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Category: D

DOMINANT ESTATE

This land that has control over and restricts the construction of buildings within a set distance from the boundaries.

DIRECT EVIDENCE

This phrase is the proof and testimony that directly go to an issue at hand.

DIRECT INJURY

This comes from the immediate result of the violation of a right legally.

DEFICIENCY ASSESSMENT

the term given when a person needs to pay extra tax on his income as the result of an audit.

DAY FIXED FOR TRIAL

the term that is given for the day that a summons to be appear in court must be answered.

DECISION ON THE MERITS

the term that is given to the final court’s decision and will render it impossible for another suit to be brought about by the same person on the same matter.

DUPLICITOUS

This used to describe a plea combining 2 or more grounds of action to gain a single decision.

DAMAGES ACTUAL

This the money that is awarded to the complainant that is equal to the actual injury or loss. See damages, compensatory.

DEFAULT DAY

the last day when a defendant can be in court in order to defend himself.

DEBTOR IN POSSESSION

the term given to people or a company that occupies its premises and to conduct business during proceedings of bankruptcy.

DECISION ON APPEAL

what the decision of an appellate court is called. It may uphold or modify or reverse the decision of the lower court.

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