PERPETUITY 



in the future, may bring an action 

 to take the evidence of persons 

 who are able to testify to the truth 

 of his right or claim, and who 

 might, and probably would, be 

 dead before the event happened, 

 or the time arrived when the claim 

 would mature. On similar lines. 

 when a witness in a criminal case 

 is dangerously ill, his evidence may 

 be taken by a magistrate (e.g. in 

 hospital) in the presence of the 

 accused, and if the witness dies, 

 his deposition may be read at the 

 trial. 



Perpetuity. Legal term for a 

 condition rendering an estate in- 

 alienable for ever, or for a very 

 long time. This is especially re- 

 pugnant to English law. which 

 M ill not allow a man so to settle, 

 or leave by will, his property as 

 to tie it up for ever. Property 

 can only be tied up in this way 

 during a life or lives in being, and 

 for 21 years after. 



The rule against perpetuities 

 was established long ago by the 

 judges on public grounds, as de- 

 structive to the commonwealth 

 and an impediment to commerce. 

 See Entail ; Thellusson, Peter. 



Perpignan. Town of France. 

 The capital of the dept. of the 

 Pyrenees Orientales, it stands on 

 the right bank of the Tet, about 40 

 m. S.S.W. of Narbonne. On a 

 height overlooking the town is the 

 citadel which encloses the old 

 castle of the counts of Roussillon. 

 The most important buildings are 

 the cathedral of S. Jean, founded 

 by Sancho II, king of Majorca, 

 1324, the loge, now occupied by 

 the Maine, and the old university, 

 containing a public library and a 

 museum. Trade is carried on in 

 wine, wool, cloth, and cork-bark. 

 In the Middle Ages Perpignan was 

 the capital of the county of 

 Roussillon, and belonged to Aragon 

 from 1172 to 1475. The French 

 conquered it in 1642. It was per- 

 manently united to France iu 

 1659. Pop. 40,000 



Charles Perrault, 

 French author 



Perpignan, France. 



n, France. The citadel and keep, part ol the 

 old castle of the counts ol Roussillon 



Perranzabuloe (Lat. Pirani 

 in sabulo, of Piran in the sand). 

 Parish and village of Cornwall, 

 England. It is 5J m. N. by W. of 

 Truro. The church of S. Piran, a 

 rude stone oratory, built by S. 

 Kieran or Piran of Clonmacnoise, 

 about 550. was discovered in 

 1835, having been buried in the 

 shifting sand for 1,200 jears ; the 

 carved work has been removed to 

 the museum at Truro. Pop. (parish) 

 2,400. Pron. Perranzabbulo. 



Perrault, CHARLES (1628-1703). 

 French author. Born in Paris, Jan. 

 12, 1628, and educated at the 

 College de 

 Beauvais, he 

 followed his 

 father's pro- 

 fession, the 

 law, became 

 secre tary to 

 Colbert, and 

 signalised his 

 admission to 

 the Academy 

 in 1671 by a 

 Jong poem, Le 

 Siecle de Louis XIV, which pre- 

 cipitated a six years' dispute with 

 Boileau on the respective merits 

 of the ancients and the moderns. 

 He wrote memoirs and other works, 

 but his fame rests on a series 

 of fairy tales, which he made his 

 own by the delightful style in 

 which they were written. They in- 

 clude Puss in Boots, Little Red 

 Riding Hood, Cinderella, The 

 Sleeping Beauty, etc. Issued in 

 volume form, 1697, as Histoires ou 

 Contes du Temps Passe, by Perron 

 Darmancour, they achieved im- 

 mense popularity and had many 

 imitators. Perrault died May 16, 

 1703. In 1910 the French govern- 

 ment erected to his memory, in the 

 Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, a monu- 

 ment by G. Pech. See editions by 

 Lefevre, 1875; P. Lacroix, 1876; 

 A. Lang, 1888. 



Perrier. Mineral spring of 

 France. Near the village of Ver- 

 ge/e, in the dept. of Gard, it is 10 

 m. from Nimes. 

 The spring was 

 discovered by the 

 Romans, and a 

 Roman well is still 

 in existence. 



Perrin, ALICE 

 (b. 1867). British 

 novelist. Daughter 

 of General J. I. 

 Robinson, she 

 married Charles 

 Perrin, spent 

 several years hi 

 India, and became 

 widely known as 

 a novelist of 

 Anglo-Indian life. 

 Her portraits show 



Alice Perrin, 

 British novelist 



PERROT 



interesting observation of this s< 

 ciety, and her novels have a goo 

 sense of construction. Among thei 

 may bo mei 

 tioned East < 

 Suez, 1901 

 The Stronge 

 Claim, 190i 

 The Waters < 

 Destructioi 

 1905 ; The At 

 glo - Indian 

 1912; Tale 

 that are Tol( 

 1918 ; Star < 

 Kutteii India, 191S 



and The Vow of Silence, 1920. 



Perrot, GEORGES (1832-1914 

 French archaeologist. Born B 

 Villeneuve St. Georges, Seine-ei 

 Oise, Nov. 12, 1832, he studied i 

 Paris. He proceeded to Athens i 

 1855, and in 1861, in company wit 

 the architect E. Guillaume, mad 

 archaeological explorations in Asi 

 Minor, including Ancyra an 

 several Galatian and Hittite site; 

 After holding several tutori; 

 appointments, he occupied 

 chair of classical archaeology i 

 Paris, 1875, and in 1904 becan] 

 perpetual secretary to the Acac 

 emy of Inscriptions. His oui 

 standing work, written in colls 

 boration with the architect Charle 

 Chipiez, is a History of Art i 

 Antiquity, in ten volumes, 1882 

 1914, Eng. trans, (part), ]883-9< 

 He died in Paris, June 30, 1914. 



Perrot, SIR JOHN (c. 1527-92 

 English courtier. Born in Pern 

 brokeshire, the supposed natun 

 son of Henry 

 VIII, he came 

 to London in 

 his 18th year, 

 and attracted 

 the attention 

 of the king, 

 who promised 

 him prefer- 

 ment. After 

 the death of Sir John Perrot, 

 Henry, he was English courtier 

 made a knight of the Bath b 

 Edward VI, and accompanied 

 mission to France to arrange th 

 young king's marriage. Unde 

 Mary, Perrot was imprisoned fo 

 his religious views, but, reinstate 

 by Elizabeth, he became first presi 

 dent of Munster in 1570. Landin 

 in March, he quickly suppressed th 

 rebellion of Fitzmaurice Fitz 

 gerald, returning to England, 157J 

 to defend himself against horn 

 enemies. He was lord deputy c 

 Ireland from 1584 until 1588. Hi 

 trial for treason, four years latei 

 resulted in the death sentence 

 June 26, 1592, but he died in th 

 Tower before it could be carrie< 

 out, Sept., 1592. See Life, ed 

 R. Rawlinson, 1728. 



