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Piracy

have been made piracy by statute, e.g., rendering assistance to a pirate, or boarding a merchant ship and destroying her goods (8 Geo. 1, c. 24, s. 1, made perpetual by 2 Geo. 2, c. 28). As

limitations are exempt from the per-petuity rule:- (1) A limitation expectant upon an entail, for it can be destroyed by barring the entail; but should the entail be preceded by a term for years, and its trusts

Per my et per tout

the whole, etc.'; see Co. Litt. 186 a. If any joint tenant severs by alienating his share he destroys the joint tenancy in that share and the grantee obtains no joint tenancy. See JOINT TENANTS; ENTIRETIES.

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Pawn or Pledge

the pawn, or he may convey the same interest conditionally, by way of pawn, to another person, without destroying or invalidating his security. The following rules elucidate the principles as to the pawnee's title to use the

Patent medicine

manufacturers and collected by means of labels of appropriate amounts, so affixed to the packages as to be destroyed when they are opened. The duties were doubled by the Finance Act, 1915: this increased rate has been

Pasturised milk

Pasturised milk, is a process involving heating milk to a temperature which destroys nearly all the micro-organisms present, without seriously affect-ing its composition or properties. Milk is then immediately cooled to

Coparceners or parceners

they agreed to cast lots for their shares. (2) By the alienation of one of the parties which destroyed the unity of title. (3) By all the estate at last descending to one person, which reduced it

Deperdit

That which is lost or destroyed

Conditio beneficialis, qu' statum construit, benigne secundum verborum intentionem est interpretanda; odiosa autem qu' statum destruit, stricte secundum verborum proprietatem accipienda

as estate, ought to be construed favourably according to the intention of the words; but a condition which destroys an estate is odious, and ought to be construed strictly according to the letter of the words.)

Cannonade

The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball shell etc for the purpose of destroying an army or battering a town ship or fort usually an attack of some continuance

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