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Terms Starting with "P"

pact

Contract Law, International Law

panel

paper

par

par-value

pass

past-due

patent

Property Law, Constitutional Law

payable

payee

payoff

peculation

Property Law, Administrative Law

pending

pension

people

Criminal Law, Administrative Law

per-annum

per-se

percentage

performance

perjury

permission

permit

personal-injury

personal-liability

Contract Law, Corporate Law

personal-property

Property Law, Constitutional Law

pertain

pertinent

petition

plaint

Criminal Law, Civil Law

plaintiff

Criminal Law, Civil Law

plan

plea

Criminal Law, Civil Law

pledge

policy

Corporate Law, Administrative Law

political

Administrative Law

poll

pool

portion

positive-evidence

post-mortem

postpone

potential

pour-over-will

power

power-of-attorney

powers

practicable

practice

Constitutional Law

prayer

Criminal Law, Civil Law

precaution

precedence

preclude

predecease

predecessor

preferred-stoc

Corporate Law, Constitutional Law

premarital-agreement

Contract Law, Property Law, Family Law

premises

Civil Law, Property Law

premium

prescription

presence-of-the-testator

present

preservation

president

presume

pretenses

previous-question

primary

primary-beneficiary

principal

principle

priority

privilege

Contract Law, Corporate Law

probability

probable-consequences

probate

proceeding

Criminal Law, Civil Law

process-server

Criminal Law, Civil Law, Evidence Law

produce

profess

profit-sharing

Corporate Law, Employment Law

prognosis

prohibit

promise

promissory-note

proof

property

Property Law, Constitutional Law

proposal

proprietary

Property Law, Constitutional Law

proprietary-information

proprietary-rights

Property Law, Constitutional Law

prosecute

prosecution

protest

protocol

Contract Law, International Law

provided-by-law

proxies

proximate

proxy

psychiatrist

public

Administrative Law

publish

punitive-damages

Criminal Law, Civil Law

purport

pursuant-to

pursue