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DIGITAL AUDIO TAPE (DAT)

The 4mm tape that stores 4GB. It is replaced by the DLT that stores 35 GB using longitudinal recording.

DIGITAL MONEY

Paying through electronic means over the internet. Paypal is an example of this.

DIRTY STOCK

Transferred COMMON STOCK that fails to convey good title to the new buyer as a result of errors or omissions in form or authorization.

DOUBLE DIPPING

An unethical (and sometimes illegal) practice where a BROKER sells commissionbased products through a client

DUAL TRIGGER

An INSURANCE mechanism that provides the INSURED with a payout only if two separate TRIGGER events occur. One trigger is often related to a traditional insurable OPERATING RISK (e.g., damage or destruction

DEFENDANT

The person defending or denying; the party against whom relief orrecovery is sought in an action or suit. Jew- ett Car Co. v. lvirkpatrick Const. Co. (C. C.)107 Fed. 022; Brower v.

DEFORCIANT

One who wrongfully keeps the owner of lands and tenements out of the possession of them. 2 Bl. Comm. 350.

DEJACION

In Spanish law. Surrender; release; abandonment; e. g., the act of an Insolvent in surrendering his property for the benefit of his creditors, of an heir in renouncing the succession, the abandonment

DELF

A quarry or mine. 31 Eliz. c. 7.

DELIVERY

In conveyancing. The Filial and absolute transfer of a deed, properly executed, to the grantee, or to some person for his use, in such manner that it cannot be recalled by the

DEMESNE LANDS

In English law. Those lands of a manor notgranted out in tenancy, but reserved by the lord for his own use and occupation. Landsset apart and appropriated by the lord for his

DEMONSTRATION

Description; pointing out. That which is said or written todesignate a thing or person.In evidence. Absolutely convincing proof. That proof which excludes all possibility oferror. Treadwell v. Whittier, 80 Cal. 574. 22

DENIZATION

The act of making one a denizen; the conferring of the privileges ofcitizenship upon an alien born. Cro. Jac. 540. See DENIZEN.

DEPECULATION

A robbing of the prince or commonwealth; an embezzling of thepublic treasure.

DEPOSITION

The testimony of a witness taken upon interrogatories, not in open court, but in pursuance of a commission to take testimony issued by a court, or under a general law on the

DERIVATIVE

Coming from another; taken from something preceding ; secondary;that which has not its origin in itself, but owes its existence to something foregoing.

DESIGNATION

A description or descriptive expression by which a person or thing is denoted in a will without using the name.

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