Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

PRO HAC VICE

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PRIZE

the feoffment is executed, and the grant of the annuity is executory. Plowd. 412. PRO CORPORE REGNI. In behalf of the body of the realm. Hale, Com. Law, 82. PRO DEFECTTT EMPTORUM. For want (failure) of purchasers. PRO DEFECTU EXITUS. For, or in case of, default of issue. 2 Salk. 620. PRO DEFECTU HLSIREDIS. For want of an heir. PRO DEFECTU JUSTITI-ffil. For de fect or want of justice. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 62, §2. PRO DEFENDENTE. For thedefend ant. Commonly abbreviated "pro dqf." PRO DERELICTO. As derelict or abandoned. A species of usucaption in the civil law. Dig. 41, 7. PRO DIGNITATE REGALL Incon sideration of the royal dignity. 1 Bl. Comm. 223. PRO DIVISO. As divided; i. ** in sev eralty. PRO DOMINO. As master or owner; in the character of master. Calvin. PRO DONATO. As a gift; as in ease of gift; by title of gift. A species of usu caption in the civil law. Dig. 41,6. See Id. 5, 3, 13, 1. PRO DOTE. As a dowry; by title of dowry. A species of usucaption. Dig. 41, 9. See Id. 5, 3, 13. 1. PRO EMTORE. As a purchaser; by the title of a purchaser. A species of usu caption. Dig. 41, 4. See Id. 5, 3, 13, 1. PRO EO QUOD. In pleading. For this that. This is a phrase of affirmation, and is sufficiently direct and positive for introduc ing a material averment. 1 Saund. 117, no. 4; 2 Chit. PI. 869-393. FRO FACTL For the fact; as a fact;, considered or held as a fact. PRO FALSO CLAMORE SUO. A nominal amercement of a plaintiff for hit false claim, which used to be inserted in a judgment for the defendant. Obsolete. PRO FORMA. As a matter of form. 9 East, 232; 2 Kent, Comm. 245. PRO HAC VICE. For this turn; lot this one particular occasion.

and therefore liable to appropriation and con demnation under the laws of war. See 1 0. Rob. Adm. 228. Captured property regularly condemned by the sentence of a competent prize court. 1 Kent, Comm. 102. In contracts. Anything offered as a re ward of contest; a reward offered to the per Bon who, among several persons or among the public at large, shall first (or best) per form a certain undertaking or accomplish certain conditions. PRIZE COURTS. Courts having juris diction to adjudicate upon captures made at sea in time of war, and to condemn the cap tured property as prize if lawfully subject to that sentence. In England, the admiralty courts have jurisdiction as prize courts, dis tinct from the jurisdiction on the instance side. In America, the federal district courts have jurisdiction in cases of prize. 1 Kent, Comm. 101-103, 353-360. PRIZE GOODS. Goods which are taken on the high seas, jure belli, out of the hands of the enemy. 9 Cranch, 244, 284. PRIZE LAW. The system of laws and rules applicable to the capture of prize at sea; its condemnation, rights of the captors, dis tribution of the proceeds, etc. PRIZE MONEY. A dividend from the proceeds of a captured vessel, etc., paid to the captors. PRO. For; in respect of; on account of; in behalf of. The introductory word of many Latin phrases. PRO AND CON. For and against. A phrase descriptive of the presentation of ar guments or evidence on both sides of a dis puted question. PRO BONO ET MALO. Forgood and ill; for advantage and detriment. PRO BONO PUBLICO. For the pub lic good; for the welfare of the whole. PRO CONFESSO. For confessed; as confessed. A term applied to a bill in equity, and the decree founded upon it, where no an swer is made to it by the defendant. 1 Barb. Ch. Pr. 96. PRO CONSILIO. For counsel given. An annuity pro consilio amounts to a condi tion, but in a feoffment or lease for life, etc., it is the consideration, and does not amount co a condition; for the state of the land by

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