Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

PROPTER AFFECTUM 956

PROSPECTUS

PROSECUTION. In criminal law. A criminal action; a proceeding instituted and carried on by due course of law, before a competent tribunal, for the purpose of determining the guilt or innocence of a per son charged with crime. By an easy extension of its meaning "pros ecution" is sometimes used to designate the state as the party proceeding in a criminal action, or the prosecutor, or counsel; as when we speak of "the evidence adduced by th© prosecution." PROSECUTOR. In practice. He who prosecutes another for a crime in the name of the government. PROSECUTOR OF THE PLEAS. This name is given, in New Jersey, to the county officer who is charged with the prose cution of criminal actions, corresponding to the "district attorney" or "county attorney" in other states. PROSECUTRIX. In criminal law. A female prosecutor. PROSEQUI. Lat. To follow up or pur sue ; to sue or prosecute. See NOLLE PROSE QTJI. PROSEQUITUR. Lat. He follows up or pursues; he prosecutes. See NON PROS. PROSOCER. Lat. In the civil law. A father-in-law's father; grandfather of wife. PROSOCERUS. Lat. In the civil law. A wife's grandmother. PROSPECTIVE. Looking forward; con' templating the future. A law is said to be prospective (as opposed to retrospective) when it is applicable only to cases which shall arise after its enactment. PROSPECTIVE DAMAGES. Dam ages which are expected to follow from the act or state of facts made the basis of a plain tiff's suit; damages which have not yet ac crued, at the time of the trial, but which, m the nature of things, must necessarily, . . most probably, result from the acts or facts complained of. PROSPECTUS. A document published by a company or corporation, or by persona acting as its agents or assignees, setting forth the nature and objects of an issue of shares, debentures, or other securities created by the company or corporation, and inviting the public to subscribe to the issue. A prospec tus is also usually published on the issue, in

PKOPTEB AFFECTUM. For or on account of some affection or prejudice. The name of a species of challenge, (g. t>.) PROPTER DEFECTUM. On account of or for some defect. The name of a species of challenge, (q. v.) PROPTER DEFECTUM SANGUI NIS. On account of failure of blood. PROPTER DELICTUM. For or on ac count of crime. The name of a species of challenge, (q. v.) PROPTER HONORIS RESPECTUM. On account of respect of honor or rank. See CHALLENGE. PROPTER IMPOTENTIAM. On ac count of helplessness. The term describes one of the grounds of a qualified property in wild animals, consisting in the fact of their inability to escape; as is the case with the young of such animals before they can fly or run. 2 Bl. Comm. 394. PROPTER PRIVILEGIUM. On ac count of privilege. The term describes one of the grounds of a qualified property in wild animals, consisting in the special priv ilege of hunting, taking, and killing them, in a given park or preserve, to the exclusion of other persons. 2 Bl. Comm. 394. PROROGATED JURISDICTION. In Scotch law. A power conferred by con sent of the parties upon a judge who would not otherwise be competent. PROROGATION. Prolonging or put ting off to another day. In English law, a prorogation is the continuance of the parlia ment from one session to another, as an ad journment is a continuation of the session from day to day. Wharton. In the civil law. The giving time to do a thing beyond the term previously fixed. Dig. 2, 14, 27,1. PROROGUE. To direct suspension of proceedings of parliament; to terminate a session. PROSCRIBED. In the civil law. Among the Romans, a man was said to be "proscribed" when a reward was offered for his head; but the term was more usually ap plied to those who were sentenced to some punishment which carried with it the conse quences of civil death. Cod. 9, 49. PROSECUTE. To follow up; to carry on an action or other judicial proceeding; to proceed against a person criminally.

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