Contrariety of opinion; refusal to agree with something already stated oradjudged or to an act previously performed.The term is most commonly used in American law to denote the explicitdisagreement of one or

The opinion in which a judge announces his dissent from the conclusions held by the majority of the court, and expounds his own views.

Protestant seceders from the established church of England. They areof many denominations, principally Presbyterians, Independents, Methodists, and Baptists; but, as to church government, the Baptists are Independents.

In old law. To break open a seal. Whishaw. Dissimilinm dissimilis est ratio. Co.Litt. 191. Of dissimilars the rule is dissimilar. Dissimnlatione tollitnr injuria. An injury is extinguished by the forgiveness or

In contracts. The dissolution of a contract is the cancellation or abrogation of it by the partiesthemselves, with the effect of annulling the binding force of the agreement, andrestoring each party to

In criminal law. To advise and procure a person not to do an act.To dissuade a witness from giving evidence against a person indicted is an indictable offense at common law. Hawk.

A term which includes all potable alcoholic liquors obtained by the process of distillation,(such as whisky, brandy, rum. and gin) but excludes fermented and malt liquors, suchas wine and beer. U. S.

The strict meaning of “distillery” is a place orbuilding where alcoholic liquors are distilled or manufactured ; not every building wherethe process of distillation is used. Atlantic Dock Co. v. Lihbv, 45

To point out an essential difference; to prove a case cited as applicable, inapplicable.

A term used In the statutes of Illinois (Rev. Laws. 111. 1833,p. 332) and New Hampshire (Dig. X. II. Laws, 1S30, p. 339) to express a state ofinsanity. Snyder v. Snyder, 142

Lat. In the civil law. A separation or division into parts; also analienation or sale. Sometimes applied to the act of a guardian in appropriating the property of his ward.

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 sale of a thing pledged or hypothecated, by the creditoror pledgee, to obtain satisfaction of his claim on tlie debtor’s failure to pay or redeem. Idem. >) 348.

To sell; to draw apart; to dissolve a contract; to divorce. Calvin.

To take as a pledge property of another, and keep the same until heperforms his obligation or until the property is replevied by the sheriff. It was used tosecure an appearance in

He who seizes a distress.

Seizure; the act of distraining or making a distress.

The taking a personal chattel out of the possession of a wrong-doer intothe custody of the party injured, to procure a satisfaction for a wrong committed; as fornou-paymeut of rent, or injury

One that has no bounds with regard to its quantity, and may he repeatedfrom time to time, until the stubbornness of the party is conquered. Such aredistresses for fealty or suit of

A writ authorizing an officer to made a distraint; particularly, awrit authorizing the levy of a distress on the chattels of a tenant for non-payment ofrent. Bailey ville v. Lowell, 20 Me.