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