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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

L. Fr. Near. Oy pres, so near; as near. See Cr Pass. … [Read more...] about PRES

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

Latin: In civil and ecclesiastical law. An elder;a presbyter; a priest Cod. 1, 3, 6, 20; Nov. 6. … [Read more...] about PRESBYTER

See PRAEMUNIRE … [Read more...] about PREMUNIRE