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  • PER EUNDEM
    Lat. By the same. This phrase is commonly used to express "by, or from the mouth of, the same judge." So "per eundem in eadem" means "by the same judge in the same case."
  • PER EXTENSUM
    Lat. In old practice. At length.
  • PER FORMAM DONI
    L. Lat In English law. By the form of the gift; by the designation of the giver, and not by the operation of law. 2 Bl. Comm. 113, 191.
  • PER FRAUDEM
    Lat By fraud. Where a plea alleges matter of discharge, and the replication avers that the discharge was fraudulently obtained and is therefore Invalid, it is called a "replication per fraudem."
  • PER INCURIAM
    Lat Through inadvertence. 35 Eng. Law & Eq. 302.
  • PER INDUSTRIAM HOMINIS
    Lat. In old English law. By human industry. A term applied to the reclaiming or taming of wild animals by art, industry, and education. 2 Bl. Comm. 391.
  • PER INFORTUNIUM
    Lat. By misadventure. In criminal law, homicide per infortunium is committed where a man, doing a lawful act, without any intention of hurt, unfortunately kills another. 4 Bl. Comm. 182.
  • PER LEGEM ANGLIAE
    Lat. By the law of England; by the curtesy. Fleta, lib. 2; c. 54.
  • PER LEGEM TERRAE
    Lat. By the law of the land; by due process of law. U. S. v. Kendall, 26 Fed. Cas. 748; Appeal of Ervine, 16 Pa. 263, 55 Am. Dec, 499; Rhinehart v. Schuyler, 7 I1L 519.
  • PER METAS ET BUNDAS
    L. Lat In old English law. By metes and bounds.
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