Double right Bract, fol. 2836. See DBOIT-DROIT.

The technical fault, In pleading, of uniting two or more causes of actionin one count in a writ, or two or more grounds of defense in one plea, or two or morebreaches

n. (From Lat dupUcatio, q. v.) In Scotch pleading. The defendant’s answer to the plaintiff’s replication.

Lat During. A word of limitation in old conveyances. Co. Litt 234&.

During good pleasure. The ancient tenure of English judges was durante bine placito. 1 111. Comm. 207, 342.

During minority. 2 151. Comm. 003; 5 Coke, 29, 30. Words taken from the old form of letters of administration. 5 Coke, ubi supra.

During widowhood. 2 lil. Comm. 124. Durante casta viduitate, during chaste widowhood. 10 East, 020.

During virginity, (so long as she remains unmarried.)

During life.

In India. A court, audience, or levee. Mozley & Whitley.

v. To subject to duress. A word used by Lord Bacon. “If tlie party duresscd do make any motion,” etc. Bac. Max. 89, reg. 22.

The wrongful imprisonment of a person, or the illegal restraintof his liberty, in order to compel him to do some act. 1 Bl. Comm. 130. 131, 130.137; 1 Steph. Comm. 137; 2

Duress by threats. The use of threats and menaces to compel a person, by the fear of death, or grievousbodily harm, as mayhem or loss of limb, to do some lawful act,

One who subjects another to duress; one who compels another to do a thing, as by menace. Bac. Max. 90, reg. 22.

A county palatine in England, the jurisdiction of which was vested in theBishop of Durham until the statute 6 & 7 Wm. IV. c. 19, vested it as a separatefranchise and royalty

In old English law. Blows without wounding or bloodshed; dry blows. Blount.

A term used in Hindostan for a passport, permit, or order from tlieEnglish East Indian Company. It generally meant a permit under their seal exemptinggoods from the payment of duties. Euc. Lond.

In its most usual signification this word is the synonym of imposts or customs; but it is sometimes used in a broader sense, as including all manner of taxes,charges, or governmental impositions.

Taxes levied upon the removal from one state to another ofproperty acquired by succession or testamentary disposition. Frederickson v. Louisiana,23 IIow. 440, 16 L. Ed. 577; In re Strobel’s Estate. 5 App.

This term signifies not merely a duty on the act ofimportation, but a duty on the thing imported. It is not confined to a duty levied whilethe article is entering the country,