Category: D

In Roman law. Days on which the courts were closed, and it was unlawful to administer justice; answering to the dies nonjuridioi of the English law. Mackeld. Rom. Law,

Has been held as synonymous with “excavating,” and not confined to theremoval of earth. Sherman v. New York, 1 N. Y. 316.

In old conveyancing. [He] has demised. See DIMISI.

A direct attack on a judgment or decree is an attempt, for sufficient cause, to have it annulled, reversed, vacated, corrected, declared void, or enjoined, in a proceeding instituted for that specific

To restore to their former condition lands which have been turnedinto forests. To remove from the operation of the forest laws. 2 Bl. Comm. 416.

The termination or suspension of an estate- tail, in consequence of the act of the tenant in tail, in conveying a larger estate in the land than he was by law entitled

Ignominy; shame; dishonor. No witness is required to disgrace himself. 13 How. State Tr. 17, 334.

A dismissal entered in accordance with the agreement of theparties, amounting to an adjudication of I he matters in dispute between them or to arenunciation by the complainant of the claims asserted

An exemption from some laws; a permission to do somethingforbidden; an allowance to omit something commanded; the canonistic name for alicense. Wharton; Baldwin r. Taylor, 160 Pa. 507, 31 Atl. 250; Viele

To divest or deprive of qualifications; to incapacitate; to render ineligibleor unfit; as, in speaking of the “disqualification” of a judge by reason of hisinterest in the case, of a juror by

In contracts. The dissolution of a contract is the cancellation or abrogation of it by the partiesthemselves, with the effect of annulling the binding force of the agreement, andrestoring each party to

An heir; a person entitled to share in the distribution of au estate.This term is admissible to denote one of the persons who are entitled, under the statuteof distributions, to the personal

1. Any act causing annoyance, disquiet, agitation, or derangementto another, or interrupting his peace, or Interfering with him in the pursuit of a lawfuland appropriate occupation. Richardson v. State, 5 Tex. App.

A fact by means of which a right is divested, terminated, orextinguished; as the right of a tenant terminates with the expiration of his lease, andthe right of a creditor is at

Lat. I give, I say, I adjudge. Three words used in the Romanlaw, to express the extent of the civil jurisdiction of the prietor. Do denoted that hegave or granted actions, exceptions,

The name of the fictitious plaintiff in the action of ejectment. 3 Steph. Comm. 018.

In Spanish law. Bad or mischievous design. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit 1, c. 1,

The home of the parents. Phillim. Doni. 25, 101. Thatwhich arises from a man’s birth and connections. 5 Yes. 750. The domicile of theparents at the time of birth, or what is

In the civil law. Strict ownership; that which was founded onstrict law, as distinguished from equity. In later law. Property without use; the right of alandlord. Tayl. Civil Law, 478. In feudal

Lat A gift. A transfer of the title to property to ODe who receives Itwithout paying for it Vicat. The act by which the owner of a thing voluntarily transfersthe title and