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Category: D

DIRECT VERDICT

the situation where a judge directs a jury to what the verdict should be.

DELIBERATE SPEED

This term means that the law or a regulation needs to be maintained or instituted without delay.

DESEGREGATION

the term that removes the barriers that are based on concepts of racism.

DESECRATE

a term used to mean to treat sacrilegiously or to violate the sanctity of a sacred thing.

DELINQUENT CHILD

This term applies to a child who has committed an unlawful offense that is punishable if it was an adult.

DUAL CITIZENSHIP

the status a person can have when he is claimed by 2 countries to be a citizen and can travel on 2 passports.

DEMEANOR

This term is used to characterise the appearance and the look and the attitude of a witness.

DOMINANT ESTATE

This land that has control over and restricts the construction of buildings within a set distance from the boundaries.

DOWER BY COMMON LAW

A law in some states where a widow has the right to one-third of her husband’s land.

DIPSOMANIA

the term meaning the uncontrollable addiction to alcohol or a mental illness featuring habitual intoxication.

DUMMY CORPORATION

This term is given to a company that functions as a legal enterprise but really has nor purpose at all in the corporation.

DEBAUCHERY

a term with several meanings used to describe sensual acts that are in excess of normal behaviour.

DEALING

the term that applies to the buying and selling of something.

DAMAGES ACTUAL

This the money that is awarded to the complainant that is equal to the actual injury or loss. See damages, compensatory.

DISCOUNTING COMMERCIAL PAPER

This term applies to deducting interest on the loan before it is given. The loan document is called a commercial paper.

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