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  • PRAEDO
    Lat. In Roman law. A robber. See Dig. 50, 17, 126.
  • PRAEFATUS
    Lat. Aforesaid. Sometimes abbreviated to "praefat," and "p. fat."
  • PRAEFECTURAE
    In Roman law. Conquered towns, governed by an officer* called a "prefect," who was chosen in some instances by the people, in others by the praetors. ButL Hor. Jur. 29.
  • PRAEFECTUS URBI
    Lat In Roman law. The name of an officer who, from the time of Augustus, had the superintendence of the city and its police, with jurisdiction extending one hundred miles from the city, and power to decide both civil and criminal cases. As he was considered the direct representative of More...
  • PRAEFECTUS VIGILUM
    Lat. In Roman law. The chief officer of the night watch. His jurisdiction extended to certain offenses affecting the public peace, and even to larcenies; but he could inflict only slight punishments. Colq. Rom. Civil Law, ? 2395.
  • PRAEFECTUS VILLAE
    The mayor of a town.
  • PRAEFINE
    The fee paid on suing out the writ of covenant on levying fines, before the fine was passed 2 Bl. Comm. 350.
  • PRAEJURAMENTUM
    In old English law. A preparatory oath.
  • PRAELEGATUM
    Lat In Roman law. A payment in advance of the whole or part of the share which a given heir would be entitled to receive out of an inheritance; corresponding generally to "advancement" in English and American law. See Mackeld. Rom. Law, 762.
  • PRAEMIUM
    Lat Reward; compensation. Premium assecurationis, compensation for insurance; premium of insurance. Locc de Jur. Mar. lib. 2, c. 5, ? 6. -Prseminm emancipation!*. In Roman law. A reward or compensation anciently allowed to a father on emancipating, his child, consisting of one-third of the child's separate and individual property, not More...
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