Latin, meaning The father is he whom the marriage points out. … [Read more...] about PATER EST QUEM NUPTIAE DEMONSTRANT
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PATIENT CONSENT
The permission and authorization of a patient given to a doctor to treat the patient. … [Read more...] about PATIENT CONSENT
PATER FAMILIAS
civil law. One who was sui juris and consequently was not either under parental power, nor under that of a master; a child in his cradle, therefore, could have been pater familias, if he had neither a master nor a father. … [Read more...] about PATER FAMILIAS
PATIENT PHYSICIAN PRIVILEGE
Also known as the doctor-patient privilege; the privilege that makes confidential communications between a patient and physician privileged and inadmissible as evidence in a court of law. … [Read more...] about PATIENT PHYSICIAN PRIVILEGE
PATERFAMILIAS
The father of a family. In Roman law. The head or master of a family. This word is sometimes employed, in a wide sense, as equivalent to sui juris. A person sui' juris is called "paterfamilias" even when under the age of puberty. In the narrower and more common use, a paterfamilias is any one invested with potestas over any person. It is thus as applicable to a grandfather as … [Read more...] about PATERFAMILIAS