In the civil law. The name of an action introduced by the pnetor Publiclus, the object of which was to recover a thing which had been lost Its effects were similar to those of our action of trover. Mackeld. Rom. Law, J 298. See Inst. 4, 6, 4; Dig. 6, 2, 1, 16. … [Read more...] about PUBLICANA
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PUERITIA
Latin: In the civil law. Childhood; the age from seven to fourteen. 4 Bl. Comm. 22. … [Read more...] about PUERITIA
PUBLICANU8
Latin: In Roman law. A farmer of the customs; a publican. Calvin … [Read more...] about PUBLICANU8
PUFFER
commerce, contracts. A person employed by the owner of property which is sold at auction to bid it up, who does so accordingly, for the purpose of raising the price upon bona fide bidders. 2. This is a fraud which at the choice of the purchaser invalidates the sale. … [Read more...] about PUFFER
PUBLICATION
(A) The action of making something public or generally known. With regard to defamation, it is the act of communicating a false statement to a third person. With regard to legal procedure, it is a method of providing legal notice through publication in a recognized and approved newspaper in the relevant country. With regard to copyright law, it is copying the work and making … [Read more...] about PUBLICATION