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DISSEISEE

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

DISSEISIN

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

DISSEISITRIX

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

DISSEISOR

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

DISSENSUS

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.

DISSENT

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

DISSENTING OPINION

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

DISSENTERS

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.

DISSIGNARE

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

DISSOLUTION

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

DISSUADE

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.

DISTILLED LIQUOR OR DISTILLED SPIRITS

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.

DISTILLERY

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

DISTINGUISH

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

DISTRACTED PERSON

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

DISTRACTIO

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.

DISTRACTIO BONORNM

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

DISTRACTIO PIGNORIS

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.

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