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DRAWING

In patent law. A representation of the appearance of material objects by means of lines and marks upon paper, cardboard, or other substance. Ampt v.Cincinnati, 8 Ohio Dec. 62S.

DROIT D’ACCESSION

That property which is acquired by making a new species out of the material of another. It is equivalent to the Roman “spccificatio.”

DROITS OF ADMIRALTY

Rights or perquisites of the admiralty. A term applied to goodsfound derelict at sea. Ap- lied also to property captured in time of war y noncommissionedvessels of a belligerent nation. 1 Kent,

DRY-MNLTNRES

In Scotch law. Corn paid to the owner of a mill, whether the payers grind or not.

DUODENA

In old records. A Jury ot twelve men. Cowell.

DWELL

To have an abode; to Inhabit; to live in a place. Gardener v. Wagner, 9 Fed.Cas. 1,154; Ex parte Blumer, 27 Tex. 736; Putnam v. Johnson, 10 Mass. 502; Eatontownv. Shrewsbury, 49

DEFEASIBLE TITLE

One that is liable to be annulled or made void, but not one that isalready void or an absolute nullity. Elder v. Schumacher. 18 Colo. 433, 33 Pac. 175.

DEFENDOUR

L. Fr. A defender or defendant; the party accused in an appeal. Britt. c. 22.

DEFICIT

Something wanting, generally in the accounts of one intrusted withmoney, or in the money received by him. Mutual L. & B. Ass’n v. Price, 19 Fla. 135.

DELATOR

An accuser; an informer; a sycophant.

DELICTUM

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

DEMANDA

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

DEMIES

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

DEMURRER

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

DENOUNCE

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

DEPONENT

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

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