Equality or equivalence amongst all. Equivalence. … [Read more...] about PARITY
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PARDON
crim. law, pleading. A pardon is an act of grace, proceeding from the power entrusted with the execution of the laws, which exempts the individual on whom it is bestowed, from the punishment the law inflicts for a crime he has committed. 7 Pet. S. C. Rep. 160. 2. Every pardon granted to the guilty is in derogation of the law; if the pardon be equitable, the law is, bad; for … [Read more...] about PARDON
PARERGON
One work executed in the intervals of another; a subordinate task. Particularly, the name of a work on the Canons, in great repute, by Ayliffe. … [Read more...] about PARERGON
PARIUM JUDICIUM
The judgment of peers; trial by a jury of one's peers or equals. … [Read more...] about PARIUM JUDICIUM
PARASCEVE
The sixth day of the last week in Lent particularly called "Good Friday." In English law, it is a dies non juridicus. … [Read more...] about PARASCEVE