Law Dictionary Definitions

pro confesso (proh k<<schwa>>n-fes-oh). [Latin] Roman law. As having confessed or admitted liability, as by failing to appear when required. • A defendant who failed to answer a bill in equity was often treated pro confesso. [Blacks Law 8th]

pro–con divorce. See DIVORCE. [Blacks Law 8th]

pro–con debate. See DEBATE. [Blacks Law 8th]

proclamator (prok-l<<schwa>>-may-t<<schwa>>r).Hist. An official at the English Court of Common Pleas responsible for making proclamations. [Blacks Law 8th]

proclamation of recusants (rek-y<<schwa>>-z<<schwa>>nts).Hist. A proclamation by which persons who willfully absented themselves from church could be convicted on nonappearance at the assizes. [Blacks Law 8th]

proclamation of rebellion.Hist. A proclamation made by the sheriff, warning a person who failed to obey a Chancery subpoena or attachment that a commission of rebellion would issue if the person continued to resist the Chancery process. See COMMISSION OF REBELLION. [Blacks Law 8th]

proclamation of exigents (eks-<<schwa>>-j<<schwa>>nts). Hist. Repeated proclamations by the sheriff of an imminent outlawing of a person in the county where the person lived. See EXIGENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

proclamation by lord of manor. Hist. A proclamation (repeated three times) made by the lord of a manor requiring an heir or devisee of a deceased copyholder to pay a fine and be admitted to the estate, failing which the lord could seize the lands provisionally. [Blacks Law 8th]

proclamation. A formal public announcement made by the government. [Blacks Law 8th]

proclaim,vb. To declare formally or officially. [Blacks Law 8th]