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Principal – Procter

Principal

the term used in the United States to designate the proprietor, chief, or head of an academy or semi-provements speedily succeeded this press. nary.

Principal and Agent

a designation in law, applied to that branch of which relate to the acting of one person for another in any commercial transaction.

Privy Seal

the seal used in England to be appended to grants which are afterward to pass the great seal, and to documents of minor importance, which do not require to pass the great seal. In Scotland there is a privy seal used to authenticate royal grants of personal or assignable rights.

Prize Court

a court established to adjudicate on prizes captured at sea.

Probate

in law, the official proof of a will. This is done either in common form, which is upon the oath of the executor before the judge of the probate court; or per testes (by witnesses), in some solemn form of law, in case the validity of the will is disputed.

Probate Court

a court of record established to exercise jurisdiction and authority in relation to probate of wills and letters of administration, and to hear and determine all questions relating to matters and causes testamentary.

Probationer

one who is in a state of probation or trial, so that he may give proof of his qualifications for a certain position, place, or state. Also a student in divinity.

Proboscidea

in zoölogy, an order of mammalia, characterized by the absence of canine teeth, the molars few in number, large, and transversely ridged or tuberculate; incisors always present, growing from persistent pulps, and constituting long tusks. One living genus, Elephas.

Proboscis Monkey

or KAHAU (Presbytes nasalis), a native of Borneo, distinguished particularly by its elongated nose, its shortened thumbs, and its elongated tail. The general color is a lightish red,

Prochlorite

a species of chlorite, consisting of a hydrated silicate of alumina, iron and magnesia. Crystallizes in the monoclinic system. It occurs in color, and may be either opaque or granular or foliated masses, is green in color, and may be either opaque or translucent.

Proconsul

in Roman antiquity, an officer who, though not actually hold ing the office of consul, exercised in some particular locality all the powers of a consul.

PROCTOR English poet; daughter of Bryan W.;

Procter

ADELAIDE ANNE, an She wrote "Legends and Lyr which went through nine editions in born in London, England, Oct. 30, 1825.

Lyrics" (1858), seven years; and a second series (1860), which had a like success. She died Feb. 3, 1864. poet;