In English law . Fullness; a state of being full. A term applied to a benefice when full, or possessed by au incumbent The opposite state to a vacation, or […]
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PLENARY
Full; entire; complete; unabridged. In the ecclesiastical courts , (and in admiralty practice,) causes are divided into plena ry and summary. The former are those in whose proceedings the order […]
PLENARY ACTION
the name given to a suit where the merits are fully investigated and discussed and the decision is not based on another suit.
PLENARY CONFESSION
the term for a full and a complete confession.
PLENARY SESSION
A plenary session is a general assembly for all of the individuals involved in any conference.
PLENE
Lat Completely; fully; sufficiently.
PLENIPOTENTIARY
One who has full power to do a thing; a person fully commis- sioned to act for another. A term applied In international law to ministers and envoys of the […]
PLENUM DOMINIUM
Lat In the civil law . Full ownership; the property in a thing united with the usufruct. Calvin
PLEVIN
the term that is used for a warrant, an assurance or a security.
PLEYTO
In Spanish law. The pleadings in a cause. White, New Recop. b. 3, tit 7.
PLIGHT
In old English law . An estate, with the habit and quality of the land; ex- tending to a rent charge and to a possibility of dower. Co. Litt. 2216; […]
PLIMSOLL MARK
A small mark painted on the side of a ship, usually depicting the maximum point to which they can be sunk in water when full. Usually dependent upon place season […]
PLOK-PENNIN
A kind of earnest used In public sales at Amsterdam. Wharton.
PLOTTAGE
A term used in appraising land values and particularly in eminent do- main proceedings , to designate the additional value given to city lots by the fact that they are […]
PLOW-ALMS
The ancient payment of a penny to the church from every plow-land. 1 Mon. Angl. 256.
PLOW-BOTE
An allowance of wood which tenants are entitled to, for repairing their plows and other implements of husbandry. PLOW-LAND 907 PLUS VALET CONSUETUDO
PLOW-LAND
A quantity of land “not of any certain content, but as much as a plow can, by course of husbandry, plow In a year.” Co. Litt. 69a.
PLOW-MONDAY
The Monday after twelfth-day.
PLOW-SILVER
Money formerly paid by some tenants, in lieu of service to plow the lord’s lands.
PLOWBACK RATIO
The amount of capital reinvested that are not paid to shareholders in the form of dividends.
PLUG
A ‘plug’ is used to create continuity in a financial statement . Usually handy in case of a discrepancy .
PLUG AND PLAY (PNP)
Plug and Play is a term used for a feature in personal computers, which allows them to recognize any device that has been ‘plugged in’ to a computer. Examples include […]
PLUG COMPATIBLE
Any piece of hardware that is compatible with a certain kind of outlet, or socket without any modification .
PLUG IN
A small program made to add new features to an application that has already been created by another party. For instance, there are lots of third party plugins available for […]
PLUMBATURA
Lat. In the civil law . Soldering. Dig. (J, 1, 23, 5.