In medical jurisprudence. A word used to designate the destruction of the human offspring. Jurists divide the subject into feticide, or the destruction of the fetus in utero, and infanticide, or the destruction of the new-born infant. Ry. Med. Jur. 280. … [Read more...] about PROLICIDE
P
PROMOTE
1. To increase rank, level or position. 2. To support, to conduct marketing activities to publicize something or someone. 3. To create a corporation and to find investment and raise capital for its ongoing activities. … [Read more...] about PROMOTE
PROFANITY
Irreverence towards sacred things; particularly, an irreverent or blasphemous use of the name of God; punishable by statute in some jurisdictions. … [Read more...] about PROFANITY
PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT
A financial statement that shows a businesses gross income measured against its expenses resulting in a net income or net loss. … [Read more...] about PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT
PROFECTITIUS
Latin: In the civil law. That which descends to us from our ascendants. Dig. 23, 3, 5. … [Read more...] about PROFECTITIUS