A person who does legal work, usually in a law firm, who is trained to prepare the work but is not licensed to practice law or dispense legal advice. There are independent paralegals who do not work in law firms and do assist people by helping people fill out forms and filing them correctly. … [Read more...] about PARALEGAL
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PARCELLA TERRAE
A parcel of land. … [Read more...] about PARCELLA TERRAE
PARALLEL
For two lines of street railway to be "parallel," within the meaning of a statute, it may not be necessary that the two lines should be parallel for the whole length of each or either route. Exact parallelism is not contemplated. Cronin v. Highland St Ry. Co., 144 Mass. 254, 10 N. E. 833. And see East St. Louis Connecting Ry. Co. v. Jarvis, 92 Fed. 785, 34 C. C. A. 639; … [Read more...] about PARALLEL
PARCENARY
The state or condition of holding title to lands jointly by parceners or coparceners, before a division of the joint estate. … [Read more...] about PARCENARY
PARAMOUNT
Above; upwards. That which is superior; usually applied to the highest lord of the fee of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, as distinguished from the mesne (or intermediate) lord. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 135. In the law of real property, the term "paramount title" properly denotes one which is superior to the title with which it is compared, in the sense that the former is the … [Read more...] about PARAMOUNT