Lat. In old pleading. Whereby he lost the company [of his wife.] A phrase used in the old declarations in actions of trespass by a husband, for beating or ill using his wife, descriptive of the special damage he had sustained. 3 Bl. Comm. 140; Cro. Jac. 501, 538; Crocker v. Crocker (O. C.) 98 Fed. 703. … [Read more...] about PER QUOD CONSORTIUM AMISIT
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PERCA
A perch of land; sixteen and one-half feet. See PERCH. … [Read more...] about PERCA
PER QUOD SERVITIUM AMISIT
Latin: In old pleading. Whereby he lost the service [of his servant] A phrase used in the old declarations in actions of trespass by a master, for beating or ill using his servant, descriptive of the special damage he had himself sustained. 3 Bl. Comm. 142; 9 Coke, 113a; Callaghan v. Lake Hopatcong Ice Co., 69 N. J. Law, 100, 54 Atl. 223. Per rationes pervenitur ad legitimam … [Read more...] about PER QUOD SERVITIUM AMISIT
PERCEPTION
Taking into possession. Thus, perception of crops or of profits is reducing them to possession. … [Read more...] about PERCEPTION
PER INDUSTRIAM HOMINIS
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