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  • PERMUTATIO
    Lat. In the civil law. Exchange.; barter. Dig. 19, 4.
  • PERMUTATION
    The exchange of one movable subject for another; barter.
  • PERMUTATIONE
    A writ to an ordinary, commanding him to admit a clerk to a benefice upon exchange made with another. Reg. Orig. 307.
  • PERNANCY
    Taking; a taking or receiving ; as of the profits of an estate. Actual pernancy of the profits of an estate is the taking, perception, or receipt of the rents and other advantages arising therefrom. 2 Bl. Comm. 163.
  • PERNOR OP PROFITS.
    He who receives the profits of lands, etc.; he who has the actual pernancy of the profits.
  • PERNOUR
    L. Fr. A taker. Le per-nour ou le detenour, the taker or the detainer. Britt. c. 27.
  • PERPARS
    L. Lat. A purpart; a part of the inheritance.
  • PERPETRATOR
    Generally, this term denotes the person who actually commits a crime or delict, or by whose immediate agency it occurs. But, where a servant of a railroad company is killed through the negligence of a co-employe, the company Itself may be regarded as the "perpetrator" of the act, within the More...
  • PERPETUAL
    Never ceasing; continuous; enduring; lasting; unlimited in respect of time; continuing without intermission or interval. See Scanlan v. Crawshaw, 5 Mo. App. 337. -Perpetual edict. In Roman law. Originally the term "perpetual" was merely opposed to "occasional" and was used to distinguish the general edicts of the praetors from the More...
  • PERPETUATING TESTIMONY
    A proceeding for taking and preserving the testimony of witnesses, which otherwise might be lost before the trial in which it is Intended to be used. It is usually allowed where the witnesses are aged and infirm or are about to remove from the state. 3 Bl. Comm. 450.
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