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  • PARTAGE
    In French law. A division made between co-proprietors of a particular estate held by them in common. It is the operation by means of which the goods of a succession are divided among the co-heirs; while licltatlon (g. v.) is an adjudication to the highest bidder of objects which are More...
  • PARTE INAUDITA
    Lat. One side being unheard. Spoken of any action which is taken em parte.
  • PARTE NON COMPARENTE
    Lat. The party not having appeared. The condition of a cause called "default" Parte qnaenmqne integrant* sublata,* tollitnr totnm. An Integral part being taken away, the whole ia taken away. 8 Coke, 41.Partem aliqnam reete intelligere nemo potest, anteqnam totnm, iterum at-qne iterum, perlegerit. 3 Coke, 52. No one can More...
  • PARTES FINIS NIHIL HABUERUNT
    In old pleading. The parties to the fine had nothing; that Is, had no estate which could be conveyed by it. A plea to a fine which' had been levied by a stranger. 2 Bl. Comm. 857; 1 P. Wms. 520.
  • PARTIAL
    Relating to or constituting a part; not complete; not entire or universal. -Partial account. An account of an executor, administrator, guardian, etc., not exhibiting his entire dealings with the estate or fund from his appointment to final settlement but covering only a portion of the time or of the estate. More...
  • PARTIARIUS
    Lat In Roman law. A legatee who was entitled, by the directions of the will, to receive a share or portion of the inheritance left to the heir.
  • PARTICEPS
    Lat A participant; a sharer; anciently, a part owner, or parcener. -Particcps oriminis. A participant in a crime; an accomplice. One who shares or co-operates in a criminal offense, tort, or fraud. Alberger v. White, 117 Mo. 847; 23 S. W. 92; State v. Fox, 70 N. J. Law, 353, More...
  • PARTICULA
    A small piece of land.
  • PARTICULAR
    This term, as used In law, is almost always opposed to "general," and means either individual, local, partial, special, or belonging to a single person, place, or thing. -Particular statement. This term, in use in Pennsylvania, denotes a statement which a plaintiff may be required to file, exhibiting in etail More...
  • PARTICULARITY
    in a pleading, affidavit, or the like, is the detailed statement of particulars.
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