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PurA 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.
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Corruption
An act done with an intent to give some advantage inconsistent with official duty and the rights of others.
Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Par
Common law. Equal. It is used to denote a state of equality or equal value. Bills of exchange, stocks, and the like, are at par when they sell for their nominal value; above par, or below par, when they sell for more or less.
Composition
Contracts. An agreement, made upon a sufficient consideration, between a debtor and creditor, by which the creditor accepts part of the debt due to him in satisfaction of the whole.
Purparty
That part of an estate, which having been held in common by parceners, is by partition allotted to any of them. To make purparty is to divide and sever the lands which fall to parceners.
Purlieu
English law. A space of land near a forest, known by certain boundaries, which was formerly part of a forest, but which has been separated from it.
Purview
That part of an act of the legislature which begins with the words "Be it enacted," &c., aud ends before the repealing clause.
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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
Civil law. One who is in his or her minority.
Pupillarity
Civil law. That age of a person's life which included infancy and puerility.
Pur
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.
Purchase order
A document issued by a company, or purchaser, ordering goods or services from another company, or vendor. A purchase order typically contains contract terms applying to the sale that the vendor is assumed to have agreed to if the vendor delivers the contracted for goods or services. Therefore, a purchase order should be reviewed as carefully as any contract.
Purchase-money
The consideration which is agreed to be paid by the purchaser of a thing in money. It is the duty of the purchaser to pay the purchase-money as agreed upon in making the contract, and, in case of conveyance of an estate before it is paid, the vendor is entitled according to the laws of, England, which have been adopted in several of the states, to a lien on the estate sold for the purchase-money so remaining unpaid. This is called an equitable lien. This doctrine is derived from the civil law.
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Corruption
An act done with an intent to give some advantage inconsistent with official duty and the rights of others.
Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Par
Common law. Equal. It is used to denote a state of equality or equal value. Bills of exchange, stocks, and the like, are at par when they sell for their nominal value; above par, or below par, when they sell for more or less.
Composition
Contracts. An agreement, made upon a sufficient consideration, between a debtor and creditor, by which the creditor accepts part of the debt due to him in satisfaction of the whole.
Purparty
That part of an estate, which having been held in common by parceners, is by partition allotted to any of them. To make purparty is to divide and sever the lands which fall to parceners.
Purlieu
English law. A space of land near a forest, known by certain boundaries, which was formerly part of a forest, but which has been separated from it.
Purview
That part of an act of the legislature which begins with the words "Be it enacted," &c., aud ends before the repealing clause.
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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
Civil law. One who is in his or her minority.
Pupillarity
Civil law. That age of a person's life which included infancy and puerility.
Pur
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.
Purchase order
A document issued by a company, or purchaser, ordering goods or services from another company, or vendor. A purchase order typically contains contract terms applying to the sale that the vendor is assumed to have agreed to if the vendor delivers the contracted for goods or services. Therefore, a purchase order should be reviewed as carefully as any contract.
Purchase-money
The consideration which is agreed to be paid by the purchaser of a thing in money. It is the duty of the purchaser to pay the purchase-money as agreed upon in making the contract, and, in case of conveyance of an estate before it is paid, the vendor is entitled according to the laws of, England, which have been adopted in several of the states, to a lien on the estate sold for the purchase-money so remaining unpaid. This is called an equitable lien. This doctrine is derived from the civil law.
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