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Month

lunar months are mentioned in a vernacular contract, the time for the purpose of limitation is to be decided with reference to calendar month, Harbhagat v. Narain Rao, 1924 Nag 208.

Placitum

Placitum, any of the points decided in a judgment put concisely by the reporter, abbreviated pl. See PLACITA.

contemplate any discussion on any event. A claim that a candidate is subject to a disqualification cannot be decided without evidence, and discussion such an objection cannot, therefore, form the subject of a point of order, Surat

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Prayer for the Dead

uses, Bourne v. Keane, 119 AC 815; overruling West v. Shuttleworth, (1835) 2 My&K 684, and the cases decided thereunder. See also O'Hanlon v. Logue, (1906) 1 Ir 247, and Re Caus. Lindenboom v. Camille, 1934 Ch

Presumption of fact and presumption in of law

of fact. In respect of such pre-sumptions, the Act allows the judge a discretion in each case to decide whether the fact which under s. 114 may be presumed has been proved by virtue of that presumption.

Prim' impressionis

a case of a new kind, to which no established principleof law directy applies, and which must be decided entirely by reason as distinguished from authority. See COMMON LAW, and the remarks of Parke, B., in Mirehouse

Prohibition

for damages will lie against them, by the party injured. Sometimes the point is too doubtful to be decided upon motion, and the party applying is directed to declare in prohibition, setting forth concisely so much of

Proved to the satisfaction of the court

of the allegations set by the party denying or disagreeing with the terms of compromise or agreement, and decide them so that the parties get full justice in the suit in which a decree in terms of

Pr'fectus urbi

of the city and its police, with jurisdiction extending one hundred miles from the city, and power to decide both civil and criminal cases. As he was considered the direct representative of the emperor, much that previously

Quasi judicial function

requires to be exercised in some respects as if it were judicial. A typical example is a minister deciding whether or not to confirm a compulsory purchase order or to allow a planning appeal after a public

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