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2701 Etymology dictionary, p. owner (n.).2
"one who owns, one who has legal or rightful title," mid-14c., ouner, agent noun from own (v.). The Old English word was agnere .
2702 Etymology dictionary, p. pain (n.).2
… crime, "legal punishment of any sort" (including fines and monetary penalties); also "condition one feels when hurt, opposite of pleasure," including mental or …
2703 Etymology dictionary, p. paraclete (n.).2
… , intercessor, legal assistant," noun use of an adjective meaning "called to one's aid," from parakalein "to call to one's aid," in later use "to comfort, to console …
2704 Etymology dictionary, p. paralegal (n.).2
"one trained in subsidiary legal matters," 1972, from para- (1) + legal assistant .
2705 Etymology dictionary, p. parson (n.).2
… "person" legally holding church property, or it may be an abbreviation of persona ecclesiae "person of the church." The shift to a spelling with -a- begins late …
2706 Etymology dictionary, p. party (n.).3
… the legal sense "person or group of persons involved in a lawsuit, agreement, etc.," and in the political sense of "a number of persons united in supporting a person …
2707 Etymology dictionary, p. patriot (n.).5
… a legal holiday in Maine and Massachusetts from 1894.
2708 Etymology dictionary, p. pauper (n.).2
… a legal word, from Latin phrase in forma pauperis (late 15c.) "in the character of a poor person," used of one who is on this account allowed to sue in court without …
2709 Etymology dictionary, p. penalize (v.).2
1868, in sports, "to disadvantage one competitor for a breach of the rules," from penal + -ize. The meaning "to make or declare (an action) legally punishable" is by 1879. Related: Penalized; penalizing; penalization .
2710 Etymology dictionary, p. pending (prep.).3
… the legal phrase pendente lite "while the suit is pending, during the litigation" (with the ablative singular of lis "suit, quarrel"). The use of the present participle …
2711 Etymology dictionary, p. people (n.).4
… the legal phrase The People vs., in U.S. cases of prosecution under certain laws (1801).
2712 Etymology dictionary, p. peremptory (adj.).2
… ," a legal term, from Anglo-French peremptorie, from Late Latin peremptorius "destructive, decisive, final," from peremptor "destroyer," agent noun from past-participle …
2713 Etymology dictionary, p. persecute (v.).2
… legal action" (14c.) and directly from Latin persecutus, past participle of persequi "to follow, pursue, hunt down; proceed against, prosecute, start a legal action …
2714 Etymology dictionary, p. persecution (n.).2
… a legal action," from per "through" (from PIE root *per- (1) "forward," hence "through") + sequi "follow" (from PIE root *sekw- (1) "to follow").
2715 Etymology dictionary, p. person (n.).3
… . In legal use, "corporate body or corporation other than the state and having rights and duties before the law," 15c., short for person aggregate (c. 1400), person …
2716 Etymology dictionary, p. personalty (n.).2
1540s, a legal term, "personal property" (in distinction from realty ), from Anglo-French personaltie (late 15c.), corresponding to French personalite, from Medieval Latin personalitas (see personality ).
2717 Etymology dictionary, p. per stirpes.2
1680s, Latin, "by families, by stocks;" in legal use, for inheritances, etc., opposed to per capita. See per- + stirpes .
2718 Etymology dictionary, p. pertain (v.).2
… attached legally," from Old French partenir "to belong to" and directly from Latin pertinere "to reach, stretch; relate, have reference to; belong, be the right …
2719 Etymology dictionary, p. pettifogger (n.).3
However, OED also calls attention to pettifactor "legal agent who undertakes small cases" (1580s), which, though attested slightly later, might be the source of this. Related: Pettifoggery .
2720 Etymology dictionary, p. plaint (n.).2
… "lawsuit, legal complaint, statement of grievances made to a court for the purpose of asking redress" is from late 14c.