See INSANITY. … [Read more...]
PUT IN
In practice. To place in due form before a court; to place among the records of a court. … [Read more...]
PURPRISE
L. Fr, A close or inclosure ; as also the whole compass of a manor. … [Read more...]
PURPURE, OR PORPRIN
A term used in heraldry; the color commonly called "purple," expressed in engravings by lines in bend sinister. In the arms of princes It was formerly called "mercury," and in those of peers "amethyst". … [Read more...]
PURSE
A purse, prise, or premium is ordinarily some valuable thing, offered by a person for the doing of something by others, Into Btrlfe for which he does not enter. He has not a chance of gaining the thing offered; and, If he abide by his offer, that he must lose it and give it over to some of those contending for it is reasonably certain. Harris White, 81 N. Y. 539. … [Read more...]