A pittance; a small portion of alms or victuals. Also certain poor scholars of the Isle of Man. Cowell. … [Read more...] about PERTICULAS
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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
PERTINENTS
In Scotch law. Appurtenances. "Parts and pertinents" are formal words In old deeds and charters. 1 Forb Inst, pt 2, pp. 112, 118. … [Read more...] about PERTINENTS