Category: D

French. Half; the half. Used chiefly in composition. As to demi “Mark,” “Official,” “Vill,” see those titles.

A pleading, petition, or the like, is said to be demurrable when it does not state such facts as support the claim, prayer, or defense put forward. 5 Ch. Div. 979.

An English statute, for the amendment of the law of evidence,(0 & 7 Vict. c. 85,) which provides that no person offered as a witness shallthereafter be excluded by reason of incapacity,

In practice. Pending or undetermined; in progress. See 5 Coke, 47.

The place where a deposit (q. v.) is placed and kept. United States depositories. Banks selected and designated to receive deposits of the public funds of the United States are so called.

In a will, this is a sentence or secret character inserted bythe testator, of which he reserves the knowledge to himself, with a condition that nowill he may make thereafter should be

In Spanish law. Persons deprived of memory. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit 2, c. 1,

The purpose to which It Is intended an article or a fund shall beapplied. A testator gives a destination to a legacy when he prescribes the specific use to which it shall

A writ formerly available to a wife after a divorce, for the recovery of the goods given with her In marriage. Mozley & Whitley.

An instrument of torture, formerly used to extort confessions,etc. It was made of several Irons, which were fastened to the neck and legs,and wrenched together so as to break the back. Cowell.

That branch of logic which teaches the rules and modes of reasoning.

Lat. A day; days. Days for appearance in court. Provisions or maintenance fora day. The king’s rents were anciently reserved by so many days’ provisions. Spelman;Cowell; Blount.

An abbreviation of Dies non juridicus, (q. v.)

In canon law. A person holding an ecclesiastical benefice or dignity,which gave him some pre-eminence above mere priests aud canons. To this class exclusivelybelonged all bishops, deans, archdeacons, etc.; but it now

In the civil law. Letters dimissory or dismissory. commonlycalled “apostles,” (qua; viilgo apovtoli dicuntur.) Dig. 50, 10, 100. See ArosTOLi, APOSTI.ES.

A direct interest, such as would render the interested party incompetent to testify in regard to the matter, is an interest which is certain, and not contingent or doubtful. A matter which

Difference of opinion or want of uniformity or concurrence ofviews; as, a disagreement among the members of a jury, among the judges of a court,or between arbitrators. Darnell v. Lyon, S5 Tex.

Occasional; intermittent ; characterized by separate repeated acts; as, discontinuous easements and servitudes. See EASEMENT.

A counterfeit habit; a dress intended to conceal the person who wears it. Webster.Anything worn upon the person with the intention of so altering the wearer’sappearance that he shall not be recognized

Dismissal of a liill iu equity >vith- out prejudice to the rightof the complainant to sue again on the same cause of action. The effect of the words”without prejudice” is to prevent