KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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PORRECTING

PORTMOTE

land. See Downing v. Diaz, 80 Tex. 436, 16 S. W. 49. PORRECTING. Producing for exam ination or taxation, as porrecting a bill of costs, by a proctor. A place for the lading and un lading of the cargoes of vessels, and the col lection of duties or customs upon imports and exports. A place, either on the sea coast or on a river, where ships stop for the purpose of loading and unloading, from whence they depart, and where they finish their voyages. The Wharf Case, 3 Bland

dicted persons, delivered by the justlce-cTerk to the coroner, to be attached and arrested by him. Otherwise called the "Porteous Roll." Bell. PORTER. 1. In old English law, this title was given to an officer of the courts who carried a rod or staff before the justices. 2. A person who keeps a gate or door; ai the door-keeper of the houses of parliament 3. One who carries or conveys parcels, lug gage, etc., particularly from one place to an other in the same town. PORTERAGE. A kind of duty formerly paid at the English custom-house to those who attended the water-side, and belonged to the package-office; but it is now abolished. Also the charge made for sending parcels. PORTIO LEGITIMA. Lat In the civil law. The birthright portion; that portion of an inheritance to which a given heir is entitled, and of which he cannot be deprived by the will of the decedent, without special cause, by virtue merely of his relationship to the testator. The share falling to a child from a parent's estate or the estate of any one bearing a similar relation. State v. Crossley, 69 Ind. 209; Lewis's Appeal, 108 Pa. 136; In re Miller's Will, 2 Lea (Tenn.) 57. Portion is especially applied to payments made to younger children out of the funds comprised in their parents' marriage settle ment, and in pursuance of the trusts there of. Mozley & Whitley. In French law. That part of a man's estate which he may bequeath to other persons than his natural heirs. A parent leaving one le gitimate child may dispose of one-half only of his property; one leaving two, one-third only; and one leaving three or more, one fourth only; and it matters not whether the disposition is inter vivos or by will. PORTIONER. In old English law. A minister who serves a benefice, together with others; so called because he has only a por tion of the tithes or profits of the living; also an allowance which a vicar commonly has out of a rectory or impropriation. Cowell. In Scotch law. The proprietor of a small feu or portion of land. Bell. One who receives a por tion; the allottee of a portion. One of two or more incumbents of the same ecclesiastical benefice. The burgesses of Ipswich and of the Cinque Ports were so called. PORTMOTE. In old English law. A court held in ports or haven towns, and PORTION. PORTION DISPONIBLE. Fr. PORTIONIST. PORTMEN.