One who has preceded another. 2. This term is applied in particular to corporators who are now no longer such, and whose rights have been vested in their successor; the word ancestor is more usually applicable to common persons. The predecessor in a corporation stands in the same relation to the successor, that the ancestor does to the heir. 3. The term predecessor is also used … [Read more...] about PREDECESSOR
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PRECEPT
In English and American law. An order or direction, emanating from authority, to an officer or body of officers, commanding him or them to do some act within the scope of their powers. Precept is not to be confined to civil proceedings, and is not of a more restricted meaning than "process." It includes warrants and processes in criminal as well as civil proceedings. Adams v. … [Read more...] about PRECEPT
PREDIAL SERVITUDE
A real or predial servitude is a charge laid on an estate for the use and utility of another estate belonging to another owner. Civil Code La. art 647. See PRAEDIAL SERVITUDE. … [Read more...] about PREDIAL SERVITUDE
PRECES PRIMARIAE
In English ecclesiastical law. A right of the crown to name to the first prebend that becomes vacant after the accession of the sovereign, in every church of the empire. This right was exercised by the crown of England in the reign of Edward I. 2 Steph. Comm. 670, note. … [Read more...] about PRECES PRIMARIAE
PRECINCT
The district for which a high or petty constable is appointed, is in England, called a precinct. Willc. Office of Const. xii. 2. In day time all persons are bound to recognize a constable acting within his own precincts; after night the constable is required to make himself known, and it is, indeed, proper he should do so at all times. Ibid. n. 265, p. 93. A constable's or … [Read more...] about PRECINCT