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  • PERSUASION
    The act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind by arguments or reasons offered, or by anything that moves the mind or passions, or Inclines the will to a determination. See Marx v. Threet, 131 Ala. 340, 30 South. 831.
  • PERTAIN
    To belong or relate to, whether by nature, appointment or custom. See People v. Chicago Theological Seminary, 174 111. 177, 51 N. E. 198.
  • PERTENENCIA
    In Spanish law. The claim or right which one has to the property in anything; the territory which belongs to any one by way of jurisdiction or property; that which is accessory or consequent to a principal thing, and goes with the ownership of it, as when It is said More...
  • PERTICATA TERRAE
    The fourth part of an acre. Cowell.
  • PERTICULAS
    A pittance; a small portion of alms or victuals. Also certain poor scholars of the Isle of Man. Cowell.
  • PERTINENT
    Applicable; relevant Evidence is called "pertinent" when it is directed to the issue or matters in dispute, and legitimately tends to prove the allegations of the party offering it; otherwise it is called "impertinent." A pertinent hypothesis Is one which, if sustained, would logically influence the issue. Whitaker v. State, More...
  • PERTINENTS
    In Scotch law. Appurtenances. "Parts and pertinents" are formal words In old deeds and charters. 1 Forb* Inst, pt 2, pp. 112, 118.
  • PERTURBATION
    In the English ecclesiastical courts, a "suit for perturbation of seat" is the technical name for an action growing out of a disturbance or infringement of one's right to a pew or seat in a church. 2 Phillim. Ecc. Law, 1813.
  • PERTURBATRIX
    A woman who breaks the peace.
  • PERVERSE VERDICT
    A verdict whereby the jury refuse to follow the direction of the judge on a point of law.
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