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Home Dictionary Name: pro tempro tem
pro tem : pro tempore often styled with a terminal period in legal contexts [Justice pro tem.] ...
Easement
Easement, An easement is a right which the owner or occupier of certain land possesses, a such, for the beneficial enjoyment of that land, to do and continue to do something, or to prevent and continue to prevent something being done, in or upon, or in respect of, certain other land not his own. [Easement Act, 1882 (5 of 1882), s. 4]Easement, a privilege without profit which the owner of one neighbouring tenement hath of another, existing in respect of their several tenements, by which the owner of the one (called the servient) tenement is obliged to suffer, or not to do something on his own land, for the advantage of the owner of the other (called the dominant) tenement, e.g., a right of way, a right of passage of water. It is the servitus of the Civil Law. An easement being a mere right without profit must be distinguished from a profit a prendre (q.v.), which confers a right to take something from the servient tenement. Instances of easements are rights of way, light, support, or fl...
nolle pros
nolle pros nolle prossed nolle pros·sing : nol-pros ...
nunc pro tunc
nunc pro tunc : now for then used in reference to a judicial or procedural act that corrects an omission in the record, has effect as of an earlier date, or takes place after a deadline has expired [a nunc pro tunc order] [permitted to file the petition nunc pro tunc] ...
pro bono
pro bono [Latin pro bono publico for the public good] : being, involving, or doing legal work donated esp. for the public good [pro bono counsel] ...
pro confesso
pro confesso [Latin] : as though confessed [the plaintiff's pleadings were taken pro confesso since the defendant did not appear] see also decree pro confesso at decree ...
pro se
pro se [Latin] : on one's own behalf : without an attorney [a defendant's right to proceed pro se] [a pro se action] ...
pro tanto
pro tanto [Late Latin] : for so much : to a certain extent [the obligation is pro tanto discharged "Uniform Commercial Code"] [entered into a pro tanto release pending the appeal] ...
Menus mortua, quia possessio est immortalis, manus pro possessione et mortua pro immortali
Menus mortua, quia possessio est immortalis, manus pro possessione et mortua pro immortali [Lat.], Mortmain (dead hand) because it is an immortal possession; 'manus' stands for possession, and 'mortua' for immortal....
Pro rata, or Pro rat' parte
Pro rata, or Pro rat' parte (in proportion)....
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