A kind of service of tenure. Blount says it signifles an old-fashioned spur with one point only, which the tenant, holding land by this tenure, was to find for the king. Wharton. … [Read more...] about PRYK
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PSEUDCYESIS
In medical jurisprudence. A frequent manifestation of hysteria in women, in which the abdomen is inflated, simulating pregnancy; the patient aiding in the deception. … [Read more...] about PSEUDCYESIS
PROVOCATION
The act of inciting another to do something. 2. Provocation simply, unaccompanied by a crime or misdemeanor, does not justify the person provoked to commit an assault and battery. In cases of homicide, it may reduce the offence from murder to manslaughter. But when the provocation is given for the purpose of justifying or excusing an intended murder, and the party provoked is … [Read more...] about PROVOCATION
PROVOKE
To induce someone to act or react as a direct result of one's deliberate acts to annoy or harass. … [Read more...] about PROVOKE
PROVOST
The principal magistrate of a royal burgh in Scotland; also a governing officer of a university or college. … [Read more...] about PROVOST