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Lat. In the civil law. A great maternal aunt; the sister of one's grandmother. Promatertera magna. Latin: In the civil law. A great-great-aunt. … [Read more...] about PROMATERTERA

contr. An engagement by which the promisor contracts towards another to perform or do something to the advantage of the latter. 2. When a promise is reduced to the form of a written agreement under seal, it is called a covenant. 3. In order to be binding on the promisor, the promise must be made upon a sufficient consideration when made without consideration, however, it may be … [Read more...] about PROMISE

A public declaration respecting something. Cod. 10, 41, 6. In ecclesiastieal law. The act of entering into a religious order. See 17 Vin. Abr. 545. Also a calling, vocation, known employment ; divinity, medicine, and law are called the "learned professions." … [Read more...] about PROFESSION

Those degrees of relationship by consanguinity which are so close that marriage between persons related to each other in any of such degrees is forbidden by law. See State v. Guiton, 51 La. Ann. 155, 24 South. 784. PROHIBITIO DE VASTO, DIRECTA PARTI. A judicial writ which used to be addressed to a tenant, prohibiting him from waste, pending suit Reg. Jud. 21; Moore, 917. … [Read more...] about PROHIBITED DEGREES

Regarding or relating to a profession. May also refer to a person who is a practitioner of a profession. … [Read more...] about PROFESSIONAL