Latin: Through inadvertence. 35 Eng. Law & Eq. 302. … [Read more...] about PER INCURIAM
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PER ANNUM
Lat. By the year. A phrase still in common use. … [Read more...] about PER ANNUM
PER INCURIUM
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
PENDICLE
In Scotch law. A piece or parcel of ground. … [Read more...] about PENDICLE
PENTECOSTALS
In ecclesiastical law. Pious oblations made at the feast of Pentecost by parishioners to their priests, and sometimes by inferior churches or parishes to the principal mother churches. They are also called "Whitsun farthings." Wharton. … [Read more...] about PENTECOSTALS