Per fas et nefas (fass et nef´ass).—Through right and wrong.

Per mare, per terras (mar´e ter´ras).—By sea and by land: i. e., everywhere.

Permitte Divis cetera (per-mitt´e dī´vīs sē´ter-a).—Leave the rest to the gods.

Per saltum (salt´um).—By a leap. A legal phrase frequently used.

Per se.—By itself (legal).

Perseverando (per-sev-er-an´).—By perseverance.

Petitio principii (pet-ī´shi-o prin-sip´i-i).—A begging of the question.

Pinxit (pinks´it).—He painted it; word placed in the corner of a canvas after the signature of the artist.

Plebs (pleb´s).—Common people. The name given to the third and lowest rank of the orders into which the Roman state was divided.

Pleno jure (plē´no jū´re).—With full authority.