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PROCESSIONING

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A proceeding to determine boundaries, in use in some of the United States, similar in all respects to the English perambulation, (q. v.) … [Read more...]

PROBITY

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Justice, honesty. A man of probity is one who loves justice and honesty, and who dislikes the contrary. … [Read more...]

PROBUS ET LEGALIS HOMO

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Latin: A good and lawful man. A phrase particularly applied to a juror or witness who was free from all exception. 3 Bl. Comm. 102. … [Read more...]

PROCEDENDO

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In practice. A writ by which a cause which has been removed from an inferior to a superior court by certiorari or otherwise is sent down again to the same court, to be. proceeded in there, where it appears to the superior court that it was removed on insufficient grounds. Cowell; 1 Tidd, Pr. 408, 410; Yates v. People, 6 Johns. (N. Y.) 446. A writ which issued out of the common … [Read more...]

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