Category:Pro

Pro, prep. Etym: [l.; akin to prae before, gr. for. See for, prep., And cf. Prior, a.]

Defn: a latin preposition signifying for, before, forth. Pro confesso Etym: [l.] (law), taken as confessed. The action of a court of equity On that portion of the pleading in a particular case which the Pleading on the other side does not deny. -- pro rata. Etym: [l. See prorate.] In proportion; proportion. -- pro re nata etym: [l.] (law), for the existing occasion; as Matters are.

Pro Pro, adv.

Defn: for, on, or in behalf of, the affirmative side; -- in contrast With ant: con. Pro and con, for and against, on the affirmative and On the negative side; as, they debated the question pro and con; -- Formerly used also as a verb. -- pros and cons, the arguments or reasons on either side.