DONATIO PROPTER NUPTIAS
A gift on account of marriage. In Romanlaw, the bridegroom’s gift to the bride in antipication of marriage and to secure her doswas called “donatio ante nuptias;” but by an ordinance of
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A gift on account of marriage. In Romanlaw, the bridegroom’s gift to the bride in antipication of marriage and to secure her doswas called “donatio ante nuptias;” but by an ordinance of
Lat. The back. In dorso recordi, on the back of the record. 5 Coke, 446.
In Scotch law. A bond with a penalty, as distinguished from a single bond. 2 Ivames, Eq. 359.
L. Fr. A gift. Otherwise written “don” and “done.” The thirty-fourth chapter of Britton is entitled “De Douns.”
L. Fr. Twelve; a person twelve years of age. St. 18 Edw. II.; Barring. Ob. St. 20S.
Thieves; robbers. Cowell.
A rule by which all the property of a deceased foreigner, whether movable or immovable, wasconfiscated to the use of the state, to the exclusion of his heirs, whether claiming abtntcs- tato
What belongs of right; relating to right; as real actions are eitherdroitural or possessory,
Rent- seek ; a rent reserved without a clause of distress.
In French law. Guaranty ; equivalent to del credere, (which see.)
In English law. A writ which lay for a man who had aliened lands under duress by imprisonment, to restore tohim his proper estates. 2 Inst. 482. Abolished by St. 3 &
A dozen hands, i. e., twelve witnesses to purge a criminal of an offense.Duorum in solidum dominium vel pos- ?essio esse non potest. Ownership or possessionin entirety cannot be in two persons
In India. A court, audience, or levee. Mozley & Whitley.
The house In which a man lives with his family; a residence ;the apartment or building, or group of buildings, occupied by a family as a place of residence.In conveyancing. Includes all
To prevent, frustrate, or circumvent; as in the phrase “hinder, delay, or defeat creditors.” Coleman v. Walker, 3 Mete. (Ivy.) 05. 77 Am. Dec. 103; Walker v.Sayers, 5 Rush (Ivy.) 581.To overcome
The act of lending money on usury.
To debauch, deflower, or corrupt the chastity of a woman. The term doesnot necessarily imply force or ravishment, nor does it connote previous immaculateness.State v. Montgomery, 79 Iowa, 737. 45 N. W.
Deceased; a deceased person. A common term in Scotch law.
In old English law. The reward of an informer. Whishaw.
To mark or lay out the limits or boundary line of a territory or country.