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Poursuivant
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PoursuivantA 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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Pursuer
Canon law. The name by which the complainant or plaintiff is known in the ecclesiastical courts.
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.
King
The chief magistrate of a kingdom, vested usually with the executive power.
Council
Legislation. This word signifies an assembly.
Court
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.
Messenger
A person appointed to perform certain duties, generally of a ministerial character.
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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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.
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Potestas
Civil 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.
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
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.
Power of the county
The male inhabitants of a county, over fifteen years of age, whom the sheriff may command to aid him in preserving the peace, executing process, arresting felons, etc.; the posse comitatus.
Poyning's law
English law. The name usually given to an act which was passed by a parliament holden in Ireland in the tenth of Henry the Seventh; it enacts that all statutes made in the realm of England before that time should be in force and put in use in the realm of Ireland.
Practice
The form, manner and order of conducting and carrying on suits or prosecutions in the courts through their various stages, according, to the principles of law, and the rules laid down by the respective courts.
Praecipe
Praecipe or precipe. Practice. The name of the written instructions given by an attorney or plaintiff to the clerk or prothonotary of a; court, whose duty it is to make out the writ, for the making of the same.
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Pursuer
Canon law. The name by which the complainant or plaintiff is known in the ecclesiastical courts.
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.
King
The chief magistrate of a kingdom, vested usually with the executive power.
Council
Legislation. This word signifies an assembly.
Court
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.
Messenger
A person appointed to perform certain duties, generally of a ministerial character.
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.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
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.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Potestas
Civil 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.
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
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.
Power of the county
The male inhabitants of a county, over fifteen years of age, whom the sheriff may command to aid him in preserving the peace, executing process, arresting felons, etc.; the posse comitatus.
Poyning's law
English law. The name usually given to an act which was passed by a parliament holden in Ireland in the tenth of Henry the Seventh; it enacts that all statutes made in the realm of England before that time should be in force and put in use in the realm of Ireland.
Practice
The form, manner and order of conducting and carrying on suits or prosecutions in the courts through their various stages, according, to the principles of law, and the rules laid down by the respective courts.
Praecipe
Praecipe or precipe. Practice. The name of the written instructions given by an attorney or plaintiff to the clerk or prothonotary of a; court, whose duty it is to make out the writ, for the making of the same.
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