Category: D

In Scotch law. A bankrupt

A state of the stomach in which Its functions are disturbed, without the presence of other diseases, or when, if other diseases are present, they are of minor importance. Dungl. Med. Dict

In medical Jurisprudence. Incapacity of a woman to sustain the act of sexual intercourse except with great difficulty and paln

Bad legislatlon; the enactment of bad laws

See Decla-bation

The house ln which a man lives with his family; a resi-dence; the apartment or building, or group of buildings, occupied by a family as a place of residence

To have an abode; to lnhablt; to live in a place. Gardener v. wagner, 9 Fed. Cas. 1,154; Ex parte Blumer, 27 Tex. 736; Putnam v. Johnson, 10 Mass. 502; Ea-tontown v. Shrewsbury, 49 N. J. Law, 188, 6 Atl. 319

(From duo, two, and viri, men.) A general appellation among the an-cient Romans, given to any magistrates elect-ed in pairs to fill any office, or perform any function. Brande

In lts use in jurisprudence, this word is the correlative of right. Thus, wherever there exists a right in any person, there also rests a corresponding duty upon

See Auction

A term used ln Hlndostan for a passport, permit, or order from the English East Indian Company. It generr ally meant a permit under their seal exempting goods from the payment of duties. Enc. Lond

In old English law. Blows wlthout wounding or bloodshed; dry blows. Blount

A county palatine in Eng-land, the Jurisdictlon of which was vested in the Bishop of Durham until the statute 6 & 1 Vfm. IV. c. 19, vested lt as a separate franchlse and royalty in the crown. The Jurisdiction of the Durham court of pleas was transferred to the supreme court of judlca-ture by the […]

one who subjects another to duress; one who compels another to do a thlng, as by menace. Bac. Max. 90, reg. 22

In India. A court, audience, or levee. Mozley & whitley

Lat During. A word of limltation ln old conveyances. C0. Litt 234b

The technical fault, in pleading, of uniting two or more causes of action ln one count in a writ, or two or more grounds of defense in one plea, or two or more breaches in a replication, or two or more offenses in the same count of an in-dictment. Tucker v. State, 6 Tex. App. […]

Double right

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In the civil law. Double the price of a thing. Dig. 21, 2, 2

A dozen hands, i. e., twelve wltnesses to purge a criminal of on ofTense

In old records. A jury of twelve men. Cowell

Twelve hands. The oaths of twelve men, including hlmself, by whom the defendant was allowed to make his law. 8 BL Comm. 343

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People that dwell on hilly places or mountains. Jacob

Pieces of wood placed against the sides and bottom of the hold of a vessel, to preserve the cargo from the effect of leakage, according to its nature and qual-ity. Abh. Shipp. 227

A double; a kind of base coin less than a farthing

Such an under-ground pris-on or cell as was formerly placed in the strongest part of a fortress; a dark or sub-terraneous prison

In old records. A bank of earth cast up; the side of a ditch. Cowell

Provided; provided that A word of limitation in the Latin forms of conveyances, of frequent use in introducing a reservation; as in reserving a rent

In due or proper form or man-ner; according to legal requirements

A government where servants and slaves have so much license and privilege that they domineer, wharton

The name of a rack in tbe Tower, so called after a minister of Henry VI. who sought to introduce lt into England.

Certain payments; rates or taxes. See ward v. Joslin, 105 Fed. 227, 44 C. C

The trlal by battel or jndl-clal combat See Battel

A brief written acknowledgment of a debt. It is not made payable to order, like a promissory note. See Feeser

In French law. Gnaron-ty; equlvalent to del credere, (whlch see

See Castioatobt

Those lands which formerly belonged to the dukes of Lancaster, and now belong to the crown in right of the duchy. The duchy is distinct from the county palatine of Lancaster, and lncludes not only the county, but also much territory at a distance from It, especlally the Savoy in London and some land near […]

(Bring with you, although sick.) In practice. An ancient writ, now obsolete, directed to the sheriff, upon a return that he could not bring his prisoner without danger of death, he being adeo languidus, (so sick;) where-upon the court granted a habeas corpus in the nature of a duces tecum licet languidus. Cowell; Blonnt

(Lat. Bring with you.) The name of certain species of writs, of which the subpoena duces tecum is the most usual, requiring a party who is summoned to appear in court to bring with him some doc-ument, piece of evidence, or other thing to be used or inspected by the court

In feudal and old English law. A duchy, the dignity or territory of a duke

A foreign coin, varying ln value in different countries, but usually worth about $2.26 of our money

Doubted. Vaughan, C

It Is doubted. A word frequently used ln the reports to indicate that a point is considered doubtful

Doubting. Is affixed to the name of a judge, In the reports, to signi-fy that he doubted the decision rendered

Doubting. Dobbin, J., dubitans. 1 Show. 364

A form of government where two reign Jointly

He is a drunkard whose habit it ls to get drunk; whose ebriety bas

In old European law. A band of soldiers, (globus militum.) Spelman