The king's messenger; a royal or state messenger. In the heralds college, a functionary of lower rank than a herald, but discharging similar duties, called also "poursuivant at arms." … [Read more...] about POURSUIVANT
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POYNINGS LAW
(Poyning's Law) Engl. law. The name usually given to an act which was passed by a parliament holden in Ireland in the tenth of Henry the Seventh; it enacts that all statutes made in the realm of England before that time should be in force and put in use in the realm of Ireland. … [Read more...] about POYNINGS LAW
POTENTIA
Latin: Possibility; power. Potentia propinqua. Common possibility. See Possibility. Potentia debet sequi justitiam, non antecedere. 3 Bulst 199. Power ought to follow justice, not go before it Potentia est duplex, remota et propin qua; et potentia remotissima et vana est quae nunquam venit in actum. 11 Coke, 51. Possibility is of two kinds, remote and near; that which never … [Read more...] about POTENTIA
POURVEYANCE
In old English law. The providing corn, fuel, victuals, and other necessaries for the king's house. Cowell. … [Read more...] about POURVEYANCE
PP&E
Property, Plant and Equipment … [Read more...] about PP&E