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Profit Sharing Plan … [Read more...] about PSP

PSYCHO-DIAGNOSIS

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In medical jurisprudence. A method of investigating the origin and cause of any given disease or morbid condition by examination of the mental condition of the patient the application of various psychological tests, and an inquiry into the past history of the patient with a view to its bearing on his present psychic state. … [Read more...] about PSYCHO-DIAGNOSIS

PROVOST

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The principal magistrate of a royal burgh in Scotland; also a governing officer of a university or college. … [Read more...] about PROVOST

PROVING A WILL

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The act of convincing a probate court that a will document is the authorized will of a deceased person. This is usually a formality where an executor or administrator shows the court the will which should have been signed and dated by the deceased person in the presence of two or more witnesses. A holographic will (hand written and unwitnessed) can be introduced in many states … [Read more...] about PROVING A WILL

PROVOST-MARSHAL

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In English law. An officer of the royal navy who had the charge of prisoners taken at sea, and sometimes also on land. In military law, the officer acting as the head of the military police of any post, camp, city or other place in military occupation, or district under the reign of martial law. … [Read more...] about PROVOST-MARSHAL

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