In/ medical jurisprudence. An inflammation of the lining membrane of the heart … [Read more...] about PERICARDITIS
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PEREMPTION
A nonsuit; also a quashing or killing. … [Read more...] about PEREMPTION
PERICOSOUS
Latin: Dangerous; perilous. Periculosum est res novas et inusita tas inducere. Co. Litt 379a. It is perilous to introduce new and untried things. Periculosum existimo quod bonorunt virorum non comprobatnr exemplo. 9 Coke, 976. I consider that dangerous which is not approved by the example of good men. … [Read more...] about PERICOSOUS
PEREMPTORIUS
Lat. In the civil law. That which takes away or destroys forever; hence, exceptio peremptoria, a plea which is a perpetual bar. Calvin. … [Read more...] about PEREMPTORIUS
PERICULUM
Latin: In the civil law. Peril; danger; hazard; risk. Periculum rei venditse, nondum tra ditse, est emptoris. The risk of a thing sold, and not yet delivered, is the purchaser's. 2 Kent Comm. 498, 499. … [Read more...] about PERICULUM