In Spanish colonial taw. An order emanating from the sovereign, and differing from a cedula only In form and In the mode of promulgation. Schm. Civil Law, Introd. 93, note. … [Read more...] about PRAGMATICA
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PRECARIOUS
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
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
PRAEMUNIRE
In English law. The name of an offense against the king and his government though not subject to capital punishment. So called from the words of the writ which issued preparatory to the prosecution: "Praemunire facias A. B. quod sit coram nobis" etc.; "Cause A. B. to be forewarned that he appear before us to answer the contempt with which he stands charged." The statutes … [Read more...] about PRAEMUNIRE