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Meaning of Per

By, by means of, through. To or for each. Each and every.

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In Latin phrases. A preposition meaning by or through.

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Traditional meaning of per in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) Through; by; during; see 3rd Book (“Of Private Wrongs”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 181. Per ambages: by evasive methods. Per annulum et baculum: by ring and staff; see 1st Book (“The Rights of Persons”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 378; ANNULUS. Per annum: by the year; see 50 Kan. 440. Per auter vie: for the life of another; see PUR. Per aversionem: a sale by bulk; in a lump; see 2 Kent, 640. Per capita: per head; by heads, as distinguished from per stirpes, by roots of descent; by families; see 2nd Book (“The Rights of Things”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 218; 6 Cush. 158. Per consequens: consequently. Per considerationem curiae: by the judgment of the court. Per contra: on the other hand. Per corpus (by the body): by battel, as distinguished from trial by jury. Per, per and cui: see ENTRY, WRIT OF. Per cur’, curiam: by the whole court as distinguishable from a single judge. Per defaltam: by default. Per diem: per day. Per equipollens: by an equivalent [word]. Per expressum: expressly. Per fas aut nefas: by right or wrong. Per formam doni: by the form of the gift, which governed descent in estates tail; see 2nd Book (“The Rights of Things”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 113. Per fraudem: by fraud. Per incuriam: by mistake or want of care. Per infortunium: by misadventure. Per legale judicium parium: by the lawful judgment of his peers. Per legem Angliae, terrae: by the law of England, of the land. Per medietatem linguae: by half -tongue; see BILINGUIS. Per metas et bundas: by metes and bounds. Per minas: by threats; see 1st Book (“The Rights of Persons”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 131. Per misadventure: by mishap. Per my et per tout, fr.: of the half and of all; see 2nd Book (“The Rights of Things”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 182; JOINT TENANTS; Per omnes: by all [the judges]. Per pais: by the country; see PAIS. Per pares curtis: see PAR. Per patriam: by the country. Per proc’, procurationem: by appointment; as agent. Per quae servitia (by which services): a writ judicial issuing from the note of a fine of lands, which lay for the cognizee of a manor, seigniory, etc.; to compel the tenant of the land to attorn to him. Abolished by the 3 & 4 Will. IV. c. 27. Per quod actio accrevit: whereby an action accrued. Per quod consortium amisit (whereby he lost the society [of his wife]: an action by the husband for trespass to the wife; see 3rd Book (“Of Private Wrongs”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 140. Per quod servitium amisit (whereby he lost the service): an action for injury to, or seduction of, a child or servant; see 3rd Book (“Of Private Wrongs”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England. 142; 14 N. Y. 413. Per saltum: by a leap; at one step. Per se: by himself; in itself. Per stirpes: by stocks; see 2nd Book (“The Rights of Things”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 217; 2 Kent, 425; 6 Cush. 158; CAPITA; PER CAPITA. Per subsequens matrimonium: by a subsequent marriage. Per tant: see PUR. Per testes: by witnesses; see COMMON FORM. Per totum tempus praedictum: during all the time aforesaid. Per totam curiam: by the full court. Per tout et non per my, fr.: by the whole and not by the moiety; see 2nd Book (“The Rights of Things”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 182; 56 N. H. 105; 57 Ind. 412. Per usucaptionem: by possession; by uninterrupted enjoyment. Per vadium: by gage; by way of pledge. Per verba da future: by words of the future [tense]; de praesenti, of the present; a distinction made in contracts of marriage; see Robinson’s Elementary Law Rev. ed.; Â&
sect; 172. Per visum ecclesiae: by the supervision of the church. Per visum juratorum: by a view of the jury. Per vivam vocem: by the liviog voice; viva voce.

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Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Per”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.

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