Law Dictionary Definitions

profess,vb. To declare openly and freely; to confess. [Blacks Law 8th]

profert in curia (proh-f<<schwa>>rt in kyoor-ee-<<schwa>>). [Law Latin] He produces in court. • In common-law pleading, this phrase was used in a declaration asserting that the plaintiff was ready to produce, or had produced, the deed or other instrument on which the action was founded. [Blacks Law 8th]

profert (proh-f<<schwa>>rt).Common-law pleading. A declaration on the record stating that a party produces in court the deed or other instrument relied on in the pleading. [Cases: Pleading 305. C.J.S. Pleading §§ 519, 522.] [Blacks Law 8th]

proferens (proh-fer-enz). [Latin] The party that proposes a contract or a condition in a contract. Pl. proferentes (proh-f<<schwa>>-ren-teez). [Blacks Law 8th]

profer (proh-f<<schwa>>r).Hist. 1. An offer or proffer. 2. A return made by a sheriff of an account into the Exchequer. [Blacks Law 8th]

profectitium peculium (pro-fek-tish-ee-<<schwa>>m p<<schwa>>-kyoo-lee-<<schwa>>m).Hist. Roman law. Property that a father allowed a son in patria potestas to manage and use while the father retained ownership. — Also written peculium profectitium. [Blacks Law 8th]

profanity. Obscene, vulgar, or insulting language; BLASPHEMY. • Profanity is distinguished from mere vulgarity and obscenity by the additional element of irreverence toward or mistreatment of something sacred. [Blacks Law 8th]

profane,adj. (Of speech or conduct) irreverent to something held sacred. [Blacks Law 8th]

pro falso clamore suo (proh fal-soh [orfawl-soh] kl<<schwa>>-mor-ee s[y]oo-oh). [Latin “for his false claim”] A nominal amercement of a plaintiff for a false allegation, inserted in a judgment for the defendant. [Blacks Law 8th]

pro facto (proh fak-toh). [Latin] For the fact; considered or held as fact. [Blacks Law 8th]