Pas

Ne baila pas

Ne baila pas (did not deliver).Ne baila pas, means, 'he or she did not deliver'. In an action for detinue a defendant's plea denying the receipt of the property in question, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1052....

Ne dona pas, or non dedit

Ne dona pas, or non dedit, the general issue in a formedon, now abolished. It denied the gift in tail to have been made in manner and form as alleged, and was therefore the proper plea, if the tenant meant to dispute the fact of the gift, but did not apply to any other case, 5 East, 289....

Ne relessa pas

Ne relessa pas (he did not release)....

Pas (Fr.), precedence; right of going foremost....

Ne disturba pas

Ne disturba pas, the general issue in quare impedit. It simply denied that the defendant obstructed the presentation, and was adapted to no other ground of defence. see now (English) C.L.P. Act, 1860, ss. 26, 27 and PLEADING....

culpable

culpable : deserving condemnation or blame as wrong or harmful cul·pa·bil·i·ty [kəl-pə-bi-lə-tē] n cul·pa·ble·ness n cul·pa·bly adv ...

passive

passive : not involving, deriving from, or requiring effort or active participation [imposed a duty not to interfere] ;specif : of, relating to, or being business activity in which the investor does not have immediate control over the income-producing activity [ income] [ losses] NOTE: Any rental activity is designated a passive activity under the Internal Revenue Code. Investment income is not considered income from a passive activity. pas·sive·ly adv pas·sive·ness n ...

usurp

usurp [Latin usurpare to take possession of without a strict legal claim, from usus use + rapere to seize] vt : to seize and hold (as office, place, or powers) in possession by force or without right [the courts may not the powers of the legislature] vi : to seize or exercise authority or possession wrongfully usur·pa·tion [yü-sər-pā-shən, -zər-] n usurp·er [y-sər-pər, -zər-] n ...

parent

parent 1 a : a person who begets or brings forth offspring ;esp : the natural parents of a child born of their marriage NOTE: The biological father of an illegitimate child is usually not considered the child's parent absent a judicial determination of paternity. There have been exceptions, based mainly on the father's attitude toward, support of, or involvement with the child. b : a person who legally adopts a child c : a person or entity that owes to a child a legally imposed duty of support d : a stepparent where designated by statute 2 : an entity or group that gives rise to or acquires another usually subsidiary entity or group [a company] ;specif : a corporation that owns a required minimum percentage of the stock of another corporation compare affiliate parent adj pa·ren·tal [pə-ren-təl] adj pa·ren·tal·ly adv par·ent·less adj ...

expatriate

expatriate -at·ed -at·ing vt : to voluntarily withdraw (oneself) from allegiance to one's native country vi : to renounce allegiance to one's country and abandon one's nationality voluntarily ex·pa·tri·ate [-trē-ət] n ex·pa·tri·a·tion [ek-spā-trē-ā-shən] n ...

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