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PERMISSIVE

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

PERISH

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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

PERMISSIVE COUNTERCLAIM

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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

PERISHABLE

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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

PERMIT

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A license or instrument granted by the officers of excise, (or customs,) certifying that the duties on certain goods have been paid, or secured, and permitting their removal from some specified place to another. Wharton. A written license or warrant, issued by a person in authority, empowering the grantee to do some act not forbidden by law, but not allowable without such … [Read more...] about PERMIT

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