor, conferred on those who enjoyed the chief place in the emperor’s esteem
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Pertaining to a patri-mony; inherited from ancestors, but strict-ly from the direct male ancestors
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Lat in Roman law. Paternal authority; the paternal pow-er. This term denotes the aggregate of those peculiar powers aud rights which, by the civil law of Rome, belonged to the head of a
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The chief bishop over several countries or provinces, as an arch-bishop is of several dioceses. Godb. 20
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Lat. one who suffers or pet-ndts; one to whom an act is done; the pas-sive party.in a transaction
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Lat. The country, neighbor-hood, or vicinage; the men of the neighbor-hood ; a Jury of the vicinage. Synonymous, in this sense, with “pais.”
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In old Euglish law. A gallows or gibbet. Fleta, llb. 2, c. 3, § 9
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In medical jurispru-dence. The science or doctrine of diseases. That part of medicine which explains the nature of diseases, their causes, and thelr symptoms. See Bacon v. U. S. Mut. Acc. Ass’n, 123 N. Y. 304, 25 N. E. 399, 9 L. R. A: 617, 20 Am. St. Rep. 748
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That which belongs to the father or comes from him
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The fact of being a fa-ther; the relationship of a father. 1
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Lat. Pater-nal estates to paternal heirs. A rule of the French law, signifying that such portion of a decedent’s estate as came to him from his father must desceud to hls heirs on the fa-ther’s side
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He to whom a patent has been granted. The term is usually applied to one who has obtained letters patent for a hew invention
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