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PER INDUSTRIAM HOMINIS

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Lat. In old English law. By human industry. A term applied to the reclaiming or taming of wild animals by art, industry, and education. 2 Bl. Comm. 391. … [Read more...] about PER INDUSTRIAM HOMINIS

PER SALTUM

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Latin: By a leap or bound; by a sudden movement; passing over certain proceedings. 8 East 511. … [Read more...] about PER SALTUM

PERCEPTURA

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In old records. A wear; a place in a river made up with banks, dams, etc., for the better convenience of preserving and taking fish. Cowell. … [Read more...] about PERCEPTURA

PER INFORTUNIUM

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(A) Latin word meaning by misadventure. (B) criminal law. Homicide per infortunium, or by misadventure, is said to take place when a man in doing a lawful act, without any intent to hurt, unfortunately kills another. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition By misadventure. In criminal law, homicide per infortunium is committed where a man, doing a lawful act, without any … [Read more...] about PER INFORTUNIUM

PER SE

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Latin meaning by itself. Something that is inherent, e.g. libel per se is a false statement about another so damaging (a man is a murderer) that it is inherently damaging and damages need not be proven separately. … [Read more...] about PER SE

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