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Preterition
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PreteritionCivil law. The omission by a testator of some one of his heirs who is entitled to a legitime, in the succession.
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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.
Omission
An omission is the neglect to perform what the law requires.
Testator
One who has made a testament or will.
Succession
Common law. The mode by which one set of persons, members of a corporation aggregate, acquire the rights of another set which preceded them. This term in strictness is to be applied only to such corporations.
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Pret a usage
Loan for use. This phrase is used in the French law instead of commodatum
Pretense
Also False Pretense. To represent something to be what it is not.
Pretention
French law. The claim made to a thing which a party believes himself entitled to demand, but which is not admitted or adjudged to be his.
Pretermitted child
A child born after a will is executed, who is not provided for by the will. Most states have laws that provide for a share of estate property to go to such children.
Pretext
The reasons assigned to justify an act, which have only the appearance of truth, and which are without foundation; or which if true are not the true reasons for such act.
Pretium affectionis
An imaginary value put upon a thing by the fancy of the owner in his affection for it, or for the person from whom he obtained it.
Pretrial conference
Conference among the opposing attorneys and the judge called at the discretion of the court to narrow the issues to be tried and to make a final effort to settle the case without a trial.
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Presumption of validity
An assumption, where there is doubt as to the applicable law, that the parties intended the legal system under which the clause or contract would be valid (in a situation where contract or clause is valid under one legal system, but invalid under another one).
Presumptive heir
One who, if the ancestor should die immediately, would under the present circumstances of things be his heir, but whose right of inheritance may be defeated by the contingency of some nearer heir being born; as a brother, who is the presumptive heir, may be defeated by the birth of a child to the ancestor.
Pret a usage
Loan for use. This phrase is used in the French law instead of commodatum
Pretense
Also False Pretense. To represent something to be what it is not.
Pretention
French law. The claim made to a thing which a party believes himself entitled to demand, but which is not admitted or adjudged to be his.
Preterition
Pretermitted child
A child born after a will is executed, who is not provided for by the will. Most states have laws that provide for a share of estate property to go to such children.
Pretext
The reasons assigned to justify an act, which have only the appearance of truth, and which are without foundation; or which if true are not the true reasons for such act.
Pretium affectionis
An imaginary value put upon a thing by the fancy of the owner in his affection for it, or for the person from whom he obtained it.
Pretrial conference
Conference among the opposing attorneys and the judge called at the discretion of the court to narrow the issues to be tried and to make a final effort to settle the case without a trial.
Prevarication
Praevaricatio, civil law. The acting with unfaithfulness and want of probity. The term is applied principally to the act of concealing a crime.
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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.
Omission
An omission is the neglect to perform what the law requires.
Testator
One who has made a testament or will.
Succession
Common law. The mode by which one set of persons, members of a corporation aggregate, acquire the rights of another set which preceded them. This term in strictness is to be applied only to such corporations.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Pret a usage
Loan for use. This phrase is used in the French law instead of commodatum
Pretense
Also False Pretense. To represent something to be what it is not.
Pretention
French law. The claim made to a thing which a party believes himself entitled to demand, but which is not admitted or adjudged to be his.
Pretermitted child
A child born after a will is executed, who is not provided for by the will. Most states have laws that provide for a share of estate property to go to such children.
Pretext
The reasons assigned to justify an act, which have only the appearance of truth, and which are without foundation; or which if true are not the true reasons for such act.
Pretium affectionis
An imaginary value put upon a thing by the fancy of the owner in his affection for it, or for the person from whom he obtained it.
Pretrial conference
Conference among the opposing attorneys and the judge called at the discretion of the court to narrow the issues to be tried and to make a final effort to settle the case without a trial.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Presumption of validity
An assumption, where there is doubt as to the applicable law, that the parties intended the legal system under which the clause or contract would be valid (in a situation where contract or clause is valid under one legal system, but invalid under another one).
Presumptive heir
One who, if the ancestor should die immediately, would under the present circumstances of things be his heir, but whose right of inheritance may be defeated by the contingency of some nearer heir being born; as a brother, who is the presumptive heir, may be defeated by the birth of a child to the ancestor.
Pret a usage
Loan for use. This phrase is used in the French law instead of commodatum
Pretense
Also False Pretense. To represent something to be what it is not.
Pretention
French law. The claim made to a thing which a party believes himself entitled to demand, but which is not admitted or adjudged to be his.
Preterition
Pretermitted child
A child born after a will is executed, who is not provided for by the will. Most states have laws that provide for a share of estate property to go to such children.
Pretext
The reasons assigned to justify an act, which have only the appearance of truth, and which are without foundation; or which if true are not the true reasons for such act.
Pretium affectionis
An imaginary value put upon a thing by the fancy of the owner in his affection for it, or for the person from whom he obtained it.
Pretrial conference
Conference among the opposing attorneys and the judge called at the discretion of the court to narrow the issues to be tried and to make a final effort to settle the case without a trial.
Prevarication
Praevaricatio, civil law. The acting with unfaithfulness and want of probity. The term is applied principally to the act of concealing a crime.
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