KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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PARK-BOTE

PARRIOIDIDM

L. R. A. 145; Ehmen v. Gothenburg, 50 Neb. 715, 70 N. W. 237.

at Oxford, 41 Hen. III., so styled from tbs madness of their proceedings, and -because tfc*; lords came with armed men to it, and conten tions grew very high between the king, lords, and commons, whereby many extraordinary things were done. Jacob.— Parliamentnm re ligiosornm. In most convents there has been a common room into which the brethren with- , drew for conversation; conferences there being termed "parliamentum." Likewise, the societies of the two temples, or inns of court, call that assembly of the benchers or governors wherein they confer upon the common affairs of their several houses a "parliament" Jacob. Parochia est locns qno degit popnlns alicnjns ecclesise. 5 Coke, 67. A parish is a place in which the population of a cer tain church resides. a parish. — Parochial chapels. In English law. Plac es of public worship in which the rites of sac rament and sepulture are performed. PAROL. A word; speech ; hence, oral or verbal; expressed or evidenced by speech only; not expressed by writing; Dot ex pressed 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 allegations, as at present. Brown. As to parol "Agreement," "Arrest," "De murrer," "Evidence," "Lease," and "Prom ise," see those titles. 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 dis charged. Webster. An engagement by a prisoner of war, upon being set at liberty, that he will not again take up arms against the government by whose forces he was captured, either for a limited period or while hostilities continue. PAROLE. PAROCHIAL. Relating or belonging to

PARK-BOTE.

To be quit of inclosing a

park or any part thereof.

PARKER.

A park-keeper.

PARKING. In municipal law and ad ministration. A strip of land, lying either in the middle of the street or in the space between the building line and the sidewalk, or between the sidewalk and the driveway, intended to be kept as a park-like space, that is, not built upon, but beautified with turf, trees, flower-beds, etc. See Downing v. Des Moines, 124 Iowa, 289, 99 N. W. 1066. PARLE HILL, or PARLING HILL. A hill where courts were anciently held. Cow ell. The supreme legisla tive assembly of Great Britain and Ireland, consisting of the king or queen and the three estates of the realm, viz., the lords spiritual, the lords temporal, and the commons. 1 Bl. Comm. 153. —High court of parliament. In English law. The English parliament, as composed of the house of peers and house of commons; or the house of lords sitting in its judicial capacity. Relating or be longing to, connected with, enacted by or proceeding from, or characteristic of, the English parliament in particular, or any Persons who act as solicitors in promoting and carrying private bills through parliament. They are usually at torneys or solicitors, but they do not usually confine their practice to this particular depart ment. Brown.— Parliamentary committee. A committee of members of the house of peers or of the house of commons, appointed by ei ther house for the purpose of making inquiries, by the examination of witnesses or otherwise, into matters which could not be conveniently inquired into by the whole house. Wharton.— Parliamentary law. The general body of enacted rules and recognized usages which gov erns the procedure of legislative assemblies and other deliberative bodies.— Parliamentary taxes. See TAX. L. Lat A legisla tive body in general or the English par liament in particular. — Parliamentnm diabolicnm. A parlia ment held at Coventry, 38 Hen. VI., wherein Edward, Earl of March, (afterwards King Ed ward IV.,) and many of the chief nobility were attainted, was so called; but the acts then made were annulled by the succeeding parlia ment. Jacob. — Parliamentnm indoctnm. Unlearned or lack-learning parliament. A name given to a parliament held at Coventry in the sixth year of Henry IV. under an ordinance requiring that no lawyer should be chosen knight, citizen, or burgess; "by reason where of," says Sir Edward Coke, this parliament was fruitless, and never a good law made there at" 4 Inst. 48; 1 Bl. Comm. 177.— Parlia mentnm insannm. A parliament assembled PARLIAMENT. PARLIAMENTARY. legislative body in general. —Parliamentary agents. PARLIAMENTUM.

PAROLS DE.LEY. law; technical words.

L. Fr. Words of

Parols font plea.

Words make the plea.

5 Mod. 458.

PARQUET. 1. The magistrates who are charged with the con duct of proceedings in criminal cases and misdemeanors. 2. That part of the bourse which is re served for stock-brokers. The crime of killing one's father; also a person guilty of killing his father. In the civil law. Parricide; the murder of a parent Dig, 48, 9, 9. In French law. PARRICIDE. PARRICIDIUM. Lat