My friends - We will wrap up this week's data posts with a continuation of Tip # 41 - Legal Terminology from the 18th and 19th centuries. Before proceeding with that, however, I have a couple of comments. One of our very sharp subscribers pointed out to me(as a result of my recent "Administratavia" message) that RootsWeb has institued its PML service for contributors of a certain level and above, which is a system that looks at just about every message that crosses the RootsWeb system and, if a match is found with a registered name that the contributor has specified, a copy of the message is sent to the contributor. I was using that service myself, but did not realize that the PML system is examining all of my data posts, and if a name matches a request from someone - anywhere - my data post gets sent to that person, r egardless of whether they are a subscriber to this List or not. So that is a part of what is causing the upsurge in requests from non-subscribers. I am formulating a plan to deal with the situation, however, and I'll be mentioning it when I have it fine tuned. On another matter, I occasionally have to remind all of us that as our subscribership grows, we need to remain focused and on-topic. Our mission remains the study of the history and genealogy of the 8 counties in the Jackson Purchase region of KY. We do not deal with other counties in KY, or with TN counties, except in passing when the families have a background in a JP county. It is generally better, too, not to post long family histories to the List - the best way to share that information is to let the List subscribers know what is available, and they can then request the bulk data group from the subscriber who is offering it, by private e-mail. This helps us all keep our in-boxes a little less cluttered. As is customary, there will be no data post per se over the weekend, but, if time permits(and my wife tells me that I have "Christmas Tree Duty" this weekend<g>), I will drop by with another JP land grants file or other miscellaneous item. -B ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 18th & 19th Century Legal Terminology - Continued P.A. - Power of Attorney pace tua - by your leave (sometimes seen in early colonial documents) Par. - sometimes used as an abbreviation for "Parish" paraments - occasionally seen in estate settlements - it refers to drapes and furniture, etc. parcel - generally referes to a land tract with defined boundries peeler - occasionally seen in colonial documents - policeman pavage - a toll or fee charged to allow passage over private property pchd. - purchased peager - a toll collector peculium - private holdings in property or possessions petit - small - usually refers to a court or jury perch - measurement equalling 16.5 feet(usually called a "rod" or a "pole") per stirpes - "by the steps" - distribution of property to grandchildren by pooling the family sharesm resulting in a division of the parents' shares to their children(the grandchildren of the testator). The more commonly seen appraoch is the "per capita". pigeon pair - twins plaintiff - an individual who initiates a legal proceeding against another plea rolls - lists of cases in different law courts poll - a list of taxable individuals ppa. - per power-of-attorney presents - "by these presents" - by virtue of the document at hand ~to be continued~ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++