Principle: Things that need to be done first oughta be done first Process: Ranking of items on the basis of urgency or importance.
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PRIORITY
A legal preference or precedence. When two persons have similar rights in respect of the same subject-matter , but one is entitled to exercise his right to the exclusion of […]
PRIORITY BANKING
Long time customers of a financial institution are provided with priority banking . It includes advanced services such as payment of bills online, consultation on financial matters, free checking, etc. […]
PRISAGE
An ancient hereditary revenue of the crown, consisting in the right to take a certain quantity from cargoes of wine imported into England. In Edward I.’s reign it was converted […]
PRISE
Fr. In French law . Prize; captured property. Ord. Mar. liv. 3, tit. 9. See Dole v. Insurance Co., 6 Allen (Mass.) 373.
PRISEL EN AUTER LIEU
L. Fr. A taking in another place. A plea in abatement in the action of replevin. 2 Ld. Raym. 1016, 1017.
PRISON
way Co., So Mo. 5SS; Railroad Co. v. Bell, 112 Pa. 400, 4 Atl. 50; Lewis v. Seifert, 110 Pa. (‘.28, 11 Atl. 514, 2 Am. St. Rep. 031; Minneapolis […]
PRISONAM FRANGENTIBUS, STATUTE DE
The English statute 1 Edw. II. St. 2, (in Rev. St. 23 Edw. I.,) a still unrepealed statute, whereby it is felony for a felon to break prison, but misdemeanor […]
PRISONER
One who is deprived of his liberty; one who is against his will kept in confinement or custody. A person restrained of his liberty upon any action, civil or criminal, […]
PRISONER AT THE BAR
the term used for the person who has been accused and is on trial.
PRISONER’S DILEMMA
The triumph of cooperation and trust and loss of a blind pursuit of selfinterest. An illustration is provided by the problem that two inmates in separate cells face. The police […]
PRIST
L. Fr. Ready. In the old forms of oral pleading, this term expressed a tender or joinder of issue. Prins vitiis laboravimus, nunc legibus. 4 Inst. 70. We labored first […]
PRIVACY
The right that determines the nonintervention of secret surveillance and the protection of an individual ‘s information . It is split into 4 categories (1) Physical: An imposition whereby another […]
PRIVACY LAW
A regulation or law that safeguards the intention of an intention to not be disturbed, and not collate any information pertaining to him/her.
PRIVACY RIGHT OF
the right that si given to a person to go his own way and to live his life without interference and other annoyances.
PRIVATE
Affecting or belonging to private individuals, as distinct from the public generally. Not official.
PRIVATE AGENT
An agent acting for an individual in his private affairs: as distinguished from a public agent , who represents the government in some administrative capacity.
PRIVATE ANNUITY
The waivering of the taxes on capital gains on assets that have increased in value. The sale amount is put in an annuity that is dispensed to the annuinant over […]
PRIVATE BILL
All legislative bills which have for their object some particular or private interest are so termed, as distinguished from such as are for the benefit of the whole community, which […]
PRIVATE BILL OFFICE
An office of the English parliament where the business of obtaining private acts of parliament is conducted. 6. A solemn and formal legislative declaration of popular rights and liberties, promulgated […]
PRIVATE BOUNDARY
An artificial boundary, consisting of some monument or landmark set up by the hand of man to mark the beginning or direction of a boundary line of lands.
PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE (PBX)
A small telephone exhange, usually a replica that is connected to the telephone company’s exchange and is installed at the subscriber’s location. The PBX is capable of handling hundreds of […]
PRIVATE CARRIER
A firm that owns its own transportation vehicles that is primarily used to transport its own products.
PRIVATE CHAPEL
Chapels owned by private persons, and used by themselves and tlieir families, are called ‘ ‘private,” as opposed to chapels of case, which are built for the accommodation of particular […]
PRIVATE COMPANY
A private sector firm whose operations are executed by private individuals.