Latin: A passing over or omission. Used in the Roman law to describe the act of a testator in excluding a given heir from the inheritance by silently passing him by, that is, neither instituting nor formally disinheriting him. See Mackeld. Rom. Law, … [Read more...] about PRAETERITIO
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PRAEFECTUS URBI
Latin: In Roman law. The name of an officer who, from the time of Augustus, had the superintendence of the city and its police, with jurisdiction extending one hundred miles from the city, and power to decide both civil and criminal cases. As he was considered the direct representative of the emperor, much that pre-: viously belonged to the praetor urbanus fell gradually into … [Read more...] about PRAEFECTUS URBI
PRAETEXTUS
Lat. A pretext; a pretense or color. Prcetcxtu cujus, by pretense, or under pretext whereof. 1 Ld. Raym. 412. … [Read more...] about PRAETEXTUS
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PRAECOGNITA
Things to be previously known In order to the understanding of something which follows. Wharton. … [Read more...] about PRAECOGNITA