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DELEGATES

the high conrt of. In English law. Formerly the court of appeal from theecclesiastical and admiralty courts. Abolished upon the judicial committee of the privycouncil being constituted the court of appeal in

DELEGATION

A sending away; a putting into commission; the assignment of a debtto another: the intrusting another with a general power to act for the good of thosewho depute him. At common law.

DELESTAGE

In French marine law. A discharging of ballast (Inst) from a vessel.

DELETE

In Scotch law. To erase; to strike out.

DELF

A quarry or mine. 31 Eliz. c. 7.

DELIBERATE

To weigh, ponder, discuss. To examiue, to consult, in order to form an opinion.

DELIBERATION

The act or process of deliberating. The act of weighing and examiningthe reasons for and against a contemplated act or course of conduct or achoice of acts or means. See DELIBERATE.

DELICT

In the Roman and civil law. A wrong or Injury: an offense; a violation of public or private duty. It will be observed that this word, taken in its most general sense,

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

DELIMIT

To mark or lay out the limits or boundary line of a territory or country.

DELIMITATION

The act of lixilig, marking off, or describing the limits or boundary line of a territory or country.

DELINQUENT

n. In the civil law. He who has beeu guilty of some crime, offense, or failure of duty.

DELIRIUM

In medical jurisprudence. Delirium is that state of the mind in which it acts without being directed by the power of volition, which is wholly or partially suspended.This happens most perfectly in

DELIRIUM FEBRILE

In medical jurisprudence. A form of mental aberration incident to fevers, and sometimes to the last stages of chronic diseases.

DELIRIUM TREMENS

A disorder of the nervous system, involving the brain and setting up an attack of temporary delusional insanity, sometimes attended with violent excitement or mania, caused by excessive and long continued indulgence

DELITO

In Spanish law. Crime; a crime, offense, or delict. White, New. Recop. b. 2, tit. 19, c. 1, j 4.

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