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In pleading. The indirect affirmation or denial of the truth of some matter which cannot with propriety or safety be positively affirmed, denied, or entirely passed over. See 3 Bl. Comm. 311. The exclusion of a conclusion. Co. Litt 124. In practice. An asseveration made by taking God to witness. A protestation is a form of asseveration which approaches very nearly to an oath. … [Read more...] about PROTESTATION

The title given to an officer who officiates as principal clerk of some courts. Vin Ab. h. t. 2. In the ecclesiastical law, the name of prothonotary is given to an officer of the court of Rome, he is so called because he is the first notary; the Greek word prootos signifying primus or first. These notaries have preeminence over the other notaries, and, are put in the rank of … [Read more...] about PROTHONOTARY

The first draft or rough minutes of an instrument or transaction; the original copy of a dispatch, treaty, or other document. Brande. A document serving as the preliminary to, or opening of, any diplomatic transaction. In old Scotch, practice. A book, marked by the clerk register, and delivered to a notary on his admission, in which he was directed to insert all the instruments … [Read more...] about PROTOCOL

In Spanish law. The original draft or writing of an instrument which remains in the possession of the escribano, or notary. White, New Recop. lib. 8, tit 7, c. 5, … [Read more...] about PROTOCOLO

As appears by the record. In the Latin phraseology of pleading, this was the proper formula for making reference to a record. … [Read more...] about PROTUT PATET PER RECORDUM