An edict; a declaration; a manifesto. Also an advertisement or public notification. … [Read more...] about PLACARD
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PLACITUM NOMINATUM
The day appointed for a criminal to appear and plead and make his defense. Cowell. … [Read more...] about PLACITUM NOMINATUM
PLACE
pleading, evidence. A particular portion of space; locality. 2. In local actions, the plaintiff must lay his venue in the county in which the action arose. It is a general rule, that the place of every traversable fact, stated in the pleading, must be distinctly alleged; Com. Dig. Pleader, c. 20; Cro. Eliz. 78, 98; Lawes' Pl. 57; Bac. Ab. Venue, B; Co. Litt. 303 a; and some … [Read more...] about PLACE
PLAGIARISM
The act of appropriating the literary composition of another, or parts or passages of his writings, or the ideas or language of the same, and passing them off as the product of one's own mind. When this amounts to piracy the party who has been guilty of it will be enjoined, when the original author has a copyright. Latin: In the civil law. A man stealer; a kidnapper. … [Read more...] about PLAGIARISM
PLACE OF BUSINESS
The place where a man usually transacts his affairs or business. When a man keeps a store, shop, counting room or office, independently and distinctly from all other persons, that is deemed his place of business 3 and when he usually transacts his business at the counting house, office, and the like, occupied and used by another, that will also be considered his place of … [Read more...] about PLACE OF BUSINESS