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
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PROHIBITED DEGREES
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
PROFESSIONAL
Regarding or relating to a profession. May also refer to a person who is a practitioner of a profession. … [Read more...] about PROFESSIONAL
PROHIBITION
In practice. The name of a writ Issued by a superior court, directed to the judge and parties of a suit in an inferior court, commanding them to cease from the prosecution of the same, upon a suggestion that the cause originally, or some collateral matter arising therein, does not belong to that jurisdiction, but to the cognisance of some other court. 3 Bl. Comm. 112. The writ … [Read more...] about PROHIBITION
PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION (PC)
A special type of corporation that is authorized by state law which allows a short list of licensed professions to obtain some limited liability (such as lawyers, doctors, accountants, architects and some health care providers.) A PC does not absolve a professional member for personal liability due to their own negligence or malpractice but it does limit the liability of the … [Read more...] about PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION (PC)