Terms beginning with "D" (491 total)

D. E. R.I

0. An abbreviation tsed for De ea re ita cénsuerce, (concerning that matter have so decreed,) in recording the decrees of the Roman senate. Tay). Civil Law, 564, 566.

Da

i ‘tua dum tua sunt, post mortem tune tua mon-sunt. 3 Bulst. 18. Give the things Which are yours whilst they are yours; after death’ they are not yours. l

DA Y-RULE

bunal. See Ferry v. Car Wheel Co., 71 Vt. 457, 45 Atl. 1085, 76 Am. St. Rep. 783.—Days of grace. A number of days allowed, as a matter of favor or grace, to a person who has to perform some act, or make some payment, a...

Dall

321, 1 L. Ed. 619; U. 8. v. Goodwin, 7 Cranch, 108, 3 L. Ed. 284; Cunningham v. 152, 1 L. Ed. 540; Dole v. Insurance in Keil. Dallison in Keilway’s Re ports, English King’s Bench. 8.0. Dallas’ United States Supr...

Dalrymple

(Sir Hew) ‘Dalrymple’ 8 Scotch Session Cases; (Sir David Dalrymple of) Hailes’ Scotch Session Cases;—(Sir James Dalrymple of) Stair’s Scotch Session Casea,

DAMAGE

those courts, in actions upon the case, covenant, trespass, etc., wherein the damages were uncertain; which the plaintiff was obliged to pay to the prothonotary or the officer of the court wherein he recovered, before he...

DAMNI INJURIZ ACTIO

called, because compensation is made to the owner for the injury to, or deprivation of, his easements of light, air, and access, and these are parts of the fee. Dode v. Railway Co., 70 Hun, 374, 24 N. Y. Supp. > People v...

DAMNUM

Lat. Im the civil law. Damage; the loss or diminution of -what is a man's own, either by fraud, carelessness, or accident.

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DANISM

As the manner of use enters into the consideration as well as other circumstances, the question is for the jury. U.S. v. Reeves, (C. C.) 38 Fed. 404; State v. Hammond, 14 S. D. 545, 86 N. W. 627; State v. Lynch, 88

DARE

Lat. In the civil law. To transfer property. When this transfer is made in order. to discharge a debt, it is datio solvendi animo; when in order to receive an equivalent, to create an obligation, it is datio contrahendi ...

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Davidson v. Hackett, 49 Wis

186, 5 N. W. 459. (In insurance.) A fact which increases the risk, or which, if disclosed, would have been a fair reason for demanding a higher premium; any fact the knowledge or ignorance of which would naturally influe...

Davis v. Wiebbold

139 U. S. 507, 11 Sup. Ct. 628, 35 L. Ed. 288; Smith vy. Hill, Cal. 122, 26 Pac. 644: Merrill v. Dixon, 15 Nev. 406.—Place lands. Lands granted in aid of a railroad company which are within certain limits on each side ...

Dawkins v. State, 58 Ala

376, 29 Am. Rep. 754. But, according to other authorities, “abuse” is here equivalent to ravishment or rape. Palin v. State, 38 Neb. 862, 57 N. W. 743; Commonwealth v. Roosnell, 143 Mass. 82, 8 N. E. 747; Chambers v....

DAY

account, is not necessarily the time when the article charged was, in fact, furnished. but rather the time given or set down in the account, in connection with such charge. And so the expression “the date of the last w...