The deliberate killing, according to the forms of law,, of a person who has been lawfully convicted of certain crimes. See Capital crimes. … [Read more...] about PUNISHMENT OF DEATH
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PURE DEBT
In Scotland, this name is given to a debt actually due, in contradistinction to one which is to become due at a future day certain, which is called a future debt: and one due provisionally, in a certain event, which is called a contingent debt. … [Read more...] about PURE DEBT
PUNITIVE
Relating to punishment; having the character of punishment or penalty ; inflicting punishment or a penalty. Punitive damages. See DAMAGES. Punitive power. The power and authority of a state, or organized jural society, to inflict punishments upon those persons who have committed actions inherently evil and injurious to the public, or actions declared by the laws of that state … [Read more...] about PUNITIVE
PURE OR SIMPLE OBLIGATION
One which is not suspended by any condition, whether it has been contracted without any condition, or when thus contracted, the condition has been performed. Poth. Obl. n. 176. … [Read more...] about PURE OR SIMPLE OBLIGATION
PUBLICATION
(A) The action of making something public or generally known. With regard to defamation, it is the act of communicating a false statement to a third person. With regard to legal procedure, it is a method of providing legal notice through publication in a recognized and approved newspaper in the relevant country. With regard to copyright law, it is copying the work and making … [Read more...] about PUBLICATION