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Category: P

PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY

a right afforded under the constitution for people to meat peacefully and discuss important matters.

PROFESS

a term that is used to declare something publicly and to acknowledge openly.

PRODUCTION PAYMENT

the name that is given to the right to payment of a set share of money that has been earned from mined minerals.

PER DIEM

1. A Latin phrase for each day. 2. A payment made for a days work, not paid weekly or monthly but daily.

PERMANENT SUPPORT ORDER

the term that is used for a court edict where a spouse must support the other and any children indefinitely and permanently.

PARANOIA

the name that is given to the form of mental illness that is characterised by hallucinations, delusions and feeling of being persecuted.

PARTY STRUCTURE

the term that is applied to a partition or to a wall that separates the property of different owners.

PLEA NEGATIVE

a plea that will deny the substantial charges and specify a fact that will make the position of the plaintiff untenable.

PERFECT RIGHT

the term that is given to the right according to law that is different to a moral right.

PHYSICAL VIOLENCE

the term that is applied to bodily harm that a person will inflict on another person.

PROPERTY SPECIAL

a term for a part interest or ownership of property or the property that a mortgagee possesses on a piece of real estate such a s a house, etc.

PRESUMPTIONS MIXED

the term used for the inferences and assumptions that are recognised by law due to their frequent occurrence, importance and believability.

PREMEDITATED MURDER

The term that is used to describe a murder that was planned in advance and was carried out willfully. TLD Example: Hiring someone to carry out the killing was enough evidence for

PICKETING UNLAWFUL

the term that describes picketing that misrepresents the facts and is based on false statements.

PROLIX

a term that is given to the speaking or writing at a great length that is often tedious and boring.

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