In old records. A wear; a place in a river made up with banks, dams, etc., for the better convenience of preserving and taking fish. Cowell.

A measure of land containing five yards and a half, or sixteen feet and a half in length ; otherwise called a “rod” or “pole.” Cowell. As a unit of […]

Salts which occur naturally and those which are made synthetically from perchloic acid. Various different types of perchlorates are available. Usually, they are all soluble in water.

Percolate means to move through any porous medium, such as water ‘percolates’ the soil. It is dissimilar to filtration, since it suspends something from the medium as well.

as used in the cases relating to the right of land-owners to use water on their premises, designates any flow- age of sub- surface water other than that of a […]

a term for the unlawful taking over of government property of funds for personal use.

L. Lat A pardon for a man who, for contempt in not yielding obedience to the process of a court, is outlawed, and afterwards of his own accord surrenders. Reg. […]

Lat. In Roman law. Hostility or enmity towards the Roman republic; traitorous conduct on the part of a citizen, subversive of the authority of the laws or tending to overthrow […]

As applied to an estate, perdurable signifies lasting long or forever. Thus, a disseisor or tenant in fee upon condition has as high and great an estate as the rightful […]

a term that is given for an alien or a foreigner.

Lat In Roman law. The class of peregrini embraced at the same time both those who had no capacity in law, (capacity for rights or jural relations,) namely, the slaves, […]

In ecclesiastical procedure an appeal is said to be perempted when the appellant has by his own act waived or barred his right of appeal ; as where he partially […]

A nonsuit; also a quashing or killing.

Lat In the civil law . That which takes away or destroys forever; hence, exceptio pcremptoria, a plea which is a perpetual bar. Calvin.

Imperative; absolute; not admitting of question, delay, or recon PEREMPTORY 892 PERIL sideration. Positive; final; decisive; not admitting of any alternative . Self-determined ; arbitrary; not requiring any cause to […]

In criminal practice. A species of challenge which a prisoner is allowed to have against a certain number of jurors. without assigning anv cause. Lewis v. U. S

A defense which insists that the plaintiff never had the right to institute the suit, or that, if he had, the original rightis extinguished or determined.

a term given to the defence that will deny a plaintiff the right to sue.

the name that is given to the instruction of a judge to the jury that will point them in the direction of a verdict.

a term that is used for an order of a court that makes its ruling absolute and to be complied immediately .

The order issued by the court for a defendant to make an appearance. It is given after the plaintiff fails with a bond posting the estimated cost in case of […]

a term that is used to describe the order that commands a party to do a certain thing.

Complete; finished; executed ; enforceable .

The binding of a book, done with adhesives, which allows it to open completely flat, i.e. at 180 degrees.

An economic term for a market in which there are lots f buyers and sellers, depicting little individual control over the prices. Other characteristics include the fact that all buyers […]