The decrees of provincial synods held under divers archbishops of Canterbury from Stephen Langton, in the reign of Henry III., to Henry Chichele, in the reign of Henry V., and adopted also by the province of York in the reign of Henry VI. Wharton. … [Read more...]
PROTEST
(A) mar. law. A writing, attested by a justice of the peace or a consul, drawn by the master of a vessel, stating the severity of a voyage by which a ship has suffered, and showing it was not owing to the neglect or misconduct of the master. (B) legislation. A declaration made by one or more members of a legislative body that they do not agree with some act or resolution of the … [Read more...]
PROVINCIAL COURTS
In English law. The several arch-episcopal courts in the two ecclesiastical provinces of England. … [Read more...]
PROTESTANDO
L. Latin: Protesting. The emphatic word formerly used in pleading by way of protestation. 3 Bl. Comm. 311. See PROTESTATION. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition pleading. According to Lord Coke, Co. Litt. 124, it is an exclusion of a conclusion. It has been more fully defined to be a saving to the party who takes it, from being concluded by any matter alleged or … [Read more...]
PROVINCIALE
A work on ecclesiastical law, by William Lyndwode, official principal to Archbishop Chichele in the reign of Edward IV. 4 Reeve, Eng. Law, c. 25, p. 117. … [Read more...]