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  • PURVEYOR
    In old English law. An ofllcer who procured or purchased articles needed for the king's use at an arbitrary price. In the statute 36 Edw. III. c 2, this is called a "heianou* nome," (heinous or hateful name,) and changed to that of "ocAo-*or." Barring. Ob. St 289.
  • PURVIEW
    That part of a statute commencing with the words "Be it enacted," and continuing as far as the repealing clause; and hence, the design, contemplation, purpose, or scope of the act See Smith v. Hickman, Cooke (Tenn.) 337; Payne v. Conner, 3 Bibb (Ky.) 181; Hirth v. Indianapolis, 18 Ind. More...
  • PUT
    In pleading. To confide to; to rely upon; to submit to. As in the phrase, "the said defendant puts himself upon the country;" that is, he trusts his case to the arbitrament of a jury.
  • PUT IN
    In practice. To place in due form before a court; to place among the records of a court.
  • PUT OUT
    To open. To put out lights; to open or cut windows. 11 East 372. Putagium. haereditatem nom adimlt. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, c 3, p. 117. Incontinence does not take away an inheritance.
  • PUTATIVE
    Reputed; supposed; commonly esteemed. Applied in Scotch law to creditors and proprietors. 2 Karnes, EQ. 105, 107, 109. -Putative father. The # alleged or reputed father of an illegitimate child. State v. Nest-aval, 72 Minn. 415, 75 X. W. 725.-Putative marriage. A marriage contracted in good faith and in ignorance More...
  • PUTS AND CALLS
    A "put" in the language of the grain or stock market is a privilege of delivering or not delivering the subject-matter of the sale; and a "call" is a privilege of calling or not calling for it Pixley Boynton, 79 111. 351.
  • PUTS AND REFUSALS
    In English law. Time-bargains, or contracts for the sale of supposed stock on a future day.
  • PUTTING IN FEAR
    These words are used in the definition of a robbery from the person. The offense must have been committed by putting in fear the person robbed. 3 Inst 68; 4 Bl. Comm. 243.
  • PUTTING IN SUIT
    , as applied to a bond, or any other legal instrument, signifies bringing an action upon it, or making It the subject of an action.
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