Partnership

— Two or more people working in business together.

Precedent

— A court decision in an earlier case with facts and legal issues similar to a dispute currently before a court. Judges will generally "follow precedent" - meaning that they use the principles established in earlier cases to decide new cases that have similar facts and raise similar legal issues. A judge will disregard precedent if a party can show that the earlier case was wrongly decided, or that it differed in some significant way from the current case.

Prima facie

— Latin term used to describe something that appears on the face of it to be true.

Pro tem

— Temporary.

Procedure

— The rules for conducting a lawsuit; there are rules of civil procedure, criminal procedure, evidence, bankruptcy, and appellate procedure.

Prosecute

— To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.

Public interest

— The overall welfare of the general public.

Pursuant

— When something is related to, or comes out of, something else. For example, the powers of the SRA to regulate the legal profession stem from ('are pursuant to') various acts of parliament.