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absolute privilege.See PRIVILEGE(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

pres (pray). [Law French] Near. See CY PRES. [Blacks Law 8th]

prerogative writ. See extraordinary writ under WRIT. [Blacks Law 8th]

prerogative court. See COURT. [Blacks Law 8th]

prerogative (pri-rog-<<schwa>>-tiv), n. An exclusive right, power, privilege, or immunity, usu. acquired by virtue of office. — prerogative,adj. prerogative of mercy. The limited discretionary power of a supreme authority, such as a state governor, national president, or sovereign, to commute a death sentence, change the method of execution, or issue a pardon, esp. for a…

preponderance of the evidence. The greater weight of the evidence, not necessarily established by the greater number of witnesses testifying to a fact but by evidence that has the most convincing force; superior evidentiary weight that, though not sufficient to free the mind wholly from all reasonable doubt, is still sufficient to incline a fair…

preponderance (pri-pon-d<<schwa>>r-<<schwa>>nts), n. Superiority in weight, importance, or influence. — preponderate (pri-pon-d<<schwa>>r-ayt), vb. —  preponderant (pri-pon-d<<schwa>>r-<<schwa>>nt), adj. [Blacks Law 8th]

prepetition (pree-p<<schwa>>-tish-<<schwa>>n), adj. Occurring before the filing of a petition (esp. in bankruptcy) <prepetition debts>. [Blacks Law 8th]

prepense (pree-pens), adj. Rare. Planned; deliberate <malice prepense>. [Blacks Law 8th]

prepayment penalty. See PENALTY(2). [Blacks Law 8th]