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Category: P

Primary Use

How a vehicle is primarily used, such as for work, pleasure, etc.

Per Person Limits

The maximum amount an insurance company will pay under a policy to each person injured in an accident.

Per-Occurrence Limits

A cap on the amount an insurance company pays under a policy for all claims arising from a single accident.

PARTIAL DISTRIBUTION

a term used when a grant to legatees is made of a portion of an estate before the final settlement is made.

PHYSICAL INJURY

1. Damage to a person’s body. 2. An injury that exists so a person cannot physically enjoy his property. TLD Example: The driver of one of the cars involved in the collision was

PATERNITY PROCEEDING

the name given to a court action that will establish the paternity of a child born out of wedlock. See bastardy proceeding; filiations proceeding.

PRIVY TOKEN

the name that si given to a false or forged document.

PREJUDICIAL ERROR

a mistake that is made in handling a trial resulting in harm to the complaining party.

PLEA IN DISCHARGE

a plea where a plaintiff has the right to sue but where the defendant has already fulfilled all of his obligations to a plaintiff.

PUBLIC RECORD

a register of the legal transactions, proceeding, rules and statutes, laws and regulations that is kept on file to be able to be referred to if needed.

PAROLE SYSTEM

term used for the system where a prisoner with indeterminate sentences are paroled.

PARTIAL ACCOUNT

a term applied to the accounting from the executor that only covers a limited period of activities on behalf of am estate.

POLICY BLANKET

the name given to an insurance policy that covers a class of property and not a particular item.

POST-TRIAL MOTIONS

a term that is used for the motions that are made in court after a trial has ended.

PICKETING LAWFUL

a term used to describe a legal picketing that is carried out quietly and without violence and demonstrations.

PURPOSELY

the term used to describe something done with the conscious intent.

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