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1. The early release of a convicted criminal from prison prior to the end of the convict's sentence upon certain conditions and that the person will not commit further crimes. 2. international law. The agreement of persons who have been taken by an enemy that they will not again take up arms against those who captured them, either for a limited time, or during the continuance … [Read more...] about PAROLE

Not a complete breach but partial or immaterial breach. A partial breach may call for a remedy such as a payment for the breach but does not rise to the level of a material breach where the contract may be terminated by the non-breaching party. The failure to perform a portion of a contract that is not material and not enough for the non-breaching party to be excused from its … [Read more...] about PARTIAL BREACH

In old English law. Persons who carried about the pope's indulgences, and sold them to any who would buy them. … [Read more...] about PARDONERS

Latin: A person's peers or equals; as the jury for the trial of causes, who were originally the vassals or tenants of the lord, being the equals or peers of the parties litigant; and, as the lord's vassals judged each other in the lord's courts, so the sovereign's vassals, or the lords themselves, judged each other in the sovereign's courts. 3 Bl. Comm. 349. Pares enria). Peers … [Read more...] about PARES

In English law. A tract of inclosed ground privileged for keeping wild beasts of the chase, particularly deer; an inclosed chase extending only over a man's own grounds. 2 Bl. Comm. 38. In American law. An inclosed pleasure ground in or near a city, set apart for the recreation of the public. … [Read more...] about PARK