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The act, or condi-tion, of one who marries a wlfe after the death of a former wife Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd […]

or DIVADIATUS. An Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Any loss or harm suffer-ed in person or property; e. g., the cousldera-tlon for a contract may conslst not only in a […]

pi. DEUNGES. Lat. In the Roman law. A division of the as, containing eleven uneiae or duodecimal parts; the proportion of eleven-twelfths. […]

To be torn in pieces by horses. Fleta, 1. 1, c. 37 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The removal of prop-erty from one state to another upon a transfer of the tltle to It by will or inheritance. Frederickson […]

In practice. A form of ac-tion which lies for the recovery, in specie, of personal chattels from one who acquired possession of […]

In pleading. An action of replevin is said to be in the detinuit when the plaintiff acquires possession of the property claimed […]

Lat. In the civil law. A summoning made, or notice given, in the presence of witnesses, (denuntiatto facta cum, testatione.) Dig. 50, […]

Lat. He detains. In old English law. A species of action of debt, which lay for the specific recovery of goods, under […]

The decision of a court of justice. Shirley v. Birch, 16 or. 1, 18 Pac. 344; Henavle v. Rallroad Co., 154 N. […]

To come to an end. To bring to an end. 2 Bl. Comm. 121; 1 washb. Real Prop. 380 Source: Black’s Law […]

That which may cease or determine upon the happening of a certain contingency. 2 Bl. Comm. 121 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd […]

That which is ascertained; what is particularly designated Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In the civil law. That condition of fact under wbicb one can exercise his power over a corporeal thing at hls pleasure, […]

The act of keeping back or withholding,’ either accidentally or by de-sign, a person or thing. See Detainer. —Detention in a reformatory, […]

The act (or the juridical fact) of withholding from a person lawfully entitled the possession of land or goods; or the restraint […]

This term is used In policies of marine insurance, in the clause relating to “arrests, restraints, and detain-ments.” The last two words […]

Disuse; cessation or dis-continuance of use. Applied to obsolete statutes. James v. Cornu?-, 12 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 227 Source: Black’s Law […]

To seize or take into custody another’s goods or person Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A term used in old English law, generally in connection with waste, and having, according to some, the same meaning. 1 Reeve, […]

To weary a person with continual barkings, and then to bite; spoken of dogs. Leg Alured. 26, cited in Cunningham’s Dict Source: […]

A “destitute person” is one who has no money or other property avail-; able for his maintenance’ or support Nor-rldgewock v. Solon, […]

As used in policies of Insur- ■ ance, leases, and in maritime law, this, term is often applied to an act which […]

In French law. when a person is declared bankrupt, he is immediately deprived of the enjoyment and administration of all hls property; […]