Pro bono publico. Lat." For the public good." Probum non pænitet. Lat.—" The honest man does not repent."

Pro Christo et patria. Lat.-"For Christ and my country."

Pro confesso. Lat." As if conceded.”—To take it pro confesso-to take it for granted.

Procul a Jove, procul a fulmine. Lat." Being far from Jupiter, you are also far from his thunder."-Those who feel not the sun-shine of court-favour, are exempted in return from the dangers of courtly intrigue.

-Procul, hinc! procul este profani,

Conclamat vates, totoque absistite luco. Lat. VIRGIL. "Retire! far hence retire, ye profane; and quit entirely the sacred grove."-This was the solemn preface to the Eleusinian mysteries. The first line is often quoted in an ironical sense.

Prochein amy. Law Fr.-" The nearest friend-or next akin."

Prodesse civibus. Lat.-" To be of advantage to my fellow-citizens."-To be employed on a work, the end and aim of which is to be of service to the community to which one belongs.

Prodesse quam conspici. Lat.-"To do good rather than to be too conspicuous."

Pro et con. Lat." For and against."-The reasonings pro et con-on both sides of the question.

Pro hâc vice. Lat.-" For this turn."-A. shall present pro hâc vice, when B. has an alternate right of presentation to a living.

Prohibetur ne quis faciat in suo, quod nocere possit in alieno. Lat. Law Maxim.-" It is forbidden that any man should do that in his own, which may injure another.”—If a man does any thing on his ground

which offends his neighbour, it is held to be a nuisance, and as such may be abated: Such an offence is the building which darkens the windows of another, erecting a dye-house, forming a tanpit, &c. the smells of which are offensive, and sometimes infectious.

Proh superi! quantum mortalia pectora cæcæ

Noctis habent!

Lat. OVID. Heavens! what thick darkness pervades the minds of men !"

Projicit ampullas et sesquipedalia verba. Lat. HORACE. "He throws away his swollen phrases and his words a foot and a half long."-When reduced to adversity, a man forgets the lofty tone, and supercilious language of prosperity.

Pro libertate patriæ. Lat.-"For the liberty of my country."

Pro patria. Lat." For my country."

Promenade. Fr.-"A walk-a fashionable place for walking."

Proprium humani ingenii est odisse quem læseris. Lat. TACITUS." It is the nature of man to hate those he has injured."

Pro rege et patria. Lat." For my king and country." Pro rege, lege, et grege. Lat.-" For the king, the law, and the people."

Pro re nata. Lat.-"For a special business."-An assembly called pro re nata-for some emergency. Pro salute anima. Lat." For the health or safety of the soul."-Thus the ecclesiastical court has cognisance in certain cases pro salute animæ.

Prosperum et felix scelus virtus vocatur. Lat. SENECA.Wickedness, when successful and prosperous, is called virtue."

Protectio trahit subjectionem, et subjectio protectionem. Lat. Law Maxim." Protection implies allegiance, and allegiance should insure protection."-As the subject owes to the sovereign obedience, so the sovereign is bound to defend the laws, the persons, and property of his subjects.

Pro tempore. Lat.-" For the time."-A measure pro tempore a temporary expedient.

Pro virtute felix temeritas. Lat. SENECA.-"Instead of valour, there was an happy rashness."-The philosopher speaks of ALEXANDER.

Proximus ardet Ucalegon. Lat. VIRGIL." Your next neighbour's house is on fire."-The danger is so near, that it becomes you to consider your own safety. Proximus sum egomet mihi. Lat. Law Maxim.

"I am

always nearest to myself."-This maxim bears on certain cases, in which a man may, without injustice, take to himself a preference: as an executor may first pay a legacy to himself, or take his own debt before other debts of an equal degree.

Prudens futuri. Lat.-"Thoughtful of the time to come." Yuxus largelov. Gr. Psuches Iatreion." Physic for the mind."--Applied to books or reading.

Publicum bonum privato est præferendum. Lat. Law Maxim.-"The public good is to be preferred before private advantage."-Thus a woman entitled to a dower, shall not be endowed of a castle of defence, because that is pro bono publico.

Pudet hæc opprobria nobis

Et potuisse dici, et non potuisse refelli.

Lat. HORACE.

"It is shameful that such reproaches should be cast upon us, and that we are unable to refute them."

Pudore et Liberalitate liberos.

Retinere, satius esse credo, quam metu.

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Lat. TERENCE.

"It is better to keep children to their duty by a sense of honour, and by kindness, than by fear and punishment.

Pulchrum est accusari ab accusandis. Lat.-"It is an honourable circumstance to be accused by those, who are themselves deserving of accusation."

Pulchrum est benefacere reipublicæ: etiam bene dicere haud absurdum est. Lat. SALLUST. "It is commendable to act well for the republiceven to speak well, should not be without its praise." Pulchrum est digito monstrari et dicier hic est.

Lat. PERSIUS. "It is pleasant to be pointed at with the finger, and to have it said, "There goes the man." "-Applied to those who are fond of obtruding themselves upon the public notice.

Pulvis et umbra sumus. Lat. "We are but dust and fleeting shadows."

Punctum saliens. Lat.-"The leaping or starting point." The first rudiments of the heart in the formation of the fœtus.

Punica fides. Lat. "Punic faith."-This phrase was used in an ironical sense by the Romans, to denote the treachery of the Carthaginians, a charge from which they were not themselves to be exempted. It is now used generally to mark the absence of good faith, or the breach of a political engagement.

Punitis ingeniis gliscit auctoritas.

Lat. TACITUS. "When men of talents are punished, their authority is strengthened."-When the infliction of the law falls upon the witty or ingenious author of what is termed a libel, it generally serves to give weight and notoriety to that which might have been overlooked in its impunity.

Puras Deus, non plenas, adspicit manus. Lat. SYRUS."God looks only to pure and not to full hands."The Supreme Judge looks to the innocence, and not to the wealth of the party. It is sometimes otherwise in the courts below.

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Quæ amissa, salva. Lat.-"What was lost, is safe." Quæ cura vivos, eadem sequitur tellure repostos. Lat. "The same cares which agitated them while living, haunt them in the grave."

Quædam virtutes odio sunt. Lat. TACITUS.--" There are some virtues that are hateful,"-as an inflexible severity, and an integrity that admits no favour. Quæ fuerant vitia mores sunt. Lat. SENECA.-—“What once were vices, are now the manners of the day." -Such is the general depravity, that what once was imputed as a crime, is now exhibited as a boast.

Quæ fuit durum pati,
Meminisse dulce est.

Lat. SENECA.

"That which it was painful to suffer, it is pleasing to remember."-There is something soothing to a man, in the recollection of his past misfortunes.

Quæ lædunt oculos festinas demere: si quid

Est animum, differs curandi tempus in annum.
Lat. HORACE.

"If any thing affects your eye you hasten to have it
removed; but if your mind is disordered, you post-
pone the term of cure for a year."-Men are infi-
nitely less solicitous about their moral, than their phy-
sical state.

Quælibet concessio fortissime contra donatorem interpretanda est. Lat. Law Maxim.-"Every man's grant shall be taken most strongly against himself."-Whenever the words of a deed are ambiguous or uncertain, they shall be construed against the grantor. If a man grants an annuity out of land, and has no land at the time of making the grant, it shall charge his person.

Quæ non valerent singula, juncta juvant. Lat.-"Those