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  • PATRONATUS
    Lat In Roman law. The condition, relation, right, or duty of a patron. In ecclesiastieal law. Patronage, (q. t>.)Patronnm faoinnt dos, sadincatio, fnndns. Dod. Adv. 7. Endowment, building, and land make a patron.
  • PATRONTUS
    Lat In Roman law. A person who stood in the relation of protector to another who was called his o'client" One who advised his client in matters of law, and advocated his causes in court. Gilb. Forum Rom. 25.
  • PATROON
    The proprietors of certain manors created in New York in colonial times were so called.
  • PATRUELIS
    Lat In the civil law. A cousin-german by the father's side; the son or daughter of a father's brother. Wharton.
  • PATRUUS
    Lat. An uncle by the father's side; a father's brother.-Patron magna .. A grandfather's brother; grand uncle.-Pa trans major. A great-grandfather's brother.-Patrnns m avium*. A great-grandfather's father's brother.
  • PAUPER
    A person so poor that he must be supported at public expense; also a suitor who, on account of poverty, Is allowed to sue or defend without being chargeable with costs. In re Hoffen's Estate, 70 Wis. 522, 36 N. W. 407; Hutchlngs v. Thompson, 10 Cush. (Mass.) 238; Charleston More...
  • PAUPERIES
    Lat In Roman law. Damage or Injury done by an irrational animal, without active fault on the part of the owner, but for which the latter was hound to make compensation. Inst 4, 9; Mackeld. Rom. Law, ? 510.
  • PAVAGE
    Money paid towards paving the streets or highways.
  • PAVE
    To pave is to cover with stones or brick, or other suitable material, so as to make a level or convenient surface for horses, carriages, or foot-passengers, and a sidewalk is paved when it is laid or flagged with flat stones, as well as when paved with brick, as is More...
  • PAWN (VERB)
    v. To deliver personal property to another In pledge, or as security for a debt or sum borrowed.
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