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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

A measure of land containing five yards and a half, or sixteen feet and a half in length; otherwise called a "rod" or "pole." Cowell. As a unit of solid measure, a perch of masonry or stone or brick work contains, according te some authorities and in some localities, sixteen and one-half cubic feet but elsewhere, or according to others, twenty-five. Unless defined by statute, … [Read more...] about PERCH

Lat. By the law of England; by the curtesy. Fleta, lib. 2; c. 54. … [Read more...] about PER LEGEM ANGLIAE

(A) By stock; by roots. 2. When, for example, a man dies intestate, leaving children and grandchildren, whose parents are deceased, the estate is to be divided not per capita, that is, by each of the children and grandchildren taking a share, but per stirpes, by each of the children taking a share, and the grandchildren, the children of a deceased child, taking a share to be … [Read more...] about PER STIRPES

A witness who testifies about things that the witness actually saw, heard or otherwise experienced. Also see eyewitness. … [Read more...] about PERCIPIENT WITNESS