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An extensive tract of level or rolling land, destitute of trees, covered with coarse grass, and usually characterized by a deep, fertile soil. Webster. See Buxton v. Railroad Co., 58 Mo. 45; Brunell v. Hopkins, 42 Iowa, 429. … [Read more...] about PRAIRIE

The right which the owner of a thing transfers to another, to enjoy the same until it shall please the owner to revoke it. 2. If there is a time fixed during which the right may be used it is then vested for that time, and cannot be revoked until after its expiration. … [Read more...] about PRECARIOUS RIGHT

A license for the master of a ship to traffic in the ports of a given country, or with the inhabitants of a given port upon the lifting of quarantine or production of a clean bill of health. … [Read more...] about PRATIQUE

Lat. In the civil law. A convention whereby one allows another the use of a thing or the exercise of a right gratuitously till revocation. The bailee acquires thereby the lawful possession of the thing, except in certain cases. The bailor can re-demand the thing at any time, even should he have allowed it to the bailee for a design nated period. Mackeld. Rom. Law, 447. … [Read more...] about PRECARIUM

Lat. Use; practice. Praxis judionm est interpres legnnt. Hob. 96. The practice of the judges is the interpreter of the laws. … [Read more...] about PRAXIS