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See DECLARATION. … [Read more...] about PARIS, DECLARATION OF

Part of a sentence occurring in the middle thereof and inclosed between marks like ( ) the omission of which part would not injure the grammatical construction of the rest of the sentence. … [Read more...] about PARENTHESIS

In English law. A circuit of ground, committed to the charge of one parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls therein. 1 Bl. Comm. 111. Wilson v. State, 34 Ohio St. 199. The precinct of a parish church, and the particular charge of a secular priest Cowell. An ecclesiastical division of a town or district, subject to the ministry of one pastor. Brande. In New … [Read more...] about PARISH

One who murders a parent; also the crime so committed. Parentum est liberos alere etiam no thos. It is the duty of parents to support their children even when illegitimate. Lofft, 222. … [Read more...] about PARENTICIDE

Members of a parish. In England, for many purposes they form' a body politic. … [Read more...] about PARISHIONERS