A writ addressed to a sheriff to try by an Inquest In whom certain property, previous to distress, subsisted. Finch, Law, 316. Proprietates erbornm servanda) sunt. The proprieties of words [proper meanings of words] are to be preserved or adhered to. Jenk. Cent. p. 136, case 78. … [Read more...] about PROPRIETATE PROBANDA, DE.
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PROSECUTE
The act of a local prosecutor, such as a state District Attorney, Attorney General or federal United States Attorney, bringing and managing a criminal case against a defendant. To follow up; to carry on an action or other judicial proceeding; to proceed against a person criminally. … [Read more...] about PROSECUTE
PROPRIETE
The French law term corresponding to our "property," or the right of enjoying and of disposing of things in the most absolute manner, subject only to the laws. Brown. … [Read more...] about PROPRIETE
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
The name of the public officer (in several states) who is appointed in each judicial district circuit, or county, to conduct criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state or people. See District Attorney. … [Read more...] about PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
PROPRIETOR
The owner of a business. A sole proprietor is the single owner of an unincorporated business. This term is almost synonymous with "owner," (q. v.,) as in the phrase "riparian proprietor." A person entitled to a trademark or a design under the acts for the registration or patenting of trademarks and designs (q. v.) is called proprietor" of the trademark of design. … [Read more...] about PROPRIETOR