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What is a Deposition?

An essential element of any civil or criminal court action is the evidence offered by the parties. Evidence is what each side in a dispute must present to either a judge or

Defensive Driver Course

A program of study that teaches safe driving techniques to drivers. Participants may be eligible for discounted premiums on their car insurance.

Diction

Diction can refer to either the words and phrases a person or organization uses through speech or in written materials, or to a person’s enunciation style in oral discourse. While diction can

DEMENTIA PRAECOX

This term is applied to a form of mental illness seen in young people that have a split personality.

DETECTIVE

the name given to a police officer who will detect and apprehend those people who have committed a crime.

DUE REGARD

This means to give a fair consideration to and give sufficient attention to all of the facts.

DELIBERATIONS OF A JURY

where the jury sorts through all of the evidence and the facts of a case before they make a decision.

DIVULGE

This means to make known or to reveal something.

DE FACTO GOVERNMENT

This term is applied to a government that has not been elected to the laws of the country.

DURESS OF PROPERTY

the way of getting property that involves pressuring and threatening a person and the property.

DISMISSAL OF APPEAL

the court of appeals refusal to hear and try a case already decided in a lower court.

DAILY WAGES

the term used in compensation cases for the money that is awarded as his daily wages.

DISPENSING POWER

an agency’s authority that excuses a person from doing a duty and asks them to refrain from an act or from certain conduct.

DOUBLE INDEMNITY

This means that twice the money will be awarded from a policy due to certain clauses in the policy.

DISBURSE

a term that means to pay out or to expend.

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