Category: D

An accuser; an informer; a sycophant.

Lat. A delict, tort, wrong, injury, or offense. Actions ex dclicto are suchas are founded on a tort, as distinguished from actions on contract.Culpability, blameworthiness, or legal delinquency. The word occurs iu

In Spanish law. The petition of a plaintiff, setting forth his demand. Las Partidas, pt. 3, tit. 10, 1. 3.

In some universities and colleges this term is synonymous with “scholars.”

In pleading. The formal mode of disputing the sufficiency in law of the pleading of the other side. In effect it is an allegation that, even if the facts as stated in

An act or thing is “denounced” when the law declares it a crime andprescribes a punishment for it. State v. De Hart, 109 La. 570, 33 South. 605. The wordis also used

In practice. One who deposes (that is, testifies or makes oath In Writing) to the truth of certain facts; one who gives under oath testimony which is reduced to writing; one who

To defame; vilify; exhibit contempt for. In England it Is a criminal offenseto “deprave” the Lord’s supper or the Book of Common Prayer. Steph. Crim. Dig. 99.

Descent; in the descent See FOBMEDON.

Hopeless; worthless. This term is used In Inventories and schedules ofassets, particularly by executors, etc., to describe debts or claims which are consideredimpossible or hopeless of collection. See Schultz v. Pulver, 11

A term used in old English law, generally in connection with waste,and having, according to some, the same meaning. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 385; 3 Bl.Comm. 223. Britton, however, makes a distinction

The removal of property from one state to another upon a transfer of the title to it by will or inheritance. Frederickson v. Louisiana, 23 How. 445, 16 L. Ed. 577.

A testamentary disposition of land or realty; a gift of real property by the last will and testament of the donor. Scholle v. Scholle, 113 N. Y. 201, 21 N. E. 84;Ferebee

Daily food, or as much as will suffice for the day. Du Cange

A day given to the parties to an action; an adjournment or continuance. Crabb, Eng. Law. 217.

A general legislative assembly is sometimes so called on the continent of Europe.In Scotch practice. The sitting of a court An appearance day. A day fixed for the trialof a criminal cause.

Tending or intended to cause delay or to gain time or to put off a decision.

Belonging to a diocese; a bishop, as he stands related to his own clergy or flock.

An officer having the control, management, andsuperintendence of the United States mint and its branches. He is appointed by thepresident, by and with the advice and consent of the senate.

In England, to deprive a barrister permanently of the privileges of hisposition; it is analogous to striking an attorney off the rolls. In America, the word describesthe act of a court in