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L. Lat. A purpart; a part of the inheritance. … [Read more...] about PERPARS

Belonging to the person. 2. This adjective is frequently employed in connection with substantives, things, goods, chattels, actions, right, duties, and the like as personal estate, put in opposition to real estate; personal actions, in contradistinction to real actions; personal rights are those which belong to the person; personal duties are those which are to be performed in … [Read more...] about PERSONAL

To effectuate, to commit a wrongful act, to commit a crime. … [Read more...] about PERPETRATE

Personal actions are those brought for the specific goods and chattels; or for damages or other redress for breach of contract or for injuries of every other description; the specific recovery of lands, tenements and hereditaments only excepted. … [Read more...] about PERSONAL ACTIONS

Generally, this term denotes the person who actually commits a crime or delict, or by whose immediate agency it occurs. But, where a servant of a railroad company is killed through the negligence of a co employe, the company itself may be regarded as the "perpetrator" of the act, within the meaning of a statute giving an action against the perpetrator. Philo v. Illinois Cent R. … [Read more...] about PERPETRATOR