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procedural consolidation. See JOINT ADMINISTRATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

procedendo ad judicium. See DE PROCEDENDO AD JUDICIUM. [Blacks Law 8th]

procedendo (proh-s<<schwa>>-den-doh). [Latin] A higher court’s order directing a lower court to determine and enter a judgment in a previously removed case. [Blacks Law 8th]

probus et legalis homo (proh-b<<schwa>>s et l<<schwa>>-gay-lis hoh-moh). [Law Latin] A good and lawful man. • This phrase referred to a juror who was legally competent to serve on a jury. Pl. probi et legales homines. [Blacks Law 8th]

body of a county.A county as a whole.[Blacks Law 8th]

body of a claim.Patents. The portion of a patent claim that defines the elements or steps of the invention. • The body of the claim follows the preamble and transition phrase. In a combination claim, the body of a claim sets forth the elements of a patentable combination. Cf. PREAMBLE(2); TRANSITION PHRASE.[Blacks Law 8th]

body execution.1.CAPIAS. 2.EXECUTION. [Blacks Law 8th]

body corporate.See CORPORATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

bodily injury.See INJURY.[Blacks Law 8th]  

body. 1. The main part of a written instrument, such as the central part of a statute (after the title and preamble) or the middle part of a complainant’s bill in equity. 2.A collection of laws. — Also termed body of laws. See CORPUS JURIS. 3. An artificial person created by a legal authority. See…