EXTRAORDINARY DILIGENCE
That extreme measure of care and caution which persons of unusual prudence andcircumspection use for securing and preserving their own property or rights. Civ. CodeGa. 1805.
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That extreme measure of care and caution which persons of unusual prudence andcircumspection use for securing and preserving their own property or rights. Civ. CodeGa. 1805.
Such a measure of care, prudence, and assiduity as persons of unusual prudence and discretion exercise in regard to anyand all of their own affairs, or such as persons of ordinary prudence
The same as great diligence
The same as slight diligence.
That degree of diligence which a person placed in a particularsituation must exercise in order to entitle him to the protection of the law in respect torights or claims growing out of
is that degree of care which men of common prudence generally exercise in their affairs, in the country and the age in which they live. Erie Bank v. Smith. 3 Brewst. (Pa.)
A fair, proper, and due degree of care and activity, measured with reference to the particular circumstances; such diligence, care, or attention as might be expected from a man of ordinary prudence
The measure of diligence and skill exercised by a good business manin his particular specialty, which must be commensurate with the duty to be performedand the individual circumstances of the case; not
(Fr. De lege efectus, Lat.) Outlawed.
In old English law. Pottage formerly made for the king’s table on thecoronation day. There was a tenure in serjeantry, by which lands were held of the kingby the service of finding
Half; a half; the half.
The moiety or half of a thing
In the civil law. Diminution; a taking away; loss or deprivation.Diminutio capitis, loss of status or condition. See CAPITIS DIMINUTIO.
Incompleteness. A word signifying that the record sent up from anInferior to a superior court for review is incomplete, or not fully certified. In such casethe party may suggest a “diminution of
In old conveyancing. [He] has demised. See DIMISI.
In the civil law. Letters dimissory or dismissory. commonlycalled “apostles,” (qua; viilgo apovtoli dicuntur.) Dig. 50, 10, 100. See ArosTOLi, APOSTI.ES.
Where a candidate for holy orders has a title of ordination inone diocese in England, and is to be ordained in another, the bishop of the formerdiocese gives letters dimissory to the
A government of two persons.
In Spanish law. Money. Dincro contado, money counted. White, NewRecop. b. 2. tit. 13, c. 1,
Belonging to a diocese; a bishop, as he stands related to his own clergy or flock.