One who is engaged in the work involved in a profession, e.g. a lawyer is a practitioner of law. … [Read more...] about PRACTITIONER
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PRAEDIUM DOMINANS
civil law. The name given to an estate to which a servitude is due; it is called the ruling estate. … [Read more...] about PRAEDIUM DOMINANS
PRAECEPTORES
Latin: Masters. The chief clerks in chancery were formerly so called, because they had the direction of making out remedial writs. 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 251. … [Read more...] about PRAECEPTORES
PRAEDIUM RUSTICUM
civil law. By this is understood all heritages which are not destined for the use of man's habitation; such, for example, as lands, meadows, orchards, gardens, woods, even though they should be within the boundaries of a city. … [Read more...] about PRAEDIUM RUSTICUM
PRAECEPTORIES
In feudal law. A kind of benefices, so called because they were possessed by the more eminent templars, whom the chief master by his authority created and called "Pr&ceptores Templi," … [Read more...] about PRAECEPTORIES