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DOOR

The place of usual entrance in a house, or into a room in the house. State v. McBeth, 49 Kan. 584, 31 Pac. 145.

DORMANT

Literally, sleeping; hence inactive; in abeyance; unknown ; concealed.

DORMANT EXECUTION

One which a creditor delivers to the sheriff with directions to levy only, and not to sell, until further orders, or until a junior execution is received.

DORMANT JUDGMENT

One which has not been satisfied, nor extinguished by lapse of time, but which has remained so long unexecutedthat execution cannot now be issued upon it without first reviving the judgmentor one

DORSUM

Lat. The back. In dorso recordi, on the back of the record. 5 Coke, 446.

DOS

In Roman law. Dowry; a wife’s marriage portion; all that property which onmarriage is transferred by the wife herself or by another to the husband with a view ofdiminishing the burden which

DOS RATIONABILIS

A reasonable marriage portion. A reasonable part of her husband’s estate, to which every widow is entitled, of lauds of which her husband may haveendowed her on the day of marriage. Co.

DOT

(A French word, adopted in Louisiana.) The fortune, portion, or dowry which a woman brings to her husband by the marriage.

DOTAGE

Dotage is that feebleness of the mental faculties which proceeds from oldage. It is a diminution or decay of that intellectual power which was once possessed. Itis the slow approach of death;

DOTAL

Relating to the dos or portion of a woman ; constituting her portion ; comprised In her portion.

DOTAL PROPERTY

In the civil law, in Louisiana. by this term is understood that properlywhich the wife brings to the husband to assist him in bearing the expenses of themarriage establishment. Extradotal property, otherwise

DOTATION

The act of giving a dowry or portion ; endowment in general, includingthe endowment of a hospital or other charitable institution.

DOTE

n. In Spanish law. The marriage portion of a wife. White, New Recop. b. 1,tit. 6, c. 1. The property which the wife gives to the husband on account of marriage, orfor

DOTE ASSIGN AND A

A writ which lay for a widow, when it was judicially ascertainedthat a tenant to the king was seised of tenements in fee or fee-tail at the dayof his death, and that

DOTE UNDE NIHIL HABET

A writ which lies for a widow to whom no dower hasbeen assigned. 3 Bl. Comm. 182. By 23 & 24 Vict. c. 120, an ordinary actioncommenced by writ of summons lias

DOUBLE

Twofold; acting in two capacities or having two aspects; multiplied by two.This term has ordinarily the same meaning in law as in popular speech. The principal compound terms into which it enters

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