DUCKING-STOOL. See CASTIGATORY
‘DUCROIRE. In French law. Guaranty; equivalent to del credere, (which see.)
Terms beginning with "D" (491 total)
Dud
(S. C.) 174. (Ga.). Dudley’s Georgia Reports. L. (cr 8S. G.). lina Law Reports. —
Dud. Eq
(8. 0.). Dudley’s Equity Reports, South Carolina.
Dudley v. Flemingsburg, 115 Ky
5, 72 8. W. 327, 60: L. R. A. 575, 108 Am. St. Rep. 253;
Dudley, 19 Wend
(N. Y.) 376; Kister v. Reeser, 98 Pa. 1, 42 Am. Rep. 608; Kripp v. Curtis; 71 Cal. 62, 11 Pac. 879. In another... sense
DUE
DUBITAVIT. Doubted. Vaughan, C. J. dubitavit, Freem. 150. 1. Just; proper; regular; lawful ; sufficient; as in the phrases “due care,” “due process of law,” “due notice.” A person where he is the party owin...
DUE-BILL
particular circumstances. Lawrence v. Bowman, 1 McAll. 420, 15 Fed. Cas. 21; Slattery v. Doyle, 180 Mass. 27, 61 N. EB. 264; Wilde v. Wilde, 2 Nev. 306.—Due process of law. Law in its regular course of administration t...
DUEL
v. Feeser, 98 Md. 716, 50 Atl. 406; Marrigan v. Page, 4 Humph. (Tenn.) 247; Currier v.
Duff v. Duff, 101 Cal
1,35 Pac. 4387.—Stop order. The meaning of a stop order given to a broker is to wait until the market price of the particular security reaches a specified re, and then to “stop”? the transaction by either selling o...
Duffee v. Railroad Co
52 N. H. 447. 13 Am.
Duffield ey Phen 2 Har
(Del.) 879; jae v. Williamson, 2 N. J. Eq. 85.—Testa~ men causes. In English law. Causes or matters relating to the probate of wills, the pranting of administrations. and the suing for gacies, of which the ecclesiastic...
Duffy, 121 Mich
220, 80 N. W. 19; Com. v.
Duffy, 165 N. Y¥
391, 59 N. E. 196; Todd v. ere Dime Sav. Inst., 128 N. Y. 636, 28 N.
DUKE OF EXETER’S DAUGHTER
The name of a rack in the Tower, 80 called after a minister of Henry VI. who sought to introduce it into England.
DUM
Lat. While; as long as; until; upon condition that; provided that.
DUM ET TENENDUM
HAVEN. A place of a large receipt and safe riding of ships, so situate and secured by the land circumjacent that the vessels thereby ride and anchor safely, and are protected by the adjacent land from dangerous or violen...
Duncan vy
Franklin Tp., 43 N. J. Eq. 143, 10
Dunham, 11 Wall
1, 23, 20 LL Ed 90; De
Dunn, 18 Fla
724; Gilman v. Philadelphia, 8 Wall 724, 18 L. Hd 96.
DUNNAGE
which lay for a man who had aliened lands under duress by imprisonment, to restore to him his proper estates. 2 Inst. 482. Abolished by St. 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c 27.—Duam fuit ra setatem. (While he was within age.) In old En...
Dunnam, 98 Ala
610, 18 South. 599; Ring v. Ring, 112 Ga. 854, 38 S. B. 330; State v.
DUODECEMVIRALE JUDIOCIUM. The
trial by twelve men, or by jury. Applied to juries de medietate lingua. Mol. de Jure Mar, 448.
DUODENA MANU. A dozen hands, #
6c., twelve witnesses to purge a criminal of an offense. .
DUPLICITY
DUPLICATE. When two written documents are substantially alike, so that each might be a copy or transcript from the other, while both stand on the same footing as original instruments,- they are called “dupli- ° cates....
DUPLY, n
(From Lat. duplicatio, c. v.) In Scotch pleading. The defendant’s answer to the plaintiff's replication.
DURANTE
Lat. During. A word of limitation in old conveyances. Co. Litt. 284d. —Durante absentia. During absence. In some jurisdictions, administration of a decedent’s estate is said to be granted durante absentia in cases wh...
Durf. Durfee’s Reports, vol
12 Rhode Is- ‘land. l ; Durie. Durie’s Scottigh Court of Session ‘Durn.& 5B. Durnford & East’s English
During widowhood
2 Bl. Comm. 124. Dw rante casta viduitate, during chaste widowhood. 10 East, 520.—Durante virginitate. Durin virginity, (so long as she remains unmarried. —Durante vita. During life.
DUTOH AUCTION. See AUCTION
~? DUTIES. In its most usual signification this word is the synonym of imposts or customs; but it is sometimes used in a broader sense, as including all manner of taxes, charges, or governmental impositions. Pollock v. F...
DUTY
oe ee person. Fellows v. School Dist., 839 Me.
DUUMVIRI
(From duo, two, and viri, men.) A general appellation among the ancient Romans, given to any magistrates elected in pairs to fill any office, or perform any function. Brande.
Dvansville v. State, 118 Ind
426, 21 N. BL 267, 4%. R. A. 93.
Dwight, 2 Mass
84, 3 Am. Dec. 35; Decouche v. Savetier, 3 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 190, 219, 8 Am. Dec. 478.
Dy
(or Dyer). Dyer’s English King’s Bench Reports.
Dyer v. Dyer, 17 R. I. 547, 23 Atl
910; State v. Melvin, 166 Mo. 565, 66 S. W. 534; Poe y. State, 72 Tex. = 10 8S. W. 732. pee ae
Dyer, 24 Fed. Cas
142; Stevens v. Coburn, 71 Vt. 261, 44 Atl. 354; Portsmouth v. Don aldson, 32 Pa. 202, 72 Am. Dec. 782.
Dyer, 276
33.—Common place. Common pleas. The English court of common pleas is sometimes 80 called in the old books.--Common prayer. The liturgy, or public form of
DYKE-REED, or DYKE-REEVE. An
officer who has the care and oversight of the dykes and drains in fenny counties.
DYSNOMY
D. W. TI. In genealogical tables, a common abbreviation for “died without issue.”
DYSPAREUNIA
DYSPAREUNIA. In medical jurisprudence. Incapacity of a woman to sustain the act of sexual intercourse except with great difficulty and pain.
DYVOUR
DYVOUR. In Scotch law. A bankrupt.