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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...] about PROCESSIONING

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

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...] about PROBUS ET LEGALIS HOMO

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...] about PROCEDENDO

Laws which establish procedure and rules in court and the court system and the manner in which matters are conducted. … [Read more...] about PROCEDURAL LAW