Lat. In Roman law. The sale per ess et libram (with copper and scales) was a ceremony used in transferring res mancipi, in the emancipation of a son or slave, and in one of the forms of making a will. The parties having assembled, with a number of witnesses, and one who held a balance or scales, the purchaser struck the scales with a copper coin, repeating a formula by which he … [Read more...] about PER AES ET LIBRAM
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PER EUNDEM
Lat. By the same. This phrase is commonly used to express "by, or from the mouth of, the same judge." So "per eundem in eadem" means "by the same judge in the same case." … [Read more...] about PER EUNDEM
PER ALLUVIONEM
Lat. In the civil law. By alluvion, or the gradual and imperceptible increase arising from deposit by water. Per alluvionem id videtur adjici quod ita paulatim adjicitnr nt intelligere non possunvus quantum quoquo momento temporis adjiciatur. That is said to be added by alluvion which is so added little by little that we cannot tell how much is added at any one moment of time. … [Read more...] about PER ALLUVIONEM
PER EXTENSUM
Lat. In old practice. At length. … [Read more...] about PER EXTENSUM
PER AND CUI
When a writ of entry is brought against a second alienee or descendant from the disseisor, it is said to be in the per and cui, because the form of the writ is that the tenant had not entry but by and under a prior alienee, to whom the intruder himself demised … [Read more...] about PER AND CUI