Latin for through lack of care; a court judgment which was decided without a reference to a statutory provision or an earlier judgment which would have been relevant to the court in making the decision. Where a decision is made with such lack of care the decision itself does not need to be followed in case law as precedent, including by a lower court. … [Read more...] about PER INCURIUM
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PER AUTRE VIE
L. Fr. For or during.another's life; for such period as another person shall live. … [Read more...] about PER AUTRE VIE
PER AVERSIONEM
Lat. In the civil law. By turning away. A term applied to that kind of sale where the goods are taken in bulk, and .not by weight or measure, and for a single price; or where a piece of land is sold as containing in gross, by estimation, a certain number of acres. Poth. Cont Sale, nn. 256, 309. So called because the buyer acts without particular examination or discrimination, … [Read more...] about PER AVERSIONEM
PENDING ACTION
A legal action that has been filed but has not yet begun to proceed in court. … [Read more...] about PENDING ACTION
PEON
In Mexico. A debtor held by his creditor in a qualified servitude to work out the debt; a serf. Webster. In India. A footman; a soldier; an inferior officer; a servant employed in the business of the revenue, police, or judicature. … [Read more...] about PEON