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  • PRO OPERE ET LABORE
    For work and labor. 1 Comyns, 18.
  • PRO PARTIBUS LIBERANDIS
    An ancient writ for partition of lands between co-heirs. Reg. Orig. 31&
  • PRO POSSE SUO
    To the extent of his power or ability. Bract, fol. 109.
  • PRO POSSESSORE
    As a possessor1; by title of a possessor. Dig. 41, 5. See Id. 5, 3, 13. Pro possessore babetnr qui dolo in-Jmriave desiit possidere. He is esteemed a possessor whose possession has been disturbed by fraud or injury. Off. Exec. 106.
  • PRO QUERENTE
    For the plaintiff.
  • PRO RATA
    Proportionately; according to a certain rate, percentage, or proportion. Thus, the creditors (of the same class) of an insolvent estate are to be paid pro rata; that is, each is to receive a dividend bearing the same ratio to the whole amount of his claim that the aggregate of assets More...
  • PRO RE NATA
    For the affair immediately in hand; adapted to meet the particular occasion. Thus, a course of judicial action adopted under pressure of the exigencies of the affair in hand, rather than in conformity to established precedents, is said to be taken pro re nata.
  • PRO SALUTE ANIME
    For the good of his soul. All prosecutions in the ecclesiastical courts are pro salute animw; hence it BL.L&W DICT.<2U ED.)-60 will not be a temporal damage founding an action for slander that the words spoken put any one in danger of such a suit 3 Steph. Comm. (7th. Ed.) More...
  • PRO SE
    For himself; in his own behalf; in person.
  • PRO SOCIO
    For a partner; the name of an action in behalf of a partner. A title of the civil law. Dig. 17, 2; Cod. 4, 37.
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