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DOUBLE ADULTERY

Adultery committed by two persons each of whom is married to anotheras distinguished from “single” adultery, where one of the participants isunmarried. Hunter v. IJ. S

DOUBLE BOND

In Scotch law. A bond with a penalty, as distinguished from a single bond. 2 Ivames, Eq. 359.

DOUBLE COMPLAINT, OR DOUBLE QUARREL

In ecclesiastical law. A grievance made known by a clerk or other person, tothe archbishop of the province, against the ordinary, for delaying or refusing to dojustice in some cause ecclesiastical, as

DOUBLE EAGLE

A gold coin of the United States of the value of twenty dollars.

DOUBLE ENTRY

A system of mercantile book-keeping, in which the entries in the day-book, etc., are posted twice into the ledger. First, to a personal account, that is, to the account of the person

DOUBLE FINE

In old English law. A fine sur done grant et render was called a “double fine,” because it comprehended the finesur cognizance de droit come ceo, etc., and the fine sur concessit.

DOUBLE RENT

In English law. Rent payable by a tenant who continues in possession after the time for which he has given notice to quit, untilthe time of his quitting possession. St. 11 Geo.

DOUBLE TAXATION

The taxing of the same item or piece of property twice to the same person, or taxing it as theproperty of one person and again as the property of another; but this

DOUBLE USE

In patent law. An application of a principle or process, previously known and applied, to some new use, but which does not lead to a new result or the production of a

DOUBLE VALUE

In English law. This is a penalty on a tenant holding over after his landlord’s notice to quit. By 4 Geo. II. c. 28. $1. it is enacted that if any tenant

DOUBLE VOUCHER

This was when a common recovery was had, and an estate of freehold was first conveyed to anyindifferent person against whom the prcccipe was brought, and then he vouched thetenant in tail,

DOUBLE WASTE

When a tenant bound to repair suffers a house to be wasted, and then unlawfully fells timber to repair it, he issaid-to commit double waste. Co. Litt. 53.

DOUBLE WILL

A will in which two persons join, each leaving his property and estate to the other, so that the survivor takes thewhole. Evans v. Smith, 28 Ga. 98, 73 Am. Dec. 751.

DOUBT

Uncertainty of mind; the absence of a settled opinion or conviction; theattitude of mind towards the acceptance of or belief in a proposition, theory, orstatement, in which the judgment is not at

DOUBTFUL TITLE

One as to the validity of which there exists some doubt, either asto matter of fact or of law; one which invites or exposes the party holding it tolitigation. Distinguished from a

DOUN

L. Fr. A gift. Otherwise written “don” and “done.” The thirty-fourth chapter of Britton is entitled “De Douns.”

DOVE

Doves are animals ferce natures, and not the subject of larceny unless theyare in the owner’s custody; as, for example, in a dove-house, or when in the nestbefore they can fly. Com.

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