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DISAFFOREST

To restore to their former condition lands which have been turnedinto forests. To remove from the operation of the forest laws. 2 Bl. Comm. 416.

DISAGREEMENT

Difference of opinion or want of uniformity or concurrence ofviews; as, a disagreement among the members of a jury, among the judges of a court,or between arbitrators. Darnell v. Lyon, S5 Tex.

DISAPPROPRIATION

In ecclesiastical law. This is where the appropriation of abenefice is severed, either by the patron presenting a clerk or by the corporation whichhas the appropriation being dissolved. 1 Bl. Comm. 385.

DISAVOW

To repudiate the unauthorized acts of an agent; to deny the authority bywhich he assumed to act.

DISBAR

In England, to deprive a barrister permanently of the privileges of hisposition; it is analogous to striking an attorney off the rolls. In America, the word describesthe act of a court in

DISBOCATIO

In old English law. A conversion of wood grounds into arable or pasture; an assarting. Cowell. See ASSART.

DISBURSEMENTS

Money expended by an executor, guardian, trustee, etc., for thebenefit of the estate in his hands, or in connection with its administration.The term is also used under the codes of civil procedure,

DISCARCARE

In old English law. To discharge, to unload; as a vessel. Carcareet disearcare; to charge and discharge; to load and unload. Cowell.

DISCARGARE

In old European law. To discharge or unload, as a wagon. Spelman.

DISCEPTIO CAUS

In Roman law. The argument of a cause by the counsel on both sides. Calvin.

DISCHARGE

The opposite of charge; hence to release ; liberate; annul; unburden; disincumber.In the law of contracts. To cancel or unloose the obligation of a contract; to makean agreement or contract null and

DISCLAIMER

The repudiation or renunciation of a right or claim vested in a personor which he had formerly alleged to be his. The refusal, waiver, or denial of an estate orright offered to

DISCLAMATION

In Scotch law. Disavowal of tenure; denial that one holds lands of another. Bell.

DISCOMMON

To deprive commonable lands of their commonable quality, by inclosing and appropriating or improving them.

DISCONTINUANCE

In practice. Thetermination of an action, in consequence of the plaintiff’s omitting to continue the processor proceedings by proper entries on the record. 3 Bl. Comm. 296; 1 Tidd, Pr. 678;2 Arch.

DISCONTINUANCE OF AN ESTATE

The termination or suspension of an estate- tail, in consequence of the act of the tenant in tail, in conveying a larger estate in the land than he was by law entitled

DISCONTINUOUS

Occasional; intermittent ; characterized by separate repeated acts; as, discontinuous easements and servitudes. See EASEMENT.

DISCOUNT

In a general sense, an allowance or deduction made from a gross sumon any account whatever. In a more limited and technical sense, the taking of Interestinadvance.By the language of the commercial

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