Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Puer
n. [Latin] Roman It-. child, esp. a boy. 2. A male slave. Pl. puer (pyoor-I).
Pueri sunt de sanguine parentum, sed pester et mater non sunt de sanguine puerorum
Children are of the blood of their parents, but the father and mother are not of the blood of their children.
Puerility
Civil law. A child's status between infancy and puberty.
Pueritia
[Latin] Roman law. Childhood, esp. up to the age of 17, the minimum age for pleading before a magistrate. Cf. AETAS INFANTIAE PROXIMA; AETAS PUBERTATI PROXIMA.
Semper praesumitur pro legitimatione puerorum, et filiatio non potest probari
The presumption is always in favor of legitimacy of children, and filiation cannot be proved.
episcopus puerorum
[Latin "bishop of the boys"] Hist Eccles. law. A layperson who would, on certain feasts, braid his hair, dress like a bishop, and act ludicrous. 0 This custom lasted in England long after several laws were passed to abolish it.