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primo loco (prI-moh loh-koh). [Latin] Hist. In the first place. [Blacks Law 8th]

primogenitureship. See PRIMOGENITURE(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

primogeniture (prI-m<<schwa>>-jen-<<schwa>>-ch<<schwa>>r). 1. The state of being the firstborn child among siblings. 2. The common-law right of the firstborn son to inherit his ancestor’s estate, usu. to the exclusion of younger siblings. — Also termed (in sense 2) primogenitureship. See BOROUGH ENGLISH . [Cases: Descent and Distribution 7.] “If by primogeniture we only mean ‘that…

primo fronte (prI-moh fron-tee). [Latin] Hist. At first sight. [Blacks Law 8th]

primitive obligation. See OBLIGATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

primitive. See FIRST FRUITS(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

primitiae (pri-mish-ee-ee). [fr. Latin primus “first”] See FIRST FRUITS(2). — primitial (pri-mish-<<schwa>>l), adj. [Blacks Law 8th]

prime tenant. See TENANT. [Blacks Law 8th]

prime serjeant. See premier serjeant under SERJEANT-AT-LAW. [Blacks Law 8th]

primer seisin. See SEISIN. [Blacks Law 8th]