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  • PAROCHIAL
    Relating or belonging to a parish. -Parochial chapels. In English law. Places of public worship in which the rites of sacrament and sepulture are performed.
  • PAROL
    A word; speech; hence, oral or verbal; expressed or evidenced by speech only; not expressed by writing; not expressed by sealed instrument The pleadings in an action are also, in old law French, denominated the "parol," because they were formerly actual viva voce pleadings in court and not mere written More...
  • PAROLE
    In military law. A promise given by a prisoner of war, when he has leave to depart from custody, that he will return at the time appointed, unless discharged. Webster. An engagement by a prisoner of war, npon being set at liberty, that he will not again take up arms More...
  • PAROLS DE LEY
    LL Fr. Words of law; technical words. Parols font plea. Words make the plea. 5 Mod. 458.
  • PARQUET
    In French law. 1. The magistrates who are charged with the conduct of proceedings in criminal cases and misdemeanors. 2. That part of the bourse which is reserved for stock-brokers.
  • PARRICIDE
    The crime of killing one's father; also a person guilty of killing his father.
  • PARRICIDIUM
    Lat In the civil law. Parricide; the murder of a parent Dig. 48, 9, 9.
  • PARS
    Lat A part; a party to a deed, action, or legal proceeding. -Pars enitia. In old English law. The privilege or portion of the eldest daughter in the partition of lands by lot-Pars gravata. In old practice. A party aggrieved; the party aggrieved. Hardr. 50; 3 Leon. 237.-Pars pro toto. More...
  • PARSON
    The rector of a church; one that has full possession of all the rights of a parochial church. The appellation of "parson," however it may be depreciated by familiar, clownish, and indiscriminate use, is the most legal, most beneficial, and most honorable title that a parish priest can enjoy, because More...
  • PARSONAGE
    A certain portion of lands, tithes, and offerings, established by law, for the maintenance of the minister who has the cure of souls. Tomlins. The word is more generally used for the house set apart for the residence of the minister. Mozley A Whitley. See Wells' Estate v. Congregational Church, More...
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