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Promutuum
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Promutuumcivil law. A quasi contract, by which he who receives a certain sum of money, or a certain quantity of fungible things, which have been paid to him through mistake, contracts towards the payer the obligation of returning him as much.
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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.
Quasi
A Latin word in frequent use in the civil law signifying as if, almost. It marks the resemblance, and supposes a little difference between two objects.
Contract
A negotiated oral or written agreement setting forth the terms for an exchange of value between parties (which may be individuals or companies) and under which each party promises to perform an obligation. Certain terms, such as the obligations to be performed and the terms for setting price or compensation must be mutually understood, known in legal lingo as a "meeting of the minds," and promised to by the parties to form a legal contract.
Money
Gold, silver, and some other less precious metals, in the progress of civilization and commerce, have become the common standards of value; in order to avoid the delay and inconvenience of regulating their weight and quality whenever passed, the governments of the civilized world have caused them to be manufactured in certain portions, and marked with a Stamp which attests their value; this is called money.
Quantity
Pleading. That which is susceptible of measure.
Fungible
A term used in the civil, French, and Scotch law, it signifies anything whatever, which consists in quantity, and is regulated by number, weight, or measure; such as corn, wine, or money..
Things
By this word is understood every object, except man, which may become an active subject of right. Code du Canton de Berne, art. 332. In this sense it is opposed, in the language of the law, to the word persons.
Mistake
Contracts. An error committed in relation to some matter of fact affecting the rights of one of the parties to a contract.
Obligation
In its general and most extensive sense, obligation is synony- mous with duty. In a more technical meaning, it is a tie which binds us to pay or to do something agreeably to the laws and customs of the country in which the obligation is made.
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Promatertera
Great maternal aunt; the sister of one's grandmother.
Promise
Contracts. An engagement by which the promisor contracts towards another to perform or do something to the advantage of the latter.
Promise of marriage
A contract mutually entered into by a man and a woman capable of contracting matrimony, that they will marry each other.
Promisee
A person to whom a promise has been made.
Promises
Evidence. When a defendant has been arrested, he is frequently in duced to make confessions in consequence of promises made to him, that if he will tell the truth, he will be either discharged or favored: in such a case evidence of the confession cannot be received, because being obtained by the flattery of hope, it comes in so questionable a shape, when it is to be considered evidence of guilt, that no credit ought to be given to it. This is the principle, but what amounts to a promise is not so easily defined.
Promisor
One who makes a promise.
Promisory note
Contracts. A written promise to pay a certain sum of money, at a future time, unconditionally.
Promissory estoppel
A promise which estops the promisee from asserting or taking certain action.
Promissory note
An unconditional, written and signed promise to pay a certain amount of money, on demand or at a certain defined date in the future. Contrary to a bill of exchange, a promissory note is not drawn on any third party holding the payor's money; it is a direct promise from the payor to the payee.
Promoters
In the English law, are those who in popular or penal actions prosecute in. their own names and the king's, having part of the fines and penalties.
Prompt payment discount
An incentive for early payment on a "Net Days" basis. For example, if company policy is to pay contractors on a "Net 90" basis, the company will pay within 30 days in return for a percentage discount, such as 2% of the total amount due.
Promulgation
The order given to cause a law to be executed, and to make it public it differs from publication.
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Promissory estoppel
A promise which estops the promisee from asserting or taking certain action.
Promissory note
An unconditional, written and signed promise to pay a certain amount of money, on demand or at a certain defined date in the future. Contrary to a bill of exchange, a promissory note is not drawn on any third party holding the payor's money; it is a direct promise from the payor to the payee.
Promoters
In the English law, are those who in popular or penal actions prosecute in. their own names and the king's, having part of the fines and penalties.
Prompt payment discount
An incentive for early payment on a "Net Days" basis. For example, if company policy is to pay contractors on a "Net 90" basis, the company will pay within 30 days in return for a percentage discount, such as 2% of the total amount due.
Promulgation
The order given to cause a law to be executed, and to make it public it differs from publication.
Promutuum
Pronepos
Great Grandson.
Pronotary
An ancient word which signifies first notary. The same as prothonotary.
Pronurus
The wife of a great grandson.
Proof
Practice. The conviction or persuasion of the mind of a judge or jury, by the exhibition of evidence, of the reality of a fact alleged: as, to prove, is to determine or persuade that a thing does or does not exist.
Proper
That which is essential, suitable, adapted, and correct.
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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.
Quasi
A Latin word in frequent use in the civil law signifying as if, almost. It marks the resemblance, and supposes a little difference between two objects.
Contract
A negotiated oral or written agreement setting forth the terms for an exchange of value between parties (which may be individuals or companies) and under which each party promises to perform an obligation. Certain terms, such as the obligations to be performed and the terms for setting price or compensation must be mutually understood, known in legal lingo as a "meeting of the minds," and promised to by the parties to form a legal contract.
Money
Gold, silver, and some other less precious metals, in the progress of civilization and commerce, have become the common standards of value; in order to avoid the delay and inconvenience of regulating their weight and quality whenever passed, the governments of the civilized world have caused them to be manufactured in certain portions, and marked with a Stamp which attests their value; this is called money.
Quantity
Pleading. That which is susceptible of measure.
Fungible
A term used in the civil, French, and Scotch law, it signifies anything whatever, which consists in quantity, and is regulated by number, weight, or measure; such as corn, wine, or money..
Things
By this word is understood every object, except man, which may become an active subject of right. Code du Canton de Berne, art. 332. In this sense it is opposed, in the language of the law, to the word persons.
Mistake
Contracts. An error committed in relation to some matter of fact affecting the rights of one of the parties to a contract.
Obligation
In its general and most extensive sense, obligation is synony- mous with duty. In a more technical meaning, it is a tie which binds us to pay or to do something agreeably to the laws and customs of the country in which the obligation is made.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Promatertera
Great maternal aunt; the sister of one's grandmother.
Promise
Contracts. An engagement by which the promisor contracts towards another to perform or do something to the advantage of the latter.
Promise of marriage
A contract mutually entered into by a man and a woman capable of contracting matrimony, that they will marry each other.
Promisee
A person to whom a promise has been made.
Promises
Evidence. When a defendant has been arrested, he is frequently in duced to make confessions in consequence of promises made to him, that if he will tell the truth, he will be either discharged or favored: in such a case evidence of the confession cannot be received, because being obtained by the flattery of hope, it comes in so questionable a shape, when it is to be considered evidence of guilt, that no credit ought to be given to it. This is the principle, but what amounts to a promise is not so easily defined.
Promisor
One who makes a promise.
Promisory note
Contracts. A written promise to pay a certain sum of money, at a future time, unconditionally.
Promissory estoppel
A promise which estops the promisee from asserting or taking certain action.
Promissory note
An unconditional, written and signed promise to pay a certain amount of money, on demand or at a certain defined date in the future. Contrary to a bill of exchange, a promissory note is not drawn on any third party holding the payor's money; it is a direct promise from the payor to the payee.
Promoters
In the English law, are those who in popular or penal actions prosecute in. their own names and the king's, having part of the fines and penalties.
Prompt payment discount
An incentive for early payment on a "Net Days" basis. For example, if company policy is to pay contractors on a "Net 90" basis, the company will pay within 30 days in return for a percentage discount, such as 2% of the total amount due.
Promulgation
The order given to cause a law to be executed, and to make it public it differs from publication.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Promissory estoppel
A promise which estops the promisee from asserting or taking certain action.
Promissory note
An unconditional, written and signed promise to pay a certain amount of money, on demand or at a certain defined date in the future. Contrary to a bill of exchange, a promissory note is not drawn on any third party holding the payor's money; it is a direct promise from the payor to the payee.
Promoters
In the English law, are those who in popular or penal actions prosecute in. their own names and the king's, having part of the fines and penalties.
Prompt payment discount
An incentive for early payment on a "Net Days" basis. For example, if company policy is to pay contractors on a "Net 90" basis, the company will pay within 30 days in return for a percentage discount, such as 2% of the total amount due.
Promulgation
The order given to cause a law to be executed, and to make it public it differs from publication.
Promutuum
Pronepos
Great Grandson.
Pronotary
An ancient word which signifies first notary. The same as prothonotary.
Pronurus
The wife of a great grandson.
Proof
Practice. The conviction or persuasion of the mind of a judge or jury, by the exhibition of evidence, of the reality of a fact alleged: as, to prove, is to determine or persuade that a thing does or does not exist.
Proper
That which is essential, suitable, adapted, and correct.
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