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PRINCIPAL DEMAND
principal demand. See main demand under DEMAND(1). [Blacks Law 8th]
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principal creditor. See CREDITOR. [Blacks Law 8th]
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principal covenant. See COVENANT(1). [Blacks Law 8th]
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principal contract. See CONTRACT. [Blacks Law 8th]
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principal challenge. See CHALLENGE(2). [Blacks Law 8th]
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principal action. See main demand under DEMAND(1). [Blacks Law 8th]
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principal,adj. Chief; primary; most important. principal, n. 1. One who authorizes another to act on his or her behalf as an agent. Cf. AGENT. [Cases: Principal and Agent 1, 130. C.J.S. Agency §§ 2, 4–6, 23, 25–27, 33, 38–40, 58, 391; Architects§ 21.] apparent principal. A person who, by outward manifestations, has made it reasonably…
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princeps (prin-seps), n. [Latin] Roman law. A leading person, esp. the emperor. [Blacks Law 8th]
Read MorePRIMUM DECRETUM
primum decretum (prI-m<<schwa>>m di-kree-t<<schwa>>m). [Latin “first decree”] 1. Hist. Eccles. law. A preliminary decree granted in favor of the plaintiff on the nonappearance of a defendant. 2. Maritime law. A provisional decree. [Blacks Law 8th]
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primo venienti (prI-moh ven-ee-en-tI). [Latin] To the one first coming. • This refers to the former practice by estate executors of paying debts as they were presented without regard to whether the estate had enough assets to pay all the debts. [Blacks Law 8th]
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