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Pupil
PupilCivil law. One who is in his or her minority. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- 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. Minority The state or condition of a minor; infancy. In another sense, it signifies the lesser number of votes of a deliberative assembly; opposed to majority. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- Pupillarity Civil law. That age of a person's life which included infancy and puerility. PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Pump-and-dump Manipulating stock prices by artificially creating demand through rumor, high pressure sales tactics, or multiple large orders. The price is "pumped" upwards and then when other investors join the trend, the original investors "dump" the stock in a rapid sell-off. Punctuation Construction. The act or method of placing points . in a written or printed instrument. Punishment Criminal law. Some pain or penalty warranted by law, inflicted on a person, for the commission of a crime or misdemeanor, or for the omission of the performance of an act required by law, by the judgment and command of some lawful court. Punishment of death The deliberate killing, according to the forms of law,, of a person who has been lawfully convicted of certain crimes Punitive damages Damages awarded in addition to normal damages for bad faith or excessively improper acts of the defendant in contract or tort or even during a court action. Pupil Pupillarity Civil law. That age of a person's life which included infancy and puerility. Pur A corruption of the French word par, by or for. It is frequently used in old French law phrases; as, pur autre vie. It is also used in the composition of words, as purparty, purlieu, purview. Pur autre vie Tenures. These old French words signify, for another's life. An estate is said to be pur autre vie, when a lease is made of lands or tenements to a man, to hold for the life of another person Purchase In its most enlarged and technical sense, purchase signifies the lawful acquisition of real estate by any means whatever, except descent. It is thus defined by Littleton, section 12. "Purchase is called the possession of lands or tenements that a man hath by his own deed or agreement, unto which possession he cometh, not by title of descent from any of his ancestors or cousins, but by his own deed." Purchase agreement or purchase offer Also, sales agreement and earnest money contract. Agreement between buyer and seller of property which sets forth in general the price and terms of a proposed sale. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Pupil. If you have a better definition for Pupil than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Pupil may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Pupil and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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