As appears by the record. In the Latin phraseology of pleading, this was the proper formula for making reference to a record. … [Read more...]
PROTUTOR
civil law. He who not being the tutor of a pupil or minor, has administered his property or affairs as if he had been, whether he thought himself legally invested with the authority of a tutor, or not. 2. He who marries a woman who is tutrix, becomes, by the marriage, a protutor. The protutor is equally responsible as the tutor. … [Read more...]
PROUT PATET PER RECORDUM
As appears by the record. This phrase is frequently used in pleading; as, for example, in debt on a judgment or other matter of record, unless when it is stated is an inducement, it is requisite after slowing the matter of record, to refer to it by the prout patet per recordum. … [Read more...]
PROVABLE
L. Fr. Provable; justifiable ; manifest. Kelham. … [Read more...]
PROVE
To establish a fact or hypothesis as true by satisfactory and sufficient evidence. To present a claim or demand against a bankrupt or Insolvent estate, and establish by evidence or affidavit that the same is cororeet and due, for the purpose of receiving a dividend on it. To establish the genuineness and due ex ecutlon of a paper, propounded to the proper court or officer, as … [Read more...]