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A government ot two persons Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

SI. In old conveyancing. I have demised. Dimisi, concessi, et ad flrmam tradidi, have demised, granted, and to farm let. Tbe usual […]

In old conveyancing. [He] has demised. See Dimisi Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In the civil law. Dimi-nutlon; a taking away; loss or deprivation. Diminutio capitis, loss of status or condition. See Capitis Diminutio Source: […]

Incompleteness. A word signifying that the record sent up from an inferior to a superior court for review is in-complete, or not […]

Half; a half; the half. Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The moiety or half of a thing Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old English law. Pottage formerly made for the king’s table on the coronation day. There was a tenure in serjeantry, by […]

A silver coin of the United States^ of the value of ten cents, or one-tenth of the dollar Source: Black’s Law Dictionary […]

Prudence; vigilant activity; attentiveness; or care, of which there are Infinite shades, from the slightest momentary thought to the most vigilant ahx5> […]

(Fr. De lege ejectus, Lat.) outlawed Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A st>ecles of ecclesiastical waste which occurs whenever the Incumbent suffers any edifices of hls ecclesiastical living to go to ruin or […]

Tendlng or lntended to cause delay or to galn -time or to put off a decision Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

Judicial decision or determination Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In Spanish law. A space of time granted to a party to a suit in which to answer a demand or produce […]

RY. In canon law.- A person bolding an ecclesiastical benefice or dignity, which gave him some pre-eminence above mere priests and canons. […]

In English law. An honor; a title, station, or distinction of honor. Dlg-nities are a species of incorporeal heredita-ments, in which a […]

TS. The ordinary name of- the Pandects of Justinian, which are now usual-ly cited by the abbreviation “Dig.” instead of “Ff.,” as […]

Has been held as synonymous with “excavating,” and not confined to the removal of earth. Sherman v. New York, 1 N. Y. […]

A collection or compllation, embodying the chief, matter of numerous books in one, disposed under proper heads or titles, and usually by […]

Digests, one of the titles of the Pandects of Justinian. Inst* pram, 8 4. Bracton uses tbe singular, “Digestum.” Bract, fol. 19 […]

In old English law. To deny, or keep from one. Difforciare rectum, to deny justice to any one, after having been required […]

or DIGAMY. Second mar-riage; marriage to a second wife after the death of the first, as “bigamy,” in law, , is having […]

In an agreement for submission to arbitration, “difference” menns disagreement or dispute. Fravert v. Fesler, 11 Colo. App. 387, 53 Pac. 288; […]

For the meaning of the phrase “difficult and extraordinary cnse,” as used in New York statutes and practlce, see Standard Trust Co. […]