Dictionary of Law Term Begin with P

P.
p.l.c. (public limited company)
PACE
pacta sunt servanda
paid-up capital
pain and suffering
palatine courts
paramount
paramount clause
parcels
pardon
parent
parent company
parental responsibility
parents’ liability
parish
parking offences
Parliament
Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (Ombudsman)
parliamentary committees
parliamentary counsel
parliamentary papers
parliamentary privilege
parol contract
parol evidence
parol evidence rule
parol lease
parole (release on licence)
part performance
partial loss
partibility
participator
particular average
particular lien
particulars
parties
partition
partition of chattels
partnership
party and party basis of taxation
passing off
passport
past consideration
pasture
patent
patent agent
patent ambiguity
patent defect
patentee
Patents Court
patrial
pawn (pledge)
Pay As You Earn (PAYE)
pay statement
PAYE
PAYE week number
payment by post
payment in due course
payment into court
payroll giving scheme
PC
pecuniary legacy
penal statute
penalty
penalty points
pendente lite
pending action
peppercorn rent
PEPs
per autre vie
per capita
per curiam
per incuriam
per my et per tout
per quod consortium amisit
per quod servitium amisit
per stirpes
peremptory challenge
peremptory pleas
perfect and imperfect rights
perfect trust
performance bond
performance of contract
perils of the seas
periodic tenancy
perished goods
perjury
permissive waste
perpetual injunction
perpetual trusts
perpetuating testimony
perpetuity
persistent offender
personal Act
personal chattel
personal equity plans (PEPs)
personal property (personalty)
personal protection order
personal representative
personal service
personal-credit agreement
personalty
persuading to murder
persuasive authority
perverse verdict
perverting the course of justice
petition
petition of right
petroleum revenue tax
petty sessions
philanthropic purposes
picketing
piracy
piscary (fishery)
place of safety order
plaint
plaint note
plaintiff
planning permission
plant
plea
plea bargaining
plead
pleading
pleading guilty by post
pleading in the alternative
pleas in bar (peremptory pleas)
pledge
plene administravit
plough bote
poaching
poison
police authorities
Police Complaints Board
police court
police force
police officer
police protection for children
political asylum
political offence
poll tax
pollution
polygamy
port
portion
positive law
possession
possessory lien
possessory title
possibility
possibility of reverter
post-mortem (autopsy)
postnuptial settlement
power
power in the nature of a trust
power of appointment
power of attorney (letter of attorney)
power of sale
power of search
practice
Practice Directions
practice master
practising certificate
praecipe
preamble
precarious possession
precatory trust
precatory words
precedent
precept
predecessor
pre-emption
pre-emptive right
preference
preference share
preferential debts
preferment
pregnancy
pregnancy per alium
prehearing assessment
pre-incorporation contract
prejudice
preliminary inquiries
preliminary investigation (preliminary inquiry)
preliminary point of law
premises
premium
preparatory hearing
prerogative of mercy
prerogative orders
prescribed limit
prescription
presentment
presents
presiding judge
presumption
presumption of advancement
presumption of death
presumption of due execution
presumption of innocence
presumption of legality
presumption of legitimacy
presumption of negligence
presumption of sanity
presumption of survivorship
presumptive evidence
pre-trial review
previous convictions
previous statements
price
prima facie
prima facie case
prima facie evidence
primary evidence
primary facts
Prime Minister
principal
principal clerks in Chancery chambers
principal mansion house
principle of legality
priority
priority neighbourhood
priority notice
priority of assignment
priority of mortgages
priority of time
privacy
private Act
private Bill
private carrier
private company
private defence
private international law (conflict of laws)
private law
private member’s Bill
private nuisance
privatization
privilege
privilege of witness
privileged communication
privileged will
privity
privity of contract
privity of estate
Privy Council (PC)
prize court
probate
probate action
Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division
probation hostel
probation officer
probation order
procedure
process
procès-verbal
procurator fiscal
Procurator General
procurement
procuring breach of contract (inducing breach of contract)
production of documents
products liability
profit à prendre
profit-and-loss account
prohibited degrees of relationships
prohibited weapon
prohibition
prohibition notice
prohibitory injunction
prolixity
promise
promissory estoppel
promissory note
promoter
proof
proof beyond reasonable doubt
proof of age
proof of birth
proof of handwriting
proof of marriage
proper law of a contract
property
property adjustment order
property in goods
property register
proponent
propositus
propounder
proprietary estoppel
proprietor
proprietorship register
prorogation
proscribed organization
prosecution
prosecutor
prospectus
prostitution
protected child
protected goods
protected occupancy
protected person
protected shorthold tenancy
protected state
protected tenancy
protection and indemnity association (or club )
protective award
protective trust (alimentary trust)
protector of settlement
protest
protocol
provable debt
proving a will
provisional damages
provisional liquidator
provisional orders
proviso
provocation
proxy
psychopathic disorder
Public Accounts Committee
public Act
public Bill
public body
public company
public corporation
public document
public duties
public examination
public general Act
public good
public house
public law
public limited company (p.l.c.)
public mischief
public morals
public nuisance
public or general rights
public place
public policy
public prosecutor
public trust
Public Trustee
publication
puisne
puisne judge
puisne mortgage
punishment
punitive damages
pur autre vie
purchaser
purchaser for value without notice
purpose trust
putative father

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