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DOLUS DANS LOCUM CONTRACTUI

Fraud (or deceit) giving rise to the contract; that is, a fraudulent misrepresentation made by one of the parties to thecontract, and relied upon by the other, and which was actually instrumental

DOMICILIATION

In Spanish law. The acquisition of domiciliary rights and status,nearly equivalent to naturalization, which may be accomplished by being born in thekingdom, by conversion to the Catholic faith there, by taking up

DOMINIUM PLENUM

Full ownership; the union of the dominium directum with the dominium utile. Tayl. Civil Law, 478.

DONATIO MORTIS CAUSA

A gift made by a person in sickness, who, apprehending his dissolution near, delivers, or causes to be delivered, to another the possession of any personal goods, to keep as his own

DOUBTFUL TITLE

One as to the validity of which there exists some doubt, either asto matter of fact or of law; one which invites or exposes the party holding it tolitigation. Distinguished from a

DOWRY

The property which a woman brings to her husband In marriage; now more commonly called a “portion.”By dowry is meant the effects which the wife brings to the husband to support the

DRAWING

In patent law. A representation of the appearance of material objects by means of lines and marks upon paper, cardboard, or other substance. Ampt v.Cincinnati, 8 Ohio Dec. 62S.

DROIT D’ACCESSION

That property which is acquired by making a new species out of the material of another. It is equivalent to the Roman “spccificatio.”

DROITS OF ADMIRALTY

Rights or perquisites of the admiralty. A term applied to goodsfound derelict at sea. Ap- lied also to property captured in time of war y noncommissionedvessels of a belligerent nation. 1 Kent,

DRY-MNLTNRES

In Scotch law. Corn paid to the owner of a mill, whether the payers grind or not.

DUODENA

In old records. A Jury ot twelve men. Cowell.

DWELL

To have an abode; to Inhabit; 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; Eatontownv. Shrewsbury, 49

DEFEASIBLE TITLE

One that is liable to be annulled or made void, but not one that isalready void or an absolute nullity. Elder v. Schumacher. 18 Colo. 433, 33 Pac. 175.

DEFENDOUR

L. Fr. A defender or defendant; the party accused in an appeal. Britt. c. 22.

DEFICIT

Something wanting, generally in the accounts of one intrusted withmoney, or in the money received by him. Mutual L. & B. Ass’n v. Price, 19 Fla. 135.

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