日期：2008-03-21 PIRACY , torts. By piracy is understood the plagiarisms of a book, engraving or other work, for which a copyright has been taken out. 2. When a piracy has been made of such a work, an injunction will be granted. 5 Ves. 709; 4 Ves. 681; 12 Ves. 270.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-21 PINT . A liquid measure containing half a quart or the eighth part of a gallon. PIPE , Eng. laid. The name of a roll in the exchequer otherwise called the Great Roll. A measure containing two hogsheads; one hundred and twenty-six gallons is also cal... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-21 PILOT , mer. law. This word has two meanings. It signifies, first, an officer serving on board of a ship during the course of a voyage, and having the charge of the helm and of the ship's route; and, secondly, an officer authorized by law, who is ta... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-21 PHYSIOLOGY , med. jur. The science which treats of the functions of animals; it is the science of life. 2. The legal practitioner who expects to rise to eminence, must acquire some acquaintance with physiology. This subject is intimately connected w... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-21 PEW . A seat in a church separated from all others, with a convenient space to stand therein. 2. It is an incorporeal interest in the real property. And, although a man has the exclusive right to it, yet, it seems, he cannot maintain trespass agains... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-21 PETITION OF RIGHT , Eng. law. When the crown is in possession, or any title is vested in it which is claimed by a subject, as no suit can be brought against the king, the subject is allowed to file in chancery a petition of right to the king. 2. Thi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-21 PERSUASION . The act of influencing by expostulation or request. While the persuasion is confined within those limits which leave the mind free, it may be used to induce another to make his will, or even to make it in his own favor; but if such pers... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-21 PERSONAL SECURITY . The legal and uninterrupted enjoyment by a man of his life, his body, his health and his reputation. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 202. PERSONALITY OF LAWS . Those laws which regulate the condition, state, or capacity of persons. The term is... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-21 PERSONAL ACTIONS . Personal actions are those brought for the specific goods and chattels; or for damages or other redress for breach of contract or for injuries of every other description; the specific recovery of lands, tenements and hereditaments... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-21 PERSON . This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons. In law, man and person are not exactly-synonymous terms. Any human being is a man, whether he be a member of society or not, whatever may be the rank he holds,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-21 PERNANCY . This word, which is derived from the French prendre, to take, signifies a taking or receiving. PERNOR OF PROFITS . He who receives the profits of lands, c. A cestui que use, who is legally entitled and actually does receive the profits, i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-21 PERMANENT-TRESPASSES . When trespasses of one and the same kind, are committed on several days, and are in their nature capable of renewal or continuation, and are actually renowed or continued from day to day, so that the particular injury, done on... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-21 PERIPHRASIS. Circumlocution; the use of other words to express the sense of one. 2. Some words are so technical in their meaning that in charging offences in indictments they must be used or the indictment will not be sustained; for example, an indi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-21 PEREMPTORY PLEA , pleading. A plea which denies the plaintiff's cause of action. 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 2891. Vide Plea. PERFECT . Something complete. 2. This term is applied to obligations in order to distinguish those which may be enforeed by law, which... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-21 PER STIRPES . By stock; by roots. 2. When, for example, a man dies intestate, leaving children and grandchildren, whose parents are deceased, the estate is to be divided not per capita, that is, by each of the children and grandchildren taking a sha... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-21 PER CAPITA , by the head or polls. This term is applied when an estate is to be divided share and share alike. For example, if a legacy be given to the issue of A B, and A B at the time of his death, shall have two children and two grandchildren, hi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-21 PENNY . The name of an English coin of the value of one-twelfth part of a shilling. While the United States were colonies, each adopted a monetary system composed of pounds, shillings, and pence. The penny varied in value in the different colonies.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-21 PENNSYLVANIA . The name of one of the original states of the United States of America. Pennsylvania was occupied by planters of various nations, Dutch Swedes, English, and others; but obtained no separate name until the year 1681, when Charles II. g... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-21 PENANCE , eccl. law. An ecclesiastical punishment, inflicted by an ecclesiastical court, for some spiritual offence. Ayl. Par. 420. PENCIL . An instrument made of plumbago, black lead, red chalk, or other suitable substance, for writing without ink.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-21 PEER . Equal. A man's peers are his equals. A man is to be tried by his peers. 2. In England and some other countries, this is a title of nobility; as, peers of the realm. In the United States, this equality is not so much political as civil. A man... 阅读全文>>