Prospective heir – this legal term applies in the area of Inheritance Law, where refers to the figure of a person who has the legal right to inherit, but obviously has not been detailed in the Certificate of Inhabitants, or…

Prospective damages – this legal term is part of the Tort Law in some jurisdictions. It details future damages that are strongly considered to occur on the base of the suffered injury. These are pretended by the claimant on the…

Prosecutrix – this is Latin term, which refers to the figure of a  female prosecutor. The prosecutor convicts the suspected where there are enough evidence for the guilt, and takes him to court, where leads the conviction on behalf of…

Prosecutorial misconduct – this legal term refers to violation of procedural rules of ethics during the legal practice. Intentional treating of witnesses, hiding or destroying evidences that could help the other party, i.e. – any action of misconduct in the…

Prosecution – In many legal systems this term details the institution, established per specifics Acts, of criminal proceedings against a person. It is a formal act of proceeding against a person for committed crime, representing violation of the local Criminal…

Prosecute – this term is used in the area of Criminal Law. To prosecute means to bring judicial proceedings against a person and to administer them (i.e. to support the conviction) until the conclusion of the court proceedings. This is…

Pro socio –this phrase comes from Latin: literally ir means “on behalf of a partner“ (or a partnership); not on one’s personal behalf. Sometimes pro socio could be used in the sphere of Court Trials to detail a claim, submitted…

Pro se – this term comes from Latin. Literally it means: in one’s personal behalf. This term is used to detail in court preceding that the claimant or the defendant is participating in person, i.e. “pro se legal representation”, which…

Prorogated judge – this legal term is used in the area of Court Trials, where it refers to the figure of a judge, who has been appointed with the consent of the parties to decide on their dispute. A synonym…

Prorating attachments – this legal term is used in the area of Litigation procedures, where refers to placing all attached creditors on an equality in point of precedence. Each creditor will be satisfied according to the proportion of his approved…