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Primate
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Primateeccles. law.. An archbishop who has jurisdiction over one or several other metropolitans.
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Archbishop
Ecclesiastical law The chief of the clergy of a whole province. He has the, inspection of the bishops of that province, as well as of the inferior clergy, and may deprive them on notorious cause. The archbishop has also his own diocese, in which he exercises, episcopal jurisdiction, as in his province he exercises archiepiscopal authority.
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.
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.
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Prima facie
The first blush; the first view or appearance of the business; as, the holder of a bill of exchange, indorsed in blank, is prima facie its owner.
Prima facie case
A case that is sufficient and has the minimum amount of evidence necessary to allow it to continue in the judicial process.
Prima impressionis
(United Kingdom) On first impression.
Prima tonsura
A grant of a right to have the first crop of grass.
Primage
Merchant law. A duty payable to the master and mariner of a ship or vessel; to the master for the use of his cables and ropes to discharge the goods of the merchant; to the mariners for lading and unlading in any port or haven.
Primary
That which is first or principal; as primary evidence, or that evidence which is to be admitted in the first instance, as distinguished from secondary evidence, which is allowed only when primary evidence cannot be had.
Primary authority
Constitutions, codes, statutes, ordinances, and case law sources.
Primary caretaker
The parent who provides majority of the child's day to day care.
Primary evidence
The best evidence of which the case in its nature is susceptible.
Primary powers
The principal authority given by a principal to his agent; it differs from mediate powers.
Primer election
A term used to signify first choice.
Primer seisin
English law. The right which the king had, when any of his tenants died seised of a knight's fee, to receive of the heir, provided he were of fall age, one whole year's profits of the lands, if they were in immediate possession; and half a year's profits, if the lands were in reversion, expectant on an estate for life
Primogeniture
1) The state of being first born the eldest. 2) Formerly primogeniture gave a title in cases of descent to the oldest son in preference to the other children; this unjust distinction has been geuerally abolished in the United States.
Primogenitus
The first born.
Primum decretum
In the courts of admiralty, this name is given to a provisional decree.
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Primary
That which is first or principal; as primary evidence, or that evidence which is to be admitted in the first instance, as distinguished from secondary evidence, which is allowed only when primary evidence cannot be had.
Primary authority
Constitutions, codes, statutes, ordinances, and case law sources.
Primary caretaker
The parent who provides majority of the child's day to day care.
Primary evidence
The best evidence of which the case in its nature is susceptible.
Primary powers
The principal authority given by a principal to his agent; it differs from mediate powers.
Primate
Primer election
A term used to signify first choice.
Primer seisin
English law. The right which the king had, when any of his tenants died seised of a knight's fee, to receive of the heir, provided he were of fall age, one whole year's profits of the lands, if they were in immediate possession; and half a year's profits, if the lands were in reversion, expectant on an estate for life
Primogeniture
1) The state of being first born the eldest. 2) Formerly primogeniture gave a title in cases of descent to the oldest son in preference to the other children; this unjust distinction has been geuerally abolished in the United States.
Primogenitus
The first born.
Primum decretum
In the courts of admiralty, this name is given to a provisional decree.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Archbishop
Ecclesiastical law The chief of the clergy of a whole province. He has the, inspection of the bishops of that province, as well as of the inferior clergy, and may deprive them on notorious cause. The archbishop has also his own diocese, in which he exercises, episcopal jurisdiction, as in his province he exercises archiepiscopal authority.
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.
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.
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Prima facie
The first blush; the first view or appearance of the business; as, the holder of a bill of exchange, indorsed in blank, is prima facie its owner.
Prima facie case
A case that is sufficient and has the minimum amount of evidence necessary to allow it to continue in the judicial process.
Prima impressionis
(United Kingdom) On first impression.
Prima tonsura
A grant of a right to have the first crop of grass.
Primage
Merchant law. A duty payable to the master and mariner of a ship or vessel; to the master for the use of his cables and ropes to discharge the goods of the merchant; to the mariners for lading and unlading in any port or haven.
Primary
That which is first or principal; as primary evidence, or that evidence which is to be admitted in the first instance, as distinguished from secondary evidence, which is allowed only when primary evidence cannot be had.
Primary authority
Constitutions, codes, statutes, ordinances, and case law sources.
Primary caretaker
The parent who provides majority of the child's day to day care.
Primary evidence
The best evidence of which the case in its nature is susceptible.
Primary powers
The principal authority given by a principal to his agent; it differs from mediate powers.
Primer election
A term used to signify first choice.
Primer seisin
English law. The right which the king had, when any of his tenants died seised of a knight's fee, to receive of the heir, provided he were of fall age, one whole year's profits of the lands, if they were in immediate possession; and half a year's profits, if the lands were in reversion, expectant on an estate for life
Primogeniture
1) The state of being first born the eldest. 2) Formerly primogeniture gave a title in cases of descent to the oldest son in preference to the other children; this unjust distinction has been geuerally abolished in the United States.
Primogenitus
The first born.
Primum decretum
In the courts of admiralty, this name is given to a provisional decree.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Primary
That which is first or principal; as primary evidence, or that evidence which is to be admitted in the first instance, as distinguished from secondary evidence, which is allowed only when primary evidence cannot be had.
Primary authority
Constitutions, codes, statutes, ordinances, and case law sources.
Primary caretaker
The parent who provides majority of the child's day to day care.
Primary evidence
The best evidence of which the case in its nature is susceptible.
Primary powers
The principal authority given by a principal to his agent; it differs from mediate powers.
Primate
Primer election
A term used to signify first choice.
Primer seisin
English law. The right which the king had, when any of his tenants died seised of a knight's fee, to receive of the heir, provided he were of fall age, one whole year's profits of the lands, if they were in immediate possession; and half a year's profits, if the lands were in reversion, expectant on an estate for life
Primogeniture
1) The state of being first born the eldest. 2) Formerly primogeniture gave a title in cases of descent to the oldest son in preference to the other children; this unjust distinction has been geuerally abolished in the United States.
Primogenitus
The first born.
Primum decretum
In the courts of admiralty, this name is given to a provisional decree.
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