The act, or condi-tion, of one who marries a wlfe after the death of a former wife
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Any loss or harm suffer-ed in person or property; e. g., the cousldera-tlon for a contract may conslst not only in a payment or other thing of value given, but also in loss or “detriment” suffered by the’ party. Civ. Code Mont. 1895, g 4271; Civ. Code S. D. 1903, | 2287; Rev. St. okl. 1903
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pi. DEUNGES. Lat. In the Roman law. A division of the as, containing eleven uneiae or duodecimal parts; the proportion of eleven-twelfths. 2 Bl. Oomm. 462, note. See As
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To be torn in pieces by horses. Fleta, 1. 1, c. 37
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The removal of prop-erty from one state to another upon a transfer of the tltle to It by will or inheritance. Frederickson v. Louisiana, 23 How. 445, 16 L Ed. 577
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In practice. A form of ac-tion which lies for the recovery, in specie, of personal chattels from one who acquired possession of them lawfully, but retains it without right, together with damages for the detention. 3 Bl. Comm. 152. Slnnott v. Fel-ock, 165 N. T. 444, 59 N. E. 265. 53 L. R. A. 565, 80 Am. St. Rep. 736; Penny v. Davis
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In pleading. An action of replevin is said to be in the detinuit when the plaintiff acquires possession of the property claimed by means of the writ. The right to retain is, of course, subject in such case to the judgment of the court upon his title to the property claimed. Bull. N. P. 52L
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Lat. In the civil law. A summoning made, or notice given, in the presence of witnesses, (denuntiatto facta cum, testatione.) Dig. 50, 16, 40
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Lat. He detains. In old English law. A species of action of debt, which lay for the specific recovery of goods, under a contract to deliver them. 1 Reeves, Eng. Law, 159
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The decision of a court of justice. Shirley v. Birch, 16 or. 1, 18 Pac. 344; Henavle v. Rallroad Co., 154 N. Y. 278, 48 N. E. 525. The ending or ex-piration of an estate or interest in property, or of a right, power, or authority
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To come to an end. To bring to an end. 2 Bl. Comm. 121; 1 washb. Real Prop. 380
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That which may cease or determine upon the happening of a certain contingency. 2 Bl. Comm. 121
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That which is ascertained; what is particularly designated
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In the civil law. That condition of fact under wbicb one can exercise his power over a corporeal thing at hls pleasure, to the exclusion of all othera. It forms the substance of possession in all its varieties. Mackeld. Rom. Law, | 238
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The act of keeping back or withholding,’ either accidentally or by de-sign, a person or thing. See Detainer. —Detention in a reformatory, as a punishment or measure of prevention, is where a ju-venile offender is sentenced to be sent to a reformatory school, to be there detained for a certain period of time. 1 Russ. Crimes, 82
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The act (or the juridical fact) of withholding from a person lawfully entitled the possession of land or goods; or the restraint of a man’s personal liberty against his will
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This term is used In policies of marine insurance, in the clause relating to “arrests, restraints, and detain-ments.” The last two words are construed as equivalents, each meaning the efTect of superior force operating directly on the ves
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Disuse; cessation or dis-continuance of use. Applied to obsolete statutes. James v. Cornu?-, 12 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 227
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To seize or take into custody another’s goods or person
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A term used in old English law, generally in connection with waste, and having, according to some, the same meaning. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 385 ; 3 Bl. Comm. 223. Britton, however, makes a distinction between waste of woods and de-struction of houses. Britt, c. 66
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To weary a person with continual barkings, and then to bite; spoken of dogs. Leg Alured. 26, cited in Cunningham’s Dict
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A “destitute person” is one who has no money or other property avail-; able for his maintenance’ or support Nor-rldgewock v. Solon, 49 Me. 385; woods v. Perkins, 43 La. Ann. 347, 9 South. 48
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As used in policies of Insur- ■ ance, leases, and in maritime law, this, term is often applied to an act which renders the subject useless for its intended purpose, though it does not literally demolish or an-nihilate it. In re McCabe, 11 Pa. Super. Ct. 564; Solomon v. Kingston, 24 Hun (N. Y.) 564; Insurance Co. v. Feibelman, 118 Ala. 308, 23 South. 759; Spalding v. Munford, 37 Mo. App. 281. To ‘’destroy” a vessel means to unfit it for further service, beyond .the
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In French law. when a person is declared bankrupt, he is immediately deprived of the enjoyment and administration of all hls property; this dep* rivation, which extends to all his rights, is called “dessaisissement.” Arg. Fr. Merc. • Law, 556
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