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By proxy; by one acting as an agent with special powers; as under a letter of attorney. These words "give notice to all persons that the agent is acting under a special and limited authority." 10 O. B. 689. The phrase is commonly abbreviated to "per proc," or "p. p.," and is more used in the civil law and in England than in American law. … [Read more...] about PER PROCURATION

in a contract is equivalent to the word "annually." Curtiss v. Howell, 39 N. Y. 211. … [Read more...] about PER YEAR

Lat. A real action by which the grantee of a seigniory could compel the tenants of the grantor to attorn to himself. It was abolished by St 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c 27, … [Read more...] about PER QUAE SERVITIA

The act of walking over the boundaries of a district or piece of land, either for the purpose of determining them or of preserving evidence of them. Thus, in many parishes in England, It is the custom for the parishioners to perambulate the boundaries of the parish in rogation week in every year. Such a custom entitles them to enter any man's land and abate nuisances In their … [Read more...] about PERAMBULATION

Latin: Whereby. When the declaration in an action of tort after stating the acts complained of, goes on to allege the consequences of those acts as a ground of special damage to the plaintiff, the recital of such consequences is prefaced by these words, "per quod" whereby; and sometimes the phrase is used as the name of that clause of the declaration. … [Read more...] about PER QUOD