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That part of the church where divine offices are performed; formerly applied to the choir or chancel, because it was the place appropriated to the bishop, priest, and other clergy, while the laity were confined to the body of the church. Jacob. … [Read more...] about PRESBYTERIUM

In Spanish law. Pledge. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit 7. … [Read more...] about PRENDA

That to which a right may be acquired by prescription. … [Read more...] about PRESCRIBABLE

L. Fr. In old English law. A taking of husband; marriage. An exception or plea which might be used to disable a woman from pursuing an appeal of murder against the killer of her former husband. Staundef. P. C. lib. 3, c. 59. … [Read more...] about PRENDER DE BARON

1. To order that an action be taken. 2. To authorize the use of something. 3. To claim a right of use, to claim an easement upon land based upon a history of usage. To assert a right or title to the enjoyment of a thing, on the ground, of having hitherto had the uninterrupted and immemorial enjoyment of It. To direct; define; mark out In modern statutes relating to matters of … [Read more...] about PRESCRIBE