Category: D

Literally, sleeping; hence inactive; in abeyance; unknown ; concealed.

Admeasurement of dower, where the widow holds more than her share, etc.

When a tenant bound to repair suffers a house to be wasted, and then unlawfully fells timber to repair it, he issaid-to commit double waste. Co. Litt. 53.

A writ of right which lay for a widow to whom no dower had been assigned.

n. 1. A movable section of a bridge, which may be raised up or turned toone side, so as to admit the passage of vessels. Gildersleeve v. Railroad Co. (D. C.) 82Fed.

One employed in conducting a coach, carriage, wagon, or other vehicle,with horses, mules, or other animals, or a bicycle, tricycle, or motor car, though not a street railroad car. See Davis v.

International law.

A person is “drunk” when he is so far under the Influence of liquor that hispassions are visibly excited or his judgment impaired, or when his brain is so faraffected by potations

(Lat. Bring with you.) The name of certain species of writs, of whichthe subpoena duces tecum is the most usual, requiring a party who is suiumon’vJ toappear in court to bring with

The name of a rack in the Tower, so called after a minister of Henry VI. who sought tointroduce it into England.

Pieces of wood placed against the sides and bottom of the hold of avessel, to preserve the cargo from the effect of leakage, according to its nature andquality. Abb. Shipp. 227.There is

During good pleasure. The ancient tenure of English judges was durante bine placito. 1 111. Comm. 207, 342.

In its 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 some other person or upon

The omission or failure to fulfill a duty, observe a promise, discharge an obligation, or perform an agreement. State v. Moores, 52 Neb. 770, 73 N. W. 299;Osborn v. Rogers, 49 Hun,

Lat. A word used ill grants and donations, which binds the donor andhis heirs to defend the donee, if any one go about to lay any incumbrance oil the thinggiven other than

An inclosure of land; any fenced ground. See DEFENSO.

L. Lat. To withhold lands or tenements from the rightful owner. This is a word of art which cannot be supplied by any other word. Co. Litt. 3316.

A taking of a solemn oath

That which is to be resolved once for all should be long deliberated upon.

A bond given upon the seizure of goods (as under the revenue laws) conditioned for theirrestoration to the defendant, or the payment of their value, if so adjudged.