Pardon and reprieve, power of, 49, 143 Parent and child, law concerning, 174, 175 Parliament, how formed, 29 Parol contracts, defined, 190 Partnership, law concerning, 205, 207 Passports, defined, 120, 121 Patents and copy-rights, how secured, 126, 127 Patriarch, defined, 23 Pawnee, liability of, 201 Peace, treaties of, 237, 238 Pennsylvania, constitution of, 248 Pensions, military, 149 Perjury, defined, 219 Personal estate, defined, 77 Piracies and felonies, power of congress concerning, 128 Pleadings, in justices' courts, 65 Police courts and justices, 60 Policy, insurance, defined, 89 Political law, defined, 21, 27 power, by whom exercised, 29-31 Poll, defined, 32, 33 Poll-list, how and by whom kept, 32 Poll or capitation tax, 76, 77, 133 Polygamy, defined, 219 Poor, overseers of, their duties, 58 Postmaster-general, power and duties of, 149, 150 Postmasters, appointment and duties of, 149, 150 compensation of, 149, 150 Post-offices and post roads, power to establish, 126 Power of congress to lay and collect taxes, &c., 112-114 to borrow money, 114 to regulate commerce, 114-119 in relation to naturalization and bankruptcy, 122-124 to coin money, and regulate weights and measures, 124-125 to punish counterfeiting, 125 to establish post-offices, &c., 126 to secure patents and copy-rights, 126, 127 to define and punish piracies, felonies, &c., 128 to declare war, 128 to issue letters of marque and reprisal, 129 to provide for the national defense, generally, 129,130 to legislate over the District of Columbia, 130 to make all necessary and proper laws, 130, 131 Power of congress to declare punishment of treason, 155 to admit new states, 158 to dispose of and regulate territory and other public property, 159 Powers prohibited to congress, (see prohibitions on congress.) Premium, defined, 89 Prescription, right by, 183, 184 President and vice-president, how chosen, 139-141 President, powers and duties of, 143-147 vacancy in office, how filled, 142 power of, to fill vacancies, 146 Principal and agent, responsibility of, 202, 205 Printing, public, by whom and how done, 52 Privateering, in what cases authorized, 233, 234 Prizes in war, how disposed of, 234 Prohibition on congress-- to abolish the slave trade, 131, 132 to suspend habeas corpus, 132, 133 to pass bills of attainder, 133 to pass ex post facto laws, 133 in relation to taxation and commerce, 133, 134 to grant titles of nobility, 135 Prohibition on the states-- to form treaties, alliances, &c., 135 to grant letters of marque and reprisal, 136 to coin money, 136