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In Scotch law. The decisions of the court of session, as evidence of the practice or custom of the country. Beit … [Read more...] about PRACTICKS

Latin: In the civil law. Land; an estate; a tenement; a piece of landed property. See Dig. 50, 16, 115. Praedinm dominans. In the civil law. The name given to an estate to which a servitude is due; the dominant tenement. Morgan v. Mason, 20 Ohio, 400, 55 Am. Dec. 464. Praedinm rustieum. In Roman law. A rustic or rural estate. Primarily, this term denoted an estate lying in the … [Read more...] about PRAEDIUM

One who is engaged in the work involved in a profession, e.g. a lawyer is a practitioner of law. … [Read more...] about PRACTITIONER

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

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