A presumption of law, which may be rebutted or disproved. See PRESUMPTIONS.

To divest or deprive of qualifications; to incapacitate; to render ineligibleor unfit; as, in speaking of the “disqualification” of a judge by reason of hisinterest in the case, of a juror by

In maritime law. To deprive a seaman or petty officer of his “rating” or rank; to reduce to a lower rate or rank.

To justify; to clear one’s self of a fault; to traverse an indictment; to disprove. Enc. Lond.

In old Scotch law. Disseisin ; dispossession. Skene.

The anatomical examination of a dead body by cutting into pieces orexscinding one or more parts or organs. Wehle v. Accident Ass’n. 11 Misc. Rep. 36, 31N. Y. Supp. 865; Sudduth v.

To dispossess; to deprive.

One who is wrongfully put out of possession of his lands; one who is disseised.

Dispossession; a deprivation of possession; a privation of seisin; ausurpation of the right of seisin and possession, and an exercise of such powers andprivileges of ownership as to keep out or displace

A female disseisor; a disseisoress. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 12,

One who puts another out of the possession of his lands wrongfully

A woman who unlawfully puts another out of his land.

Lat In the civil law. The mutual agreement of the parties to a simplecontract obligation that it shall be dissolved or annulled; technically, an undoing of theconsensus which created the obligation. Mackeld.

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.