Latin: In the civil law. A personal action; an action against the person, {in personam.) Dig. 50, 16, 178, 2. In old English, law. A personal action. In this sense, the term was borrowed from the civil law by Bracton. The English form is constantly used as the designation of one of the chief divisions of civil actions. … [Read more...] about PERSONALIS ACTIO
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PERTICULAS
A pittance; a small portion of alms or victuals. Also certain poor scholars of the Isle of Man. Cowell. … [Read more...] about PERTICULAS
PERSONALITER
In old English law. Personally; In person. … [Read more...] about PERSONALITER
PERTINENT
evidence. Those facts which tend to prove the allegations of the party offering them, are called pertinent; those which have no such tendency are called impertinent, 8 Toull. n. 22. By pertinent is also meant that which belongs. Willes, 319. Applicable; relevant Evidence is called "pertinent" when it is directed to the issue or matters in dispute, and legitimately tends to … [Read more...] about PERTINENT
PERSONALITY
In modern civil law. The incidence of a law or statute upon persons, or that quality which makes it a personal law rather than a real law. "By the personality of laws, foreign jurists generally mean all laws which concern the condition, state, and capacity of persons." Story, Confl. Laws, 16. … [Read more...] about PERSONALITY