Liable to be returned or rendered up at the mere demand or request of another; hence held or retained only on sufferance or by permission; and by an extension of meaning, doubtful, uncertain, dangerous, very liable to break, fail, or terminate. Precarious circumstances. The circumstances of an executor are precarious, within the meaning and intent of a statute, only when his … [Read more...] about PRECARIOUS
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PRAIRIE
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
PRECARIOUS RIGHT
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
PRATIQUE
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
PRECARIUM
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