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Prisage
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PrisageThe name of an ancient duty taken by the English crown on wines imported into England.
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Name
One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin.
Crown
A covering for the head, commonly used by kings; figuratively, it signifies royal authority.
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Prison
A legal prison is the building designated by law, or used by the sheriff, for the confinement, or detention of those whose persons are judicially ordered to be kept in custody. But in cases of necessity, the sheriff may make his own house, or any other place, a prison.
Prison breaking
The act by which a prisoner, by force and violence, escapes from a place where he is lawfully in custody. This is an offence at common law.
Prison pen pal
A prisoner who exchanges letters with other prisoners or with free persons out of jail.
Prison reimbursement
"In some US states, a law allowing the state to collect money from prisoners to help defray the costs of imprisonment. All prisoners must notify the department of their assets, and a prisoner?s lack of cooperation in supplying such information can be taken into consideration by the Parole Board. Assets are reported to the Attorney General who determines whether to file a lawsuit for collection. The law allows the government to seek reimbursement if a prisoner has enough money to recover 10% of the estimated cost of care or 10% of the estimated cost for two years, whichever is less. Not more than 90% of the assets can be secured. Assets include payments from worker?s compensation, veteran?s compensation, previously earned salary or wages, bonuses, annuities, and retirement benefits. Money saved from wages and bonuses earned while in prison cannot be taken, according to the law.
Prisoner
One held in confinement against his will.
Prisoner of war
One who has been captured while fighting under the banner of some state. He is a prisoner, although never coufined in a prison.
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Principles
By this term is understood truths or propositions so clear that they cannot be proved nor contradicted, unless by propositions which are still clearer. They are of two kinds, one when the principle is universal, and these are kuown as axioms or maxims; as, no one can transmit rights which he has not; the accessory follows the principal, &c. The other class are simply called first principles.
Principles of preference
Believing that a just result was the paramount goal of choice of law decisions, David F. Cavers (supra) called on courts to analyze the controlling policies underlying the different competing laws and the concrete results which their application would entail in the given case. These results were then to be appraised from the standpoint of justice or broader considerations of social policy. The process, argued Cavers, would eventually result in the development of criteria for assessing the competing social values advanced by competing rules, so that the preferable rule could be identified. Ultimately, these criteria came to be known as Cavers' "principles of preference."
Printing
The art of impressing letters; the art of making books or papers by impressing legible characters.
Priority
The art of impressing letters; the art of making books or papers by impressing legible characters.
Priority date
In the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration ServicesImmigrant visa petition application process, the priority date is the date the petition was filed. If the alien relative has a priority date on or before the date listed in the visa bulletin, then he or she is currently eligible for a visa.
Prisage
Prison
A legal prison is the building designated by law, or used by the sheriff, for the confinement, or detention of those whose persons are judicially ordered to be kept in custody. But in cases of necessity, the sheriff may make his own house, or any other place, a prison.
Prison breaking
The act by which a prisoner, by force and violence, escapes from a place where he is lawfully in custody. This is an offence at common law.
Prisoner
One held in confinement against his will.
Prisoner of war
One who has been captured while fighting under the banner of some state. He is a prisoner, although never coufined in a prison.
Private
Not general, as a private act of the legislature; not in office; as, a private person, as well as an officer, may arrest a felon; individual, as your private interest; not public, as a private way, a private nuisance.
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Name
One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin.
Crown
A covering for the head, commonly used by kings; figuratively, it signifies royal authority.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Prison
A legal prison is the building designated by law, or used by the sheriff, for the confinement, or detention of those whose persons are judicially ordered to be kept in custody. But in cases of necessity, the sheriff may make his own house, or any other place, a prison.
Prison breaking
The act by which a prisoner, by force and violence, escapes from a place where he is lawfully in custody. This is an offence at common law.
Prison pen pal
A prisoner who exchanges letters with other prisoners or with free persons out of jail.
Prison reimbursement
"In some US states, a law allowing the state to collect money from prisoners to help defray the costs of imprisonment. All prisoners must notify the department of their assets, and a prisoner?s lack of cooperation in supplying such information can be taken into consideration by the Parole Board. Assets are reported to the Attorney General who determines whether to file a lawsuit for collection. The law allows the government to seek reimbursement if a prisoner has enough money to recover 10% of the estimated cost of care or 10% of the estimated cost for two years, whichever is less. Not more than 90% of the assets can be secured. Assets include payments from worker?s compensation, veteran?s compensation, previously earned salary or wages, bonuses, annuities, and retirement benefits. Money saved from wages and bonuses earned while in prison cannot be taken, according to the law.
Prisoner
One held in confinement against his will.
Prisoner of war
One who has been captured while fighting under the banner of some state. He is a prisoner, although never coufined in a prison.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Principles
By this term is understood truths or propositions so clear that they cannot be proved nor contradicted, unless by propositions which are still clearer. They are of two kinds, one when the principle is universal, and these are kuown as axioms or maxims; as, no one can transmit rights which he has not; the accessory follows the principal, &c. The other class are simply called first principles.
Principles of preference
Believing that a just result was the paramount goal of choice of law decisions, David F. Cavers (supra) called on courts to analyze the controlling policies underlying the different competing laws and the concrete results which their application would entail in the given case. These results were then to be appraised from the standpoint of justice or broader considerations of social policy. The process, argued Cavers, would eventually result in the development of criteria for assessing the competing social values advanced by competing rules, so that the preferable rule could be identified. Ultimately, these criteria came to be known as Cavers' "principles of preference."
Printing
The art of impressing letters; the art of making books or papers by impressing legible characters.
Priority
The art of impressing letters; the art of making books or papers by impressing legible characters.
Priority date
In the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration ServicesImmigrant visa petition application process, the priority date is the date the petition was filed. If the alien relative has a priority date on or before the date listed in the visa bulletin, then he or she is currently eligible for a visa.
Prisage
Prison
A legal prison is the building designated by law, or used by the sheriff, for the confinement, or detention of those whose persons are judicially ordered to be kept in custody. But in cases of necessity, the sheriff may make his own house, or any other place, a prison.
Prison breaking
The act by which a prisoner, by force and violence, escapes from a place where he is lawfully in custody. This is an offence at common law.
Prisoner
One held in confinement against his will.
Prisoner of war
One who has been captured while fighting under the banner of some state. He is a prisoner, although never coufined in a prison.
Private
Not general, as a private act of the legislature; not in office; as, a private person, as well as an officer, may arrest a felon; individual, as your private interest; not public, as a private way, a private nuisance.
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