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Potestas
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PotestasCivil law. A Latin word which signifies power; authority; domination; empire. It has several meaning. 1) It signifies imperium, or the jurisdiction of magistrates. 2) The power of the father over his children, patriapotestas. 3) The authority of masters over their slaves, which makes it nearly synonymous with dominium.
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Civil
1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction.
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Power
This is either inherent or derivative. The former is the right, ability, or faculty of doing something, without receiving that right, ability, or faculty from another. The people have the power to establish a form of govemment, or to change one already established. A father has the legal power to chastise his son; a master, his apprentice.
Authority
Government. The right and power which an officer has in the exercise of a public function to compel obedience to his lawful commands.
Empire
This word signifies, first, authority or command; it is the power to command or govern those actions of men which would otherwise be free; secondly, the country under the government of an emperor but sometimes it is used to designate a country subject to kingly power.
Several
A state of separation or partition. A several agreement or cove-nant, is one entered into by two or more persons separately, each binding himself for the whole; a several action is one in which two or more persons are separately charged; a several inheritance, is one conveyed so as to descend, or come to two persons separately by moieties. Several is usually opposed to joint.
Imperium
The right to command, which includes the right to employ the force of the state to enforce the laws; this is one of the principal attributes of the power of the executive.
Jurisdiction
Practice. A power constitutionally conferred upon a judge or magistrate, to take cognizance of, and decide causes according to law, and to carry his sentence into execution. The tract of land or district within which a judge or magistrate has jurisdiction, is called his territory, and his power in relation to his territory is called his territorial jurisdiction.
Father
Domestic relations. He by whom a child is begotten.
Dominium
(United Kingdom) Ownership.
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Potentate
One who has a great power over, an extended country; a sovereign.
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Postnuptial
A written contract between husband and wife that states all of their present and future rights in view of their impending divorce.
Post-trial
Refers to items happening after the trial, i.e., post-trial motions or post-trial discovery.
Postulatio
Roman civil law. The name given to the first act in a criminal proceeding. A person who wished to accuse another of a crime, appeared before the praetor and asked his authority for that purpose, designating the person intended. This act was called postulatio. The postulant (calumniam jurabat) made oath that he was not influenced by a spirit of calumny, but acted in good faith, with a view to the public interest. The praetor received this declaration, at, first made verbally, but afterwards in writing, and called a libel. The postulatio was posted lip in the forum, to give public notice of the names of the accuser and the accused. A second accuser sometimes appeared and went through the same formalities.
Pot-de-vin
French law. A sum of money frequently paid, at the moment of entering into a contract, beyond the price agreed upon.
Potentate
One who has a great power over, an extended country; a sovereign.
Potestas
Pound
1) Weight. There are two kinds of weights, namely, the troy, and the avoirdupois. The pound avoirdupois is greater than the troy pound, in the proportion of seven thousand to five thousand seven hundred and sixty. The troy pound contains twelve ounces, that of avoirdupois sixteen ounces. 2) English law. A place enclosed to keep strayed animals in. 3) Money. The sum of twenty shillings. Previous to the establishment of the federal currency,, the different states made use of the pound in computing money; it was of different value in the several states.
Poundage
Practice. The amount allowed to the sheriff, or other officer, for commissions on, the money made by virtue of an execution. This allowance varies in different states, and to different officers.
Pour-over will
A will that leaves some or all estate assets to a trust established before the will-maker's death.
Pourparler
French law. The conversations and negotiations which have taken place between the parties in order to make an agreement. These form no part of the agreement.
Poursuivant
A follower, a pursuer. In the ancient English law, it signified an officer who attended upon the king in his wars, at the council table, exchequer, in his court, &e., to be sent as a messenger. A poursuivant was, therefore, a messenger of the king.
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Civil
1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction.
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Power
This is either inherent or derivative. The former is the right, ability, or faculty of doing something, without receiving that right, ability, or faculty from another. The people have the power to establish a form of govemment, or to change one already established. A father has the legal power to chastise his son; a master, his apprentice.
Authority
Government. The right and power which an officer has in the exercise of a public function to compel obedience to his lawful commands.
Empire
This word signifies, first, authority or command; it is the power to command or govern those actions of men which would otherwise be free; secondly, the country under the government of an emperor but sometimes it is used to designate a country subject to kingly power.
Several
A state of separation or partition. A several agreement or cove-nant, is one entered into by two or more persons separately, each binding himself for the whole; a several action is one in which two or more persons are separately charged; a several inheritance, is one conveyed so as to descend, or come to two persons separately by moieties. Several is usually opposed to joint.
Imperium
The right to command, which includes the right to employ the force of the state to enforce the laws; this is one of the principal attributes of the power of the executive.
Jurisdiction
Practice. A power constitutionally conferred upon a judge or magistrate, to take cognizance of, and decide causes according to law, and to carry his sentence into execution. The tract of land or district within which a judge or magistrate has jurisdiction, is called his territory, and his power in relation to his territory is called his territorial jurisdiction.
Father
Domestic relations. He by whom a child is begotten.
Dominium
(United Kingdom) Ownership.
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Potentate
One who has a great power over, an extended country; a sovereign.
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Postnuptial
A written contract between husband and wife that states all of their present and future rights in view of their impending divorce.
Post-trial
Refers to items happening after the trial, i.e., post-trial motions or post-trial discovery.
Postulatio
Roman civil law. The name given to the first act in a criminal proceeding. A person who wished to accuse another of a crime, appeared before the praetor and asked his authority for that purpose, designating the person intended. This act was called postulatio. The postulant (calumniam jurabat) made oath that he was not influenced by a spirit of calumny, but acted in good faith, with a view to the public interest. The praetor received this declaration, at, first made verbally, but afterwards in writing, and called a libel. The postulatio was posted lip in the forum, to give public notice of the names of the accuser and the accused. A second accuser sometimes appeared and went through the same formalities.
Pot-de-vin
French law. A sum of money frequently paid, at the moment of entering into a contract, beyond the price agreed upon.
Potentate
One who has a great power over, an extended country; a sovereign.
Potestas
Pound
1) Weight. There are two kinds of weights, namely, the troy, and the avoirdupois. The pound avoirdupois is greater than the troy pound, in the proportion of seven thousand to five thousand seven hundred and sixty. The troy pound contains twelve ounces, that of avoirdupois sixteen ounces. 2) English law. A place enclosed to keep strayed animals in. 3) Money. The sum of twenty shillings. Previous to the establishment of the federal currency,, the different states made use of the pound in computing money; it was of different value in the several states.
Poundage
Practice. The amount allowed to the sheriff, or other officer, for commissions on, the money made by virtue of an execution. This allowance varies in different states, and to different officers.
Pour-over will
A will that leaves some or all estate assets to a trust established before the will-maker's death.
Pourparler
French law. The conversations and negotiations which have taken place between the parties in order to make an agreement. These form no part of the agreement.
Poursuivant
A follower, a pursuer. In the ancient English law, it signified an officer who attended upon the king in his wars, at the council table, exchequer, in his court, &e., to be sent as a messenger. A poursuivant was, therefore, a messenger of the king.
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