One who makes a promise. 2. The promisor is bound to fulfill his promise, unless when it is contrary to law, as a promise to steal or to commit an assault and battery; when the fulfillment is prevented by the act of God, as where one has agreed to teach another drawing and he loses his sight, so that he cannot teach it; when the promisee prevents the promisor from doing what he … [Read more...] about PROMISOR
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PROLES
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
PROMISSOR
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
PROLETARIATE
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
PROMISSORY
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