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Culmer, 78 Fed
501, 24 Cc. C. A. 182; Auten vy. Bennett, 88 App. Div. 15, 84 N. Y. Supp. 689. In French law, freighting and affreighting are distinguished. The owner of a ship freights it. (le frete;) he is called the freighter, (fretcur ;) he is the letter or less...
CUM PAR, DBLICTUM
mounces the partnership, the peruiersmp is dissolved. Tray. Lat. Max. 118.
Cushman y. Insurance Co., 34 Me
491; Riegs v. Insurance Co., 61 8. C. 448, 89S. E. 614;
CUSTOM
acted as-inspectors of elections, and who counted the votes given. Tayl. Civil Law,
Daniels v. Insurance Co., 12 Cush
(Mass.) 416, 59 Am. Dec. 192.
Davis, 104 U. S. 779, 26 L. Ed
924; Rombach y. Insurance Co., 85 La. Ann. 2384, 48 Am.
DE BIENS LE MORT
L. Fr. Of the goods of the deceased. Dyer, 32.
DE DEBITORE IN PARTES SECAN
DO. In Roman law. “Of cutting a debtor
Dee
212. 376. 441; Hulett v. Insurance Co., 114 Pa. 142, 6 Atl. 554. 168; Collard v. Eddy, 17 Mo. 355;
DEFORCIATIO
L. Iat. In old Eng- Hsh Jaw. A distress, distraint, or selzure of goods for satisfaction of a lawful debt. Cowell.
DELEGATION
DELEGATION. A sending away; a putting into commission: the assignment of a debt to another: the intrusting another with a general power to act for the good of those who depute him.
DETINET
Lat. He detains. In old English law. A species of action of debt, which lay for the specific recovery of goods,
DETINUE
sel. Schmidt v. Insurance Co., 1 Johns. (N.
DEVIATION
- “DEVEATION.-In insurance. Varying from the risks insured against, as described in the policy, without necessity or just cause, after the risk has begun. 1 Phil. Ins. § 977, ét seq.; 1 Arn. Ins. 415, et seg. Hostetter v.
DISAVOW
ized acts of an agent; to deny the authority by which he assumed to act.
DISFRANCHISEMENT
. DISFRANCHISEMENT. The act of disfranchising. The act of depriving a member of a corporation of his right as such,. by expulsion. 1 Bouv. Inst. no. 192. Richards v. Clarksburg, 30 W. Va. 491, 4 S. E. 774;
DISTURBANCE
corporation aggregate. St. 11 Geo. IV. and 1 Wm. IV. c. 36. 1. Any act causing annoyance, disquiet, agitation, or derangement to another, or interrupting his peace, or interfering with him in the pursult of a lawful and appropriate occupation. Richa...
DOMICILE
DOMESTIC, n. Domestics, or, in full, domestic servants,,are servants who reside in the same house with the master they serve. The term does not extend to workmen or laborers employed out of doors. Ex parte Meason, 5 Bin. (Pa.) 167. er his home, as d...
Douglas v. Merceles, 25 N. J. Eq
147; Parmenter v. Fitzpatrick, 1385 N. Y. 190, 31 N. E. 1032. The term also means, when price at the place of exportation is in view, the price at which articles are sold and purchased, clear of every charge but such as is laid upon it at the time of...
Doying, 55 N. J. Law, 569, 27 Atl
927; Fowble v. Insurance Co., 106 Mo. App. 527, 81
DRAW
lowance made to a merchant or importer, in the case of goods sold by weight or taxable by weight, to cover possible loss of weight in handling or from differences in scales. Marriott v. Brune, 9 How. 633, 13
Dry Goods Co
v. Lester, 60 Ark. 120, 29 S.
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 or buying, as the case may be, ...
Edwards, 50 Barb
(N. Y.) 288; Lyon v. Alvord, 18 Conn. 80 ere an owner of goods to be shipped by sea consigns them to the care of an agent, who sails on the same vessel, has charge of the cargo on board, sells it abroad, and buys a return cargo out of the roceeds, su...
Eliz
c. 12, to determine in a summary way all causes between merchants, concerning policies of insurance. Crabb, Eng. Law, 503. to 13 Jac. I., which are cited as “Rep.” 463.
EMBEZZLEMENT
ships or goods from some or all the ports of such state until further order. The Wil been intrusted. Pen. Code Cal. § 503; Pen. Code Dak. $ 596.
English law. A fiat
in bankruptcy, issued
ENTEROEUR
L.Fr. A party challenging (claiming) goods; he who has placed them in the hands of a third person. Kelham. . a. ie ‘ a
ESCHECCUM
and to certify the same into the exchequer. An escheator could continue in office for one year only, and was not re-eligible until three years. There does not appear to exist any such officer at the present day. Brown. See 10 Vin. Abr. 158; Co. Litt....