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Circumlocution; use of many words to express the sense of one. … [Read more...] about PERIPHRASIS

Allowed; allowable; that which may be done. Permissive use. See Use. Permissive waste. See Waste. … [Read more...] about PERMISSIVE

To come to an end; to cease to be; to die. 2. What has never existed cannot be said to have perished. 3. When two or more persons die by the same accident, as a shipwreck, no presumption arises that one perished before the other. Vide Death. Survivorship. … [Read more...] about PERISH

A counterclaim that a defendant may raise regarding a matter that is different than the matter raised by the plaintiff in the plaintiff's complaint. … [Read more...] about PERMISSIVE COUNTERCLAIM

ordinarily means subject to speedy and natural decay. But. where the time contemplated is necessarily long, the term may embrace property liable merely to material depreciation in value from other causes than such decay. Webster v. Peck, 31 Conn. 495. Perishable goods. Goods which decay and lose their value if not speedily put to their intended use. Per juri sunt qul servatis … [Read more...] about PERISHABLE