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Lat. Offspring; progeny ; the issue of a lawful marriage. Proles sequitur sortem patemam. The offspring follows the condition of the father. Progeny, such issue as proceeds from a lawful marriage; and, in its enlarged sense, it signifies any children. … [Read more...] about PROLES

Latin: In the civil law. A promiser; properly the party who undertook to do a thing in answer to the interrogation of the other party, who was called the "stipulator." … [Read more...] about PROMISSOR

The class of prole-tarii; the lowest stratum of the people of a country, consisting mainly of the waste of other classes, or of those fractions of the population who, by their isolation and their poverty, have no place in the established order of society. … [Read more...] about PROLETARIATE

Containing or consisting of a promise; In the nature of a promise; stipulating or engaging for a future act or course of conduct. Promissory note. A promise or engagement, in writing, to pay a specified sum at a time therein limited, or on demand, or at sight, to a person therein named, or to his order, or bearer. Byles, Bills, 1, 4; Hall v. Farmer, 5 Denio (N. Y.) 484. A … [Read more...] about PROMISSORY

Lat. In Roman law. A person of poor or mean condition; those among the common people whose fortunes were below a certain valuation; those who were so poor that they could not serve the state with money, but only with their children, (proles.) Calvin.; Vicat. … [Read more...] about PROLETARITUS