KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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POLYGAMY

POOL

wives at the same time. Code Ga. 1882, § 4530. A bigamist or polygamist, in the sense of the eighth section of *the act of congress of March 22, 1882, is a man who, having contracted a bigamous or polygamous marriage, and become the husband at one time, of two or more wives, maintains that relation and status at the time when he offers to be registered as a voter; and this without reference to the question whether he was at any time guilty of the offense of big amy or polygamy, or whether any prosecution for such offense was barred by the lapse of time; neither is it necessary that he should be guilty of polygamy under the first section of the. act of March 22, 1882. Murphy v. Ramsey, 114 U. S. 16, 5 Sup. Ct. 747, 29 L. Ed. 47; Cannon v. U. S., 116 U. S. 55, 6 Sup. Ct. 278, 29 L. Ed. 561. Bigamy literally means a second marriage distinguished from a third or other; while polygamy means many marriages,—implies more than two. POLYGARCHY. A term sometimes used to denote a government of many or several; a government where the sovereignty is shar ed by several persons; a collegiate or divided executive. POMARIUM. In old pleading. An ap ple-tree; an orchard. POND. A body of stagnant water without an outlet, larger than a puddle and smaller than a lake; or a like body of water with a small outlet. Webster. And see Rockland Water Co. v. Camden & R. Water Co., 80 Me. 544, 15 Atl. 785, 1 L. R. A. 388; Concord Mfg. Co. v. Robertson, 66 N. H. 1, 25 Atl. 718, 18 L. R. A. 679. A standing ditch cast by labor of man's hand, in his private grounds, for his private use, to serve his house and household with necessary waters; but a pool is a low plat of ground by nature, and is not cast by man's hand. Call. Sew. 103. t —Great ponds. In Maine and Massachusetts, natural ponds having a superficial area of more than ten acres, and not appropriated by the proprietors to their private use prior to a cer tain date. Barrows v. McDermott, 73 Me. 441; West Roxbury v. Stoddard, 7 Allen (Mass.) 158.— Public pond. In New England, a great pond; a pond covering a superficial area of more than ten acres. Brastow v. Rockport Ice Co., 77 Me. 100; West Roxbury v. Stoddard, 7 Allen (Mass.) 170. Ponderantur testes, son nnmerantnr. Witnesses are weighed, not counted. 1 Starkie, Ev. 554; Best, Ev. p. 426, § 389; Bakeman v. Rose, 14 Wend. (N. Y.) 105, 109. PONDUS. In old English law. Pound age; i. e., a duty paid to the crown accord ing to the weight of merchandise. — Pondus regis- The king's weight; the standard weight appointed by the king. Cowell. PONE. In English practice. An original writ formerly used for the purpose of remov ing suits from the court-baron or county

court into the superior courts of common law. It was also the proper writ to remove all suits which were before the sheriff by writ of justices. But this writ is now in disuse, the writ of certiorari being the ordinary pro cess by which at the present day a cause is removed from a county court into any su perior court. Brown. PONE PER VADIUM. In English prac tice. An obsolete writ to the sheriff to sum mon the defendant to appear and answer the plaintiff's suit, on his putting In sureties to prosecute. It was so called from the words of the writ, "pone per vadium et salvos plegios," "put by gage and safe pledges, A. B., the defendant" An old writ directing a sheriff to impanel a jury for an assize or real action. PONENDUM IN BAI.LIUM. A writ commanding that a prisoner be bailed in cases bailable. Reg. Orig. 133. PONENDUM SIGIIXUM AD EXCEP TIONEM. A writ by which justices were required to put their seals to exceptions ex hibited by a defendant against a plaintiff's evidence, verdict, or other proceedings, be fore them, according to the statute Westm. 2, (13 Edw. I. St 1, c. 31.) PONERE. Lat To put place, lay, or set Often used in the Latin terms and phrases of the old law. PONIT SE SUPER PATRIAM. Lat He puts himself upon the country. The de fendant's plea of not guilty in a criminal ac tion is recorded, In English practice, in these words, or in the abbreviated form "po. se." PONTAGE. In old English law. Duty paid for the reparation of bridges; also a due to the lord of the fee for persons or merchan dises that pass over rivers, bridges, etc Cowell. PONTIBUS REPARANDIS. An old writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to charge one or more to repair a bridge. POOL. 1. A combination of persons or corporations engaged in the same business, or for the purpose of engaging in a particular business or commercial or speculative ven ture, where all contribute to a common fund, or place their holdings of a given stock or other security in the hands and control of a managing member or committee, with the object of eliminating competition as between the several members of the pool, or of es tablishing a monopoly or controlling prices or rates by the weight and power of their combined capital, or of raising or depressing PONENDIS IN ASSISIS.