Category: D

Dispossession; a deprivation of possession; a privation of seisin; ausurpation of the right of seisin and possession, and an exercise of such powers andprivileges of ownership as to keep out or displace

The sale at retail of the property of an insolvent estate, under themanagement of a curator appointed in the interest of the creditors, and for the purposeof realizing as much as possible

The prosecuting officer of the United States government in each ofthe federal judicial districts. Also, under the state governments, the prosecuting officerwho represents the state in each of its judicial districts. In

In Scotch law. A technical term iu civil law, signifying the matter of chargeor ground of indictment against a person accused of crime. Talcing up dittay isobtaining informations and presentments of crime

One which is in its nature and purposes susceptible of division andapportionment, having two or more parts in respect to matters and things contemplatedand embraced by it, not necessarily dependent on each

An officer invested with powers within the docks, and a certaindistance therefrom, to direct the mooring and removing of ships, so as to preventobstruction to the dock entrances. Mozley & Whitley.

In the civil law. A word occasionally used as descriptive of an ordinance of the senate. See Nov. 2, 1, 1; Dig. 27, 1, 6.

(Sax. From dom, judgment, and bee, boc, a book.) Dome-bookor doom-book. A name given among the Saxons to a code of laws. Several of the Saxonkings published dombocs, but the most important

In old English law. Lordship

Lat. The master of the suit; i., the person who was really and directly interested in the suit as a party, as distinguished from his attorney or advocate.But the term is also

The person on whom the king bestows his right to any forfeiture that has fallen to the crown.

(A French word, adopted in Louisiana.) The fortune, portion, or dowry which a woman brings to her husband by the marriage.

A system of mercantile book-keeping, in which the entries in the day-book, etc., are posted twice into the ledger. First, to a personal account, that is, to the account of the person

A widow who is endowed, or who has a jointure in lieu of dower. InEngland, this is a title or addition given to the widows of princes, dukes, earls, audother noblemen, to

The standard, ensign, or military colors borne in war by the ancientkings of England, having the figure of a dragon painted thereon.

The tenure by which the drenches, or drenges, held their lands.

In French feudal law. Right of ward. The guardianship of the estate and person of a noblevassal, to which the king, during his minority, was entitled. Steph. Leet. 250.

A letter addressed for delivery in the same city or district in which It is posted.

Witchcraft; magic. Anc. Inst. Eng.

This phrase is synonymous with “due process of law.” or “the law of the land.” and the general definition thereof is “lawin its regular course of administration through courts of justice;” and.