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Pledges
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PledgesPleading. It was anciently necessary to find pledges or sureties to prosecute a suit, and the names of the pledges were added at the foot of the declaration; but in the course of time it became unnecessary to find such pledges because the plaintiff was no longer liable to be amerced, pro falsa clamora, and the pledges were merely nominal persons, and now John Doe and Richard Roe are the universal pledges; but they may be omitted altogether;
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Pleading
Practice. The statement in a logical, and legal form, of the facts which constitute the plaintiff's cause of action, or the defendant's ground of defence; it is the formal mode of alleging that on the record, which would be the support, or the defence of the party in evidence.
Pledges
Pleading. It was anciently necessary to find pledges or sureties to prosecute a suit, and the names of the pledges were added at the foot of the declaration; but in the course of time it became unnecessary to find such pledges because the plaintiff was no longer liable to be amerced, pro falsa clamora, and the pledges were merely nominal persons, and now John Doe and Richard Roe are the universal pledges; but they may be omitted altogether;
Prosecute
To bring judicial proceedings against a person and to administer them until the conclusion of the court proceedings. Lawyers are hired by the government to administer the prosecution of criminal charges in the courts.
Suit
An action. The word suit in the 25th section of the judiciary act of 1789, applies to any proceeding in a court of justice, in which the plaintiff pursues, in such court, the remedy which the law affords him. An application for a prohibition is therefore a suit.
Were
The name of a fine among the Saxons imposed upon a murderer
Foot
A measure of length, containing one-third of a yard, or twelve inches. Figuratively, it signifies the conclusion, the end; as, the foot of the fine, the foot of the account.
Course
The direction in which a line runs in surveying.
Time
Contracts, evidence, practice. The measure of duration., It is divided into years, months. days, hours, minutes, and seconds. It is also divided into day and night. 2) Pleading. The avertment of time is generally necessary in pleading; the rules are different, in different actions.
Plaintiff
The party who begins an action; the party who complains or sues in an action and is named as such in the court's records. Also called a petitioner.
Liable
Legally responsible.
Nominal
Relating to a name.
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Pledge
Pledge or pawn. Contracts. These words seem indifferently used to convey the same idea. 2) Pledge Contracts. He who becomes security for another, and, in this sense, every one who becomes bail for another is a pledge
Pledgee
The same as pawnee
Pledger
The same as pawner.
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Plebeians
One of the divisions of the people in ancient Rome; that class which was composed of those who were not nobles nor slaves.
Plebiscit
Civil law. This is an anglicised word from the Latin plebiscitum, which is composed or derived from plebs and scire, and signifies, to establish or ordain.
Pledge
Pledge or pawn. Contracts. These words seem indifferently used to convey the same idea. 2) Pledge Contracts. He who becomes security for another, and, in this sense, every one who becomes bail for another is a pledge
Pledgee
The same as pawnee
Pledger
The same as pawner.
Pledges
Plegiis acquietandis, writ de
The name of an ancient writ in the English law, which lies where a man becomes pledge or surety for another to pay a certain sum of money at a certain day; after the day, if the debtor does not pay the debt, and the. surety be compelled to pay, he shall have this writ to compel the debtor to pay the same.
Plena probatio
A term used in the civil law, to signify full proof, in contradistinction to semi-plena probatio, which is only a presumption.
Plenarty
Ecclesiastical law. Signifies that a benefice is full.
Plenary
Full, complete.
Plene administravit
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 of the suit, nor has had at any time since any goods of the deceased to be administered; when the plaintiff replies that the defendant had goods, &c., in his possession at that time, and the parties join issue, the burden of the proof will be on the plaintiff.
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Pleading
Practice. The statement in a logical, and legal form, of the facts which constitute the plaintiff's cause of action, or the defendant's ground of defence; it is the formal mode of alleging that on the record, which would be the support, or the defence of the party in evidence.
Pledges
Pleading. It was anciently necessary to find pledges or sureties to prosecute a suit, and the names of the pledges were added at the foot of the declaration; but in the course of time it became unnecessary to find such pledges because the plaintiff was no longer liable to be amerced, pro falsa clamora, and the pledges were merely nominal persons, and now John Doe and Richard Roe are the universal pledges; but they may be omitted altogether;
Prosecute
To bring judicial proceedings against a person and to administer them until the conclusion of the court proceedings. Lawyers are hired by the government to administer the prosecution of criminal charges in the courts.
Suit
An action. The word suit in the 25th section of the judiciary act of 1789, applies to any proceeding in a court of justice, in which the plaintiff pursues, in such court, the remedy which the law affords him. An application for a prohibition is therefore a suit.
Were
The name of a fine among the Saxons imposed upon a murderer
Foot
A measure of length, containing one-third of a yard, or twelve inches. Figuratively, it signifies the conclusion, the end; as, the foot of the fine, the foot of the account.
Course
The direction in which a line runs in surveying.
Time
Contracts, evidence, practice. The measure of duration., It is divided into years, months. days, hours, minutes, and seconds. It is also divided into day and night. 2) Pleading. The avertment of time is generally necessary in pleading; the rules are different, in different actions.
Plaintiff
The party who begins an action; the party who complains or sues in an action and is named as such in the court's records. Also called a petitioner.
Liable
Legally responsible.
Nominal
Relating to a name.
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Pledge
Pledge or pawn. Contracts. These words seem indifferently used to convey the same idea. 2) Pledge Contracts. He who becomes security for another, and, in this sense, every one who becomes bail for another is a pledge
Pledgee
The same as pawnee
Pledger
The same as pawner.
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Plebeians
One of the divisions of the people in ancient Rome; that class which was composed of those who were not nobles nor slaves.
Plebiscit
Civil law. This is an anglicised word from the Latin plebiscitum, which is composed or derived from plebs and scire, and signifies, to establish or ordain.
Pledge
Pledge or pawn. Contracts. These words seem indifferently used to convey the same idea. 2) Pledge Contracts. He who becomes security for another, and, in this sense, every one who becomes bail for another is a pledge
Pledgee
The same as pawnee
Pledger
The same as pawner.
Pledges
Plegiis acquietandis, writ de
The name of an ancient writ in the English law, which lies where a man becomes pledge or surety for another to pay a certain sum of money at a certain day; after the day, if the debtor does not pay the debt, and the. surety be compelled to pay, he shall have this writ to compel the debtor to pay the same.
Plena probatio
A term used in the civil law, to signify full proof, in contradistinction to semi-plena probatio, which is only a presumption.
Plenarty
Ecclesiastical law. Signifies that a benefice is full.
Plenary
Full, complete.
Plene administravit
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 of the suit, nor has had at any time since any goods of the deceased to be administered; when the plaintiff replies that the defendant had goods, &c., in his possession at that time, and the parties join issue, the burden of the proof will be on the plaintiff.
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