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prohibit,vb.1. To forbid by law. 2. To prevent or hinder. [Blacks Law 8th]

pro hac vice (proh hahk vee-chay or hak vI-see also hahk vees). [Latin] For this occasion or particular purpose. • The phrase usu. refers to a lawyer who has not been admitted to practice in a particular jurisdiction but who is admitted there temporarily for the purpose of conducting a particular case. — Abbr. p.h.v.…

progressive tax.See TAX. [Blacks Law 8th]

progressive loss.See LOSS. [Blacks Law 8th]

pro gravitate admissi (proh grav-<<schwa>>-tay-tee ad-mis-I). [Latin] Hist. According to the gravity of the offense. [Blacks Law 8th]

program trading.A form of computerized securities trading that usu. involves buying or selling large amounts of stocks while simultaneously selling or buying index futures in offsetting amounts. [Blacks Law 8th]

program committee.See COMMITTEE. [Blacks Law 8th]

program.Parliamentary law. 1. An agenda for a meeting or a convention, listing the order of business and possibly including educational or social events. See AGENDA; business meeting under MEETING. 2. A speech or other presentation within a meeting offered for the assembly’s information or for the members’ education or entertainment, but not for their formal…

prognosis (prog-noh-sis).1. The process of forecasting the probable outcome of a present medical condition (such as a disease).2. The forecast of such an outcome. Cf. DIAGNOSIS. [Cases: Health 637–640, 906.] [Blacks Law 8th]

progeny (proj-<<schwa>>-nee), n. pl.1.Children or descendants; offspring < only one of their progeny attended law school>.2. In a figurative sense, a line of precedents that follow a leading case <Erie and its progeny>. [Blacks Law 8th]