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| DAM | | . A construction of wood, stone, or other materials, made across ... |
| DAMAGE | | torts. The loss caused by one person to another, or ... |
| DAMAGE FEASANT | | torts. This is a corruption of the French words faisant dommage, ... |
| DAMAGED GOODS | | . In the language of the customs, are goods subject to ... |
| DAMAGES | | practice. The indemnity given by law, to be recovered from a ... |
| DAMAGES INADEQUATE | | . Such as are unreasonably low, and less than is required ... |
| DAMAGES ON BILLS OF EXCHANGE | | contracts. A penalty affixed by law to the non-payment of a ... |
| DAMAGES, DOUBLE or TREBLE | | practice. In cases where a statute gives a party double or ... |
| DAMAGES, EXCESSIVE | | . Such damages as are unreasonably great, and not warranted by ... |
| DAMAGES, GENERAL | | torts. General damages are such as the law implies to have ... |
| DAMAGES, LAYING | | pleading. In personal and mixed actions, (but not in penal actions, ... |
| DAMAGES, LIQUIDATED | | contracts. When the parties to a contract stipulate for the payment ... |
| DAMAGES, SPECIAL | | torts. Special damages are such as are in fact sustained, and ... |
| DAMAGES, SPECIAL | | pleading. As distinguished from the gist of the action, signify that ... |
| DAMAGES, UNLIQUIDATED | | . The unascertained amount which is due to a person by ... |
| DAMNIFICATION | | . That which causes a loss or damage to a ... |
| DAMNIFY | | . To cause damage, injury or loss.
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| DAMNOSA HAEREDITAS | | . A name given by Lord Kenyon to that species of ... |
| DAMNUM ABSQUE INJURIA | | . A loss or damage without injury.
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| DAMNUM FATALE | | civil law. Damages caused by a fortuitous event, or inevitable accident; ... |
| DANE-LAGE | | Eng. law. That system of laws which was maintained in England ... |
| DANGERS OF THE SEA | | mar. law. This phrase is sometimes put in bills of lading, ... |
| DARREIN | | . A corruption of the French word "dernier," the last. ... |
| DARREIN SEISIN | | . The name of a plea to a writ of ... |
| DATE | | . The designation or indication in an instrument of writing, of ... |
| DATION | | civil law, contracts. The act of giving something. It differs from ... |
| DATION EN PAIEMFNT | | civil law. This term is used in Louisiana; it signifies that, ... |
| DATIVE | | . That which may be given or disposed of at ... |
| DAUGHTER | | . An immediate female descendant. See Son.
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| DAUGHTER-IN-LAW | | . In Latin, nurus, is the wife of one's son. ... |
| DAY | | . A division of time. It is natural, and then ... |
| DAY BOOK | | mer. law. An account book, in which merchants and others make ... |
| DAY RULE, or DAY WRIT | | English practice. A rule or order of the court, by which ... |
| DAYS IN BANK | | Eng. practice. Days of appearance in the court of common pleas, ... |
| DAYS OF GRACE | | . Certain days after the time limited by the bill or ... |
| DAYS OF THE WEEK | | . These are Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. See ... |
| DE | | . A preposition used in many Latin phrases - as, ... |
| DE ARBITRATIONE FACTA, WRIT | | . In the ancient English law, when an action was brought ... |
| DE BENE ESSE | | practice. A technical phrase applied to certain proceedings which are deemed ... |
| DE BONIS NON | | . This phrase is used in cases where the goods ... |
| DE BONIS PROPRIIS | | . Of his own goods. When an executor or administrator has ... |
| DE CONTUMACE CAPIENDO | | . The name of a writ issued for the arrest of ... |
| DE DOMO REPARANDA | | . The name of an ancient common law writ, by which ... |
| DE DONIS, STATUTE | | . The name of an English statute passed the 13 Edwd. ... |
| DE FACTO | | i. e. in deed. A term used to denote a ... |
| DE FORCIANT | | . One who wrongfully keeps the owner of lands and tenements ... |
| DE HOMINE REPLEGIANDO | | . The name of a writ which is used to replevy ... |
| DE INJURIA | | pleading. The name of a replication in an action for a ... |
| DE JUDAISMO, STATUTUM | | . The name of a statute passed in the reign of ... |
| DE JURE | | by right. Vide De facto.
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| DE LUNATICO INQUIRENDO | | . The name of a writ directed to the sheriff, directing ... |
| DE MEDIETATE LINGUAE | | . Of half tongue. Vide Medietas linguae.
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| DE MELIORIBUS DAMNIS | | . Of the better damages. When a plaintiff has sued several ... |
| DE MERCATORIBUS | | . This is the name of a statute passed in ... |
| DE NOVI OPERIS NUNCIATIONE | | Civil law. Where a thiug is intended to be done against ... |
| DE NOVO | | . Anew. afresh. When a judgment upon an issue in ... |
| DE ODIO ET ATIA | | . These words sisignify "from hatred and ill will." When a ... |
| DE PARTITIONE FACIENDA | | . The name of a writ for making partition. Vide Partition. ... |
| DE PROPRIETATE PROBANDA | | Eng. Practice. The name of a writ which issues in a ... |
| DE QUOTA LITIS | | . The name of a part or contract, in the ... |
| DE REPARATIONE FACIENDA | | . The name of a writ which lies by one tenant ... |
| DE RETORNO HABENDO | | The name of a writ issued after a judgment has been ... |
| DE SON TORT | | . Of his own wrong. This term is usually applied ... |
| DE SON TORT DEMESNE | | Of his own wrong, pleading. The name of a replication in ... |
| DE UNA PARTE | | . A deed de una parte, is one where only ... |
| DE WARRANTIA DIEI, WRIT | | Eng. law. Where a man is required to appear on a ... |
| DEACON | | Eccl. law. A minister or servant in the church whose office, ... |
| DEAD | | Something which has no life; figuratively, something of no value. ... |
| DEAD BODY | | crim. law. A corpse.
2. To take up a ... |
| DEAD FREIGHT | | contracts. When the charterer of a vessel has shipped part of ... |
| DEAD LETTERS | | . Those which remain in the post-office, uncalled for. By the ... |
| DEAD MAN'S PART | | English law. By the custom of London, when a deceased freeman ... |
| DEAD-BORN | | descent, persons. Children dead-born are considered, in law, as if they ... |
| DEAD-PLEDGE | | . A mortgage of lands or goods - mortuum vadium. ... |
| DEAF AND DUMB | | . No definition is requisite, as the words are sufficiently known. ... |
| DEAF, DUMB, AND BLIND | | . A man born deaf, dumb, and blind, is considered an ... |
| DEALINGS | | . Traffic, trade; the transaction of business between two or more ... |
| DEAN | | eccl. law. An ecelesiastictl officer, who derives his name from the ... |
| DEATH | | med. jur., crim. law, evidence. The cessation of life.
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| DEATH BED | | Scotch law. The incapacity to exercise the power of disposing of ... |
| DEATH BED OR DYING DECLARATIONS | | . In cases of homicide, those which are made in extremis, ... |
| DEATH'S PART | | English law. That portion of the personal estate of a deceased ... |
| DEBATE | | legislation, practice. A contestation between two or more persons, in which ... |
| DEBENTURE | | . A certificate given, in pursuance of law, by the collector ... |
| DEBET ET DETINET | | pleading. He owes and detains. In an action of.debt, the form ... |
| DEBIT | | accounts, commerce. A term used in book-keeping, to express the left-hand ... |
| DEBITUM IN PRAESENTI, SOLVENDUM IN FUTURO | | . A debt due at present, to be paid in future. ... |
| DEBT | | contracts. A sum of money due by certain and express agreement. ... |
| DEBT | | remedies. The name of an action used for the recovery ... |
| DEBTEE | | . One to whom a debt is due a creditor, ... |
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