Category: D

The decision of a court of justice. Shirley v. Birch, 16 Or. 1, 18Pac. 344; Henavie v. Railroad Co., 154 N. Y. 278, 48 N. E. 525. The ending or expirationof an

A writ, now obsolete, directed to the king’s escheators when any ofthe king’s tenants in capite dies, and when his son and heir dies within age and in theking’s custody, commanding the

To shake hands in token of friendship; or to give up oneself to the power of another person.

The edict or declaration of Kenilworth. An edict or awardbetween King Henry III. and all the barons and others who had been in arms againsthim; and so called because it was made

A lawful day for the transaction of judicial or court business; a day on which the courts are ormav be open for the transaction of business. Didsbury v. Van Tassell, 56 Hun,

A collection or compilation, embodying the chief matter of numerous booksin one, disposed under proper heads or titles, and usually by an alphabetical arrangement,for facility in reference.As a legal term, “digest” is

The moiety or half of a thing

The science of diplomas, or of ancient writings and documents; theart of judging of ancient charters, public documents, diplomas, etc., and discriminatingthe true from the false. Webster.

To deny a thing.

In Scotch law. Disavowal of tenure; denial that one holds lands of another. Bell.

To deprive of the rights and privileges of a free citizen; to deprive of chartered rights and immunities; to deprive of any franchise, as of the right of voting in elections, etc.

Tenths; tithes, (q. v.) The original form of “dime,” the name of the American coin.

To dissolve a park. Cro. Car. 59. To convert it into ordinary ground.

In the civil law. Discussion or argument before a court Mackeld. Rom. Law,

The opinion in which a judge announces his dissent from the conclusions held by the majority of the court, and expounds his own views.

The taking a personal chattel out of the possession of a wrong-doer intothe custody of the party injured, to procure a satisfaction for a wrong committed; as fornou-paymeut of rent, or injury

In English practice. A writ directed to the sheriff of the county inwhich a defendant resides, or has any goods or chattels, commanding him to distrainupon the goods and chattels of the

To turn aside; to turn out of the way; to alter the course of things. Usuallyapplied to water-courses. Ang. Water- Courses,

A divorce from the bond of marriage. A total divorce ofhusband and wife, dissolving the marriage tie, and releasing the parties wholly fromtheir matrimonial obligations. 1 Bl. Comm. 440; 2 Steph. Comm.

A rule, principle, theory, or tenet of the law; as, the doctrine of merger, the doctrine of relation, etc. Doctrinal interpretation. See INTERPRETATION.