de bonis asportatis 'of goods carried away'. This is the name of a writ of TRESPASS in respect of goods wrongfully taken away. Forms of writ have long been abolished.

• prolixity of pleadings
• promissory estoppel
• promissory note
• proof before answer
• proof by writ or oath
• proper law
• property
• proportionality
• proprietary right
• prorogation
• protest
• protocol
• proving a will
• proving the tenor
• provisional order
• provocation
• proxy
• prudence concept
• public company
• public defender
• public good
• public law
• public nuisance
• public rights
• puff