(A) that which is put before. The word has several significations; sometimes it means the statements which have been before made; as, I act upon these premises; in this sense, this word may comprise a variety of subjects, having no connexion among themselves; 1 East, R. 456; it signifies a formal part of a deed; and it is made to designate an estate. (B) estates. Lands and … [Read more...] about PREMISES
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PREROGATIVE COURT
eccles. law. The name of a court in England in which all testaments are proved and administrations granted, when the deceased has left bona notabilia in the province in some other diocese than that in which he died. 4 Inst. 335. 2. The testamentary courts of the two archbishops, in their respective provinces, are styled prerogative courts, from the prerogative of each … [Read more...] about PREROGATIVE COURT
PREMIUM
contracts. The consideration paid by the insured to the insurer for making an insurance. It is so called because it is paid primo, or before the contract shall take effect. Poth. h. t. n. 81; Marah. Inst. 234. 2. In practice, however, the premium is not always paid when the policy is underwritten; for insurances are frequently effected by brokers, and open accounts are kept … [Read more...] about PREMIUM
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L. Fr. Near. Oy pres, so near; as near. See Cr Pass. … [Read more...] about PRES
PREMIUM PUDICITIAE
contracts. Literally the price of chastity. 2. This is the consideration of a contract by which a man promises to pay to a woman with whom he has illicit intercourse a certain sum of money. When the contract is made as the payment of past cohabitation, as between the parties, it is good, and will be enforced against the obligor, his heirs, executors and administrators, but it … [Read more...] about PREMIUM PUDICITIAE