1. To obtain something, frequently to obtain something on behalf of another. 2. To convince someone to do something or perform an act. In criminal law, and In analogous uses elsewhere, to "procure" is to initiate a proceeding to cause a thing to be done; to instigate; to contrive, bring about, effect, or cause. … [Read more...]

The obligation and responsibility that manufacturers and those who are in the distribution chain of sales to the general public to deliver goods that are without defects which could cause harm and are strictly liable for injuries that may occur. … [Read more...]

In French law, la a public prosecutor, with whom rests the initiation of all criminal proceedings. In the exercise of his office (which appears to include the apprehension of offenders) he is entitled to call to his assistance the public force, (posse comitatus;) and the officers of police are auxiliary to him. … [Read more...]

In old English law. Production of suit; the production by a plaintiff of his secta or witnesses to prove the allegations of his count See 3 BL Comm. 295. … [Read more...]

A procurator, proxy, or attorney. More particularly, an officer of the admiralty and ecclesiastical courts whose duties and business correspond exactly to those of an attorney at law or solicitor In chancery. An ecclesiastical person sent to the lower house of convocation as the representative of a cathedral, a collegiate church, or the clergy of a diocese. Also certain … [Read more...]