Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

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menced the action of covenant in fines, which are abolished by 8 & 4 Win. IV. c. 74. PRJECIPE, TENANT TO THE. A person having an estate of freehold in pos session, against whom the prcecipe was brought by a tenant in tail, seeking to bar his estate by a recovery. PR2ECIPITIUM. The punishment of casting headlong from some high place. PBiECIPUT CONVENTIONNEL. In French law. Under the rigime en com munaute, when that is of the conventional kind, if the surviving husband or wife is entitled to take any portion of the common property by a paramount title and before partition thereof, this right is called by the somewhat barbarous title of the conven tional "prceciput," from "prce," before, and "capere," to take. Brown. PRJECO. Lat. In Roman law. A her ald or crier. PRJ3COGNITA. Things to be previ ously known in order to the understanding of something which follows. Wharton. PRJEDIA. In the civil law. Lands; es tates; tenements; properties. See PRJEDI UM, and following titles. PR^DIA BELLICA. Booty. Proper ty seized in war. PR2EDIA STIPENDIARIA. In the civil law. Provincial lands belonging to the people. PR^JDIA TRIBUTARIA. In the civil law. Provincial lands belonging to the em peror. PRJSDIA VOLANTIA. In the duchy of Brabant, certain things movable, such as beds, tables, and other heavy articles of furniture, were ranked among immovables, and were called " prcedia volantia," or "vol atile estates." 2 Bl. Gomm. 428. FBiEDIAL SERVITUDE. A right which is granted for the advantage of one piece of land over another, and which may be exercised by every possessor of the land entitled against every possessor of the serv ient land. It always presupposes two pieces of land (prcedia) belonging to different pro prietors; one burdened with the servitude, called "prcedium serviens," and one for the advantage of which the servitude is conferred, called "prcedium dominans." Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 314.

FBiEDIAL TITHES. Such as arise merely and immediately from the ground; as grain of all sorts, hops, hay, wood, fruit, herbs. 2 Bl. Comm. 23; 2 Steph. Comm. 722. PR^DICTUS. Lat Aforesaid. Hob. 6. Of the three words, "idem, n "prcedictus, " and "prcefatus, n u idem n was most usually applied t« plaintiffs or demandants; u prcBdictu8, " to de fendants or tenants, places, towns, or lands; and "prcefatus," to persons named, not being actors or parties. Townsh. PL 15. These words may all be rendered in English by "said" or "aforesaid." PR.3JDIUM. Lat. In the civil law. Land; an estate; a tenement; a piece of landed property. See Dig. 50, 16, 115. PRJSDIUM DOMINANS. Lat. In the civil law. The name given to an estate to which a servitude is due; the dominant tene ment. PRJSDIUM RUSTICUM. Lat. In Roman law. A rustic or rural estate. Pri marily, this term denoted an estate lying in the country, i. e., beyond the limits of the city, but it was applied to any landed estate or heritage other than a dwelling-house, whether in or out of the town. Thus, it in cluded gardens, orchards, pastures, mead ows, etc. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 316. A rural or country estate; an estate or piece of land principally destined or devoted to agriculture; an empty or vacant space of ground without buildings. PR^JDIUM SERVIENS. Lat. In the civil law. The name of an estate which suf fers a servitude or easement to another es tate ; the servient tenement. Freedium servit prsedio. Land is un der servitude to land, [i. e., servitudes are not personal rights, but attach to the domi nant tenement.] Tray. Lat. Max. 455. PRESIDIUM URBANUM. Lat. In the civil law. A building or edifice intended for the habitation and use of man, whether built in cities or in the country. Colq. Rom. Civil Law, § 937. PRiEDO. Lat. In Roman law. A rob ber. See Dig. 50, 17,126. PBJEFATUS. Aforesaid. Sometimes abbreviated to "prccfat." and "p.fat." PR2BFECTUR.3i. In Roman law. Con quered 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.

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