contracts. A right which a person has to retain property in respect of money or labor expended on such particular property. For example, when a tailor has made garments out of cloth delivered to him for the purpose, he is not bound to part with the clothes until his employer, has paid him for his services; nor a ship carpenter with a ship which he has repaired; nor can an … [Read more...] about PARTICULAR LIEN
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PARTOWNERS
Persons who hold real or personal property by the same title, either as tenants in common, joint tenants, or coparceners. They are sometimes called guasi partners and differ from partners in this, that they are either joint owners, or tenants in common, each having an independent, although an undivided interest in the property; neither can transfer or dispose of the whole … [Read more...] about PARTOWNERS
PASCH
The passover; Easter. … [Read more...] about PASCH
PARTICULARITY
in a pleading, affidavit, or the like, is the detailed statement of particulars. … [Read more...] about PARTICULARITY
PARTURITION
The act of giving birth to a child. … [Read more...] about PARTURITION