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PROTECTIVE CUSTODY

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When a person is confined by government so as to ensure the safety and security of the individual. Typically this will involve a key government witness whose life may be in danger as a result of agreeing to testify in a criminal case. The witness may be placed into protective custody. … [Read more...]

PROSEQUITUR

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Latin: He follows up or pursues; he prosecutes. See Now PROS. … [Read more...]

PROTECTIVE ORDER

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A court order which instructs a person to cease and desist from abusing or harassing the person who sought the order. See also TPO or TRO. … [Read more...]

PROSOCER

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Latin: In the civil law. A father-in-law's father; grandfather of wife. … [Read more...]

PROTECTIVE TARIFF

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A law imposing duties on imports, with the purpose and the effect of discouraging the use of products of foreign origin, and consequently of stimulating the home production of the same or equivalent articles. R. E. Thompson, in Enc. Brit. … [Read more...]

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