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Pregnancy
Pregnancymed. jurisp. This is defined by medical writer; to be the state of a female who has within her ovary or womb, a fecundated germ which gradually becomes developed in the latter receptaale. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- State 1) Government. In its most enlarged sense, it signifies a self-sufficient body of persons united together in one community for the defence of their rights, and to do right and justice to foreigners. In this sense, the state means the whole people united into one body politic; and the state, and the people of the state, are equivalent expressions. 2) Condition of persons. This word has various acceptations. If we inquire into its origin, it will be found to come from the Latin status, which is derived from the verb stare, sto, whence has been made statio, which signifies the place where a person is located, stat, to fulfil the obligations which are imposed upon him. Female This term denotes the sex which bears young. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- Pregnant Pleading. A fulness in the pleadings which admits or involves a matter which is favorable to the opposite party. It is either an affirmative pregnant, or negative pregnant. PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Preference The paying or securing to one or more of his creditors, by an insolvent debtor, the whole or a part of their claim, to the exclusion of the rest. By preference is also meant the right which a creditor has acquired over others to be paid first out of the assets of his debtor, as, when a creditor has obtained a judgment against his debtor which binds the latter's land, he has a preference. Preferred maritime lien A category of maritime lien under the American Commercial Instruments and Maritime Liens Act. Preferred mortgage A ship mortgage on the whole of a vessel, filed in the U.S. in substantial compliance with the requirements of U.S. Code. Preferred mortgage lien A lien on a ship on which a preferred mortgage has been filed. they rank after preferred maritime liens (supra), by virtue of U.S. Code. Preferred shares A share in a company that has some kind of special right or privilege attached to it, such as that it is distinguished from the company's common shares. The most common special right is a preference over holders of common shares when dividends are declared. Another, is for the preferred shares to be redeemable at the option of either the holder or the company. Still another might be to disallow voting rights to preferred shareholders. Depending on the local laws in your state, there may be no limit to the qualifications a company can attach to preferred shares. For example, a family company may only allow holders of preferred shares to use a recreational property belonging to the company. Pregnancy Pregnant Pleading. A fulness in the pleadings which admits or involves a matter which is favorable to the opposite party. It is either an affirmative pregnant, or negative pregnant. Prehension The lawful taking of a thing with an intent to, assert a right in it. Preinjunction Court order requiring action or forbidding action until a decision can be made whether to issue a permanent injunction. It differs from a temporary restraining order. Pre-inspection Complete immigration inspection of airport passengers before departure from a foreign country. No further immigration inspection is required upon arrival in the United States other than submission for nonimmigrant aliens. Prejudice To decide beforehand; to lean in favor of one side of a cause for some reason or other than its justice. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Pregnancy. If you have a better definition for Pregnancy than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Pregnancy may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Pregnancy and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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