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DEMAND IN RECONVENTION
In Louisiana, this term is used to signify the
demand which the defendant institutes in consequence of that which the
plaintiff has brought against him. Code... more
DEFANDANT
practice. The plaintiff or party who brings a real
action, is
called the demandant. Co. Litt. 127, 1 Com. Dig. 85.
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DEMENCY
dementia, med. jur. A defect, hebetude, or imbecility of the
under standing, general or partial, but confined to individual faculties of
the mind, particularly those concerned in... more
DEMESNE
Eng. law. The name given to that portion of the Iands of
a manor
which the lord retained in his own hands for the use of himself... more
DEMESNE AS OF FEE
A man is said to be seised in his demesne as of
fee of
a corporeal inheritance, because he has a property dominicum or demesne in
the... more
DEMIDIETAS
This word is used in ancient records for a moiety, or one
half. DEMIES. In some universities and colleges this term is synonymous
with scholars. Boyle... more
DEMISE
contracts. In its most extended signification, it is a
conveyance
either in fee, for life, or for years. In its more technical meaning, it is
a lease or... more
DEMISE
persons. A term nearly synonymous with death. It is usually
applied in England to the death of the king or queen.
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DEMOCRACY
government. That form of government in which the sovereign
power is exercised by the people in a body, as was the practice in some of
the states... more
DEMONSTRATION
Whatever is said or written to designate a thing or
person. For example, a gift of so much money, with a fund particularly
referred to for... more
DEMURRAGE
mar. law. The freighter of a ship is bound not to detain it,
beyond the stipulated or usual time, to load, or to deliver the cargo,... more
DEMURRER
(From the Latin demorari, or old French demorrer, to wait or
stay.) In pleading, imports, according to its etymology, that the objecting
party will not proceed... more
DEMURRER BOOK
Eng. law. When an issue in law is formed, a transcript is
made upon paper of all the pleadings that have been filed or delivered
between... more
DEMY SANKE or SANGUE
This is a barbarous corruption of, demi
sang, half-
blood. (q. v.)
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DENARII
An ancient general term for any sort of pecunia numerata, or
ready money. The French use the word denier in the same sense: payer de... more
DENARIUS DEI
A term used in some countries to signify a certain sum of
money which is given by one of the contracting parties to the other,... more
DENIAL
pleading. To traverse the statement of the opposite party a
defence. See Defence, Traverse.
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DENIER A DIEU
French law. It is a sum of money which the hirer of a
thing gives to the other party as evidence, or for the consideration of... more
DENIZATION
Eng. law.. The act by which a foreigner becomes a
subject of
England, but he has not the rights either of a natural born subject, nor of
one... more
DENIZEN
English law. An alien born, who has obtained, ex donatione
legis, letters patent to make him au English subject.
2. He is intermediate between a... more
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