Latin meaning parent of his or her country. The ability and authority of the state to act as a guardian for those unable to care for themselves. … [Read more...] about PARENS PATRIAE
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PARESIS
In medical Jurisprudence. Progressive general paralysis, involving or leading to the form of insanity known as "dementia paralytica." Popularly, but not very correctly, called "softening of the brain." See INSANITY. … [Read more...] about PARESIS
PARKER
A park-keeper. PARKING. In municipal law and administration. A strip of land, lying either in the middle of the street or in the space between the building line and the sidewalk, or between the sidewalk and the driveway, intended to be kept as a park-like space, that is, not built upon, but beautified with turf, trees, flower-beds, etc. See Downing Des Moines, 124 Iowa, 289, 99 … [Read more...] about PARKER
PARENT
The lawful father or the mother of a person. Appeal of Gibson, 154 Mass. 378, 28 N. E. 296. This word is distinguished from "ancestors" in including only the immediate progenitors of the person, while the latter embraces his more remote relatives in the ascending line. … [Read more...] about PARENT
PARI CAUSA
Lat. With equal right; upon an equal footing; equivalent in rights or claims. … [Read more...] about PARI CAUSA