DEDICATION
hearing of a cause, (quod imperator cogmoscens decrevit.) Inst. 1, 2, 6. of the public uses to which the property bas been devoted. People vy. Marin County, 103
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DEFENDER OF THE FAITH. A pe
culiar title belonging to the sovereign of England, as that of “Catholic” to the king of Spain, and that of “Most Christian” to the king of France. These titles were originally given by the popes of Rome; and that of Defensor Fidei was first ...
DEFINE
to those of a notary in regard to the execution of wills and conveyances—Defensor Adel. Defender of the faith. See DEFENDER.
DEFORCIARE
i Lat. To withhold lands or tenements from the rightful owner. This is a word of art which cannot be supplied by any other word. Co. Litt. 331d.
DEGRADATION
thus, where a lord has a selgnory, and lands escheat to him propter defectum sanguinis, but the seisin is withheld from him, this is a deforcement, and the person who withholds the seisin is ‘called a “deforceor.” 3
DEI GRATIA
Lat. By the grace of God. A phrase used in the formal] title of a king or queen, importing a claim of sovereignty by the favor or commission of God. In ancient times it was incorporated in the titles of inferior officers, (especially ecclesiastical,)...
DELIVERY
are. His thoughts seem to drift about, wildering and tossing amidst distracted dreams. And his observations, when he makes any, as often happens, are wild and incoherent; or, from excess of pain, he sinks into a low muttering, or silent and death-lik...
DEMESNE
word except “claim.” Co. Litt. 201; In re Denny, 2 Hill (N. Y.) 220. in his demesne as of fee of a corporeal inheritance, because he has a property, dominicum or demesne, in the thing itself. ut when he has no dominion in the thing itself, as in...
DEMINUTIO
ing away; loss or deprivation. DEMISE, v. In conveyancing. To convey or create an estate for years or life; to lease. The usual and operative word in leases: “Have granted, demised, and to farm let, and by these presents do grant, demise, and to f...
DEMONETIZATION
on each side, of the same land, or something ou of it; as when A. grants a lease to B. at - a nominal rent, (as of a pepper corn,) and B. redemises-the same property to A. for a shorter time at a real, substantial rent. Jacob; Whishaw.—De e of the ...
DENIER
L. Fr. In old English law. Denial; refusal. Denier is when the rent, (being demanded upon the land) is not paid.
DENUNCIA DE OBRA NUEVA. In
Spanish law. The denouncement of a new work; being a proceeding to restrain the erection of some new work, as, for instance, a building which may, if completed, iInjuriously affect the property of the complainant; it is of a character similar to the ...
DEPORTATIO
Lat. In the civil law. A kind of banishment, where a condemned person was sent or carried away to sonie foreign country, usually to an island, (in ineulam deportatur,) and thus taken out of the number of Roman citizens.
DESTROY
DESPOIL. This word involves, in its l signification, violence or clandestine means l by which one is deprived of that which he‘ possesses. Its Spanish equivalent, despojar, is a term used in Mexican law. Sunol v.
Dev
595. Testandi, with intention to make a will. See ANiIMUS and the titles which follow it. L. Devereux’ 8 North Carolina Law ‘Reports. -
DEVISEE
of them by will that thereby no estate vests at the death of the devisor, but only on some future contingency. It differs from a remainder in three very material points: (1) That it needs not any particular estate to support it; (2)
DIALOGUS DE SCACCARIO. Dia
logue of or about the exchequer. An ancient trentise on the court of exchequer, attributed by some to Gervase of Tilbury, by others to Richard Fitz Nigel, bishop of London in the reign of Richard I. It ts quoted, by Lord Coke under the name of Ockham...
DIEM OCLAUSIT EXTREMUM
(Lat. He has closed his last day,—died.) A writ which formerly lay on the death of a tenant, in capite, to ascertain the lands of which he died seised, and reclaim them into the king's hands. It was directed to the king’s es cheators. Fitzh. Nat....
DIEU ET MON DROIT
Fr. God and my right. The motto of the royal arms of England, first assumed by Richard I.
DIGEST
3: PIGEST. A collection or compilation, embodying the chief, matter.of numerous books in one, disposed under proper heads or titles, and usually by an alphabetical arrangement, for facility in reference.
Dillman v. Hoffman, 88 Wis
572. A settlcd estate, in English law, is one created or limited under a settlement; that is, one in which the powers of alienation, devising, and transmission according to the ordinary rules of descent are restrained by the limitations of the settle...
DISCONTINUANCE
conveyed to him. Thus, a trustee is said to disclaim who releases to his fellow-trustees his estate, and relieves himself of the trust.
DISCONTINUANCE OF AN ESTATE
The termination or suspension of an estatetail, in consequence of the act of the tenant in tail, in conveying a larger estate in the land than he was by law entitled to do. 2 Bl. Comm. 275; 8 Bl. Comm. 171. An alienation made or suffered by tenant in...
DISCONTINUANOE OF AN ESTATE
of the plaintiff's declaration, and the plaintiff omits to take judgment for the part unanswered. Steph. Pl. 216, 217.
DISMISSAL
tes 6 DE. Root-v. Water Supply Co., 46: Kan. 83; ee Pac. 398; Lindsay v. Allen, _ Tenn: 4 . 171. See Haldeman v. U. S.. 91 ty nor 23 °L. Ed. 433.—Dismissal without rejudice. Dismissal] of a bill in equity without prejudice to the right of the comp...
DISPONO
Lat. To dispose of, grant, or convey. Déisponet, he grants or alienates. Jus disponendé, the right of disposition, 4 6., of transferring the title to property. .
Dist
v. Shepard, 185 U, S. 1, 22 Sup. Ct. 581, 46 L. Ed. 773; In re Gibbs’ Estate, 157 Pa.
DISTRACTIO
Lat. In the civil law. A separation or division into parts; also an alienation or sale. Sometimes applied to the act of a guardian in appropriating the property of his ward.
DISTURBER
ground by grant or prescription is obstructed by inclosures or other obstacles, or by plowing across it, by which means he cannot enjoy his right of way, or at least in so commodious a manner as he might have done. 8 Bl. Comm.
Diteh Co
v. Mumford, 5 Colo. 336.—Extraordinary diligence. That extreme measure of care and caution which persons of unusual prudence end circumspection use for securing and he nigh ae nce one property or rights. Civ.