Category: D

Lat. A word used ill grants and donations, which binds the donor andhis heirs to defend the donee, if any one go about to lay any incumbrance oil the thinggiven other than

An inclosure of land; any fenced ground. See DEFENSO.

L. Lat. To withhold lands or tenements from the rightful owner. This is a word of art which cannot be supplied by any other word. Co. Litt. 3316.

A taking of a solemn oath

That which is to be resolved once for all should be long deliberated upon.

A bond given upon the seizure of goods (as under the revenue laws) conditioned for theirrestoration to the defendant, or the payment of their value, if so adjudged.

That share of lands reserved to the crown at the original distribution of landed property, orwhich came to it afterwards by forfeiture or otherwise. 1 Bl. Comm. 2S0; 2 Steph. Comm. 550.

See LEGACY.

To make a man a denizen or citizen.

Deriving existence, support, or direction from another; conditioned, inrespect to force or obligation, upon an extraneous act or fact.

In Spanish law. Deposit; the species of bailment so called. Schtn. Civil Law, 193.

Conveyances which presuppose some other conveyanceprecedent, and only serve to enlarge, confirm, alter, restrain, restore, or transfer theinterest granted by such original conveyance. They are releases, confirmations,surrenders, assignments, and defeasances. 2 Bl.

This term, used in a will in relation to the management and distribution ofproperty, has been interpreted by the courts with different shades of meaning, varyingfrom the mere expression of a preference

L. Fr. Unreasonable. Britt. C. 121.

Lat. He detains. In old English law. A species of action of debt, which lay for the specific recovery of goods, under a contract to deliver them. 1 Reeves, Eng. Law, 159.In

In insurance. Varying from the risks insured against, as described inthe policy, without necessity or just cause, after the risk has begun. 1 Phil. Ins.

The office of a deacon.

Lat In Roman law. This name was given to a notice promulgated by amagistrate of his intention to present an impeachment against a citizen before the people,specifying the day appointed, the name

In old English law. The day of meetin of English and Scotch, which was annually held on the marches or borders to adjusttheir differences and preserve peace.

The ordinary name of the Pandects of Justinian, which are now usuallycited by the abbreviation “Dig.” instead of “Ff.,” as formerly. Sometimes called “Digest,”in the singular.