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  • PURGE DE HYPOTHQUES
    Fr. In French law. An expression used to de-. scribe the act of freeing an estate from the mortgages and privileges with which it le charged, observing the formalities prescribed by law. Duverger.
  • PURLIEU
    In English law. A space of land near a royal forest which, being severed from it was made purlieu; that is, pure or free from the forest laws. -Purlieu-men. Those who have ground witb> in the purlieu to the yearly value of 40s. a year freehold are licensed to hunt More...
  • PURLOIN
    To steal; to commit larceny or theft. McCann v. U. S., 2 Wyo. 298.
  • PURPART
    A share; a part in a division ; that part of an estate, formerly held! in common, which is by partition allotted to any one of the parties. The word was anciently applied to the shares falling separately to coparceners upon a division or partition of the estate, and was More...
  • PURPORT
    Meaning; import; substantial meaning; substance. The "purport" of an instrument means the substance of it as It appears on the face of the instrument, and is distinguished from "tenor," which means an exact copy. See Dana v. State, 2 Ohio St 93; State v. Sherwood, 90 Iowa, 550, 58 N. More...
  • PURPRESTURE
    A purpresture may be defined as an inclosure by a private party of a part of that which belongs to and ought to be open and free to the enjoyment of the public at large. It is not necessarily a public nuisance. A public nuisance must be something which subjects More...
  • PURPRISE
    L. Fr, A close or inclosure ; as also the whole compass of a manor.
  • PURPURE, OR PORPRIN
    A term used in heraldry; the color commonly called "purple," expressed in engravings by lines in bend sinister. In the arms of princes It was formerly called "mercury," and in those of peers "amethyst".
  • PURSE
    A purse, prise, or premium is ordinarily some valuable thing, offered by a person for the doing of something by others, Into Btrlfe for which he does not enter. He has not a chance of gaining the thing offered; and, If he abide by his offer, that he must lose More...
  • PURSER
    The person appointed by the master of a ship or vessel, whose duty it is to take care of the ship's books, in which every thing on board is inserted, as well the names of mariners as the articles of merchandise shipped. Roecus, Ins. note.
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