L. Latin: In English law. By the form of the gift; by the designation of the giver, and not by the operation of law. 2 Bl. Comm. 113, 191. … [Read more...] about PER FORMAM DONI
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PER AND POST
To come in in the per is to claim by or through the person last entitled to an estate; as the heirs or assigns of the grantee. To come in in the post is to claim by a paramount and prior title; as the lord by escheat. … [Read more...] about PER AND POST
PER FRAUDEM
Latin: By fraud. Where a plea alleges matter of discharge, and the replication avers that the discharge was fraudulently obtained and is therefore Invalid, it is called a "replication per fraudem." … [Read more...] about PER FRAUDEM
PER ANNULUM ET BACULUM
Lat. In old English law. By ring and staff, or crozier. The symbolical mode of conferring an ecclesiastical investure. 1 Bl. Comm. 878, 379. … [Read more...] about PER ANNULUM ET BACULUM
PER INCURIAM
Latin: Through inadvertence. 35 Eng. Law & Eq. 302. … [Read more...] about PER INCURIAM