DOING
The formal word by which services were reserved and expressed in old conveyances; as “rendering” (reddendo) was expressive of rent. Perk. c. 10,
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The formal word by which services were reserved and expressed in old conveyances; as “rendering” (reddendo) was expressive of rent. Perk. c. 10,
A base coin of small value, prohibited by St. 3 Hen. V. c. 1. Westill retain the phrase, In the common saying, when we would undervalue a man, thathe is not worth
A part or portion of a meadow is so called; and the word has the generalsignification of share, portion, or the like; as “to dole out” anything among so manypoor persons, meaning
Slips of pasture left between the furrows of plowed land.
Sax. A wound. Spelman.
A recompense for a scar or wound. Cowell.
Lat. See DOLUS.
The unit employed in the United States in calculating money values. It iscoined both in gold and silver, and is of the value of one hundred cents.
In Spanish law. Bad or mischievous design. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit 1, c. 1,
In the civil law. Guile; de- ceitfulness; malicious fraud. A fraudulent addressor trick used to deceive some one; a fraud. Dig. 4, 3, 1. Any subtle contrivance bywords or acts with a
In a wide sense, the Roman law distinguishes between”good,” or rather “permissible” dolus and “bad” or fraudulent dolus. The former isjustifiable or allowable deceit; it is that which a man may employ
Fraud (or deceit) giving rise to the contract; that is, a fraudulent misrepresentation made by one of the parties to thecontract, and relied upon by the other, and which was actually instrumental
Incapable of criminal intention or malice; not of the age of discretion; not possessed of sufficient discretion and intelligence to distinguish between right and wrong to the extent of being criminally responsible
An abbreviation of Do- mus I’roccrum or Domo Procerum; the house oflords in England. Sometimes expressed by the letters D. P.
The complete and absolute ownership of land; a paramount and individualright of property in land. People v. Shearer, 30 Cal. 658. Also the real estate so owned. The inherent sovereign power claimed
A term sometimes applied to the aggregate of the property owned directly by a nation. Civ. Code La. I’.tOO. art. 4NO.
This term embraces all lands, the title to which is in the United States, including as well land occupied forthe purposes of federal buildings, arsenals, dock-yards, etc., as land of an agriculturalor
(Sax. From dom, judgment, and bee, boc, a book.) Dome-bookor doom-book. A name given among the Saxons to a code of laws. Several of the Saxonkings published dombocs, but the most important
(Sax.) Doom; sentence; judgment. An oath. The homager’s oath in the black book of Hereford. Blount.
(Sax.) An ancient record made in the time of William the Conqueror, and now remainingin the English exchequer, consisting of two volumes of unequal size, containing minuteand accurate surveys of the lands