Category: D

v. To subject to duress. A word used by Lord Bacon. “If tlie party duresscd do make any motion,” etc. Bac. Max. 89, reg. 22.

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To prevent, frustrate, or circumvent; as in the phrase “hinder, delay, or defeat creditors.” Coleman v. Walker, 3 Mete. (Ivy.) 05. 77 Am. Dec. 103; Walker v.Sayers, 5 Rush (Ivy.) 581.To overcome

The act of lending money on usury.

To debauch, deflower, or corrupt the chastity of a woman. The term doesnot necessarily imply force or ravishment, nor does it connote previous immaculateness.State v. Montgomery, 79 Iowa, 737. 45 N. W.

Deceased; a deceased person. A common term in Scotch law.

In old English law. The reward of an informer. Whishaw.

To mark or lay out the limits or boundary line of a territory or country.

The plaintiff or party suing in a real action. Co. Litt. 127.

v. In conveyancing. To convey or create an estate for years or life; tolease. The usual and operative word in leases: “Have granted, demised, and to farm let,and by these presents do

Half-blood. A corruption of demi-sang

The act of present payment.

In old English law. The crime of destroying, ravaging, or laying waste a country. 2 Hale, P. C.333; 4 Bl. Comm. 373.

In English ecclesiastical law. The taking away from a clergyman hisbenefice or other spiritual promotion or dignity, either by sentence declaratory in theproper court for fit and sufficient causes or in pursuance

Hereditary succession. Succession to the ownership of an estate by inheritance,or by any act of law, as distinguished from “purchase.” Title by descent is thetitle by which one person, upon the death

Contempt. Despitz, contempts. Kelham.

Disuse; cessation or discontinuance of use. Applied to obsolete statutes. James v. Comm., 12 Serg. & It. (Pa.) 227.

To discover or lay open to the world. Matt. Westm. 1240.

A giver of lands or real estate by will; the maker of a will of lands; a testator.

In old records. Daily; every day; from day to day. Spelman.