Tag: DE

  • Devise, Executory

    Definition of Devise, Executory A devise limited to take effect in the future, on the fulfilment of a condition, e.g., on attaining twenty-one years of age, or on marriage Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Devise, Executory in the Dictionaries, […]

  • Detinue

    Definition of Detinue The action which was the remedy where a person claimed the specific return of goods wrongfully detained from him or their value. See Clayton v. Lc Roy Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Detinue in the Dictionaries, Detinue in […]

  • Deus Solus Haeredem Facere Potest Non Homo

    Definition of Deus Solus Haeredem Facere Potest Non Homo God alone, and not man, can make an heir Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Deus Solus Haeredem Facere Potest Non Homo in the Dictionaries, Deus Solus Haeredem Facere Potest Non Homo in our […]

  • Devastavit

    Definition of Devastavit He has wasted [the assets]. Any violation or neglect of duty by a personal representative which makes him personally responsible to persons having claims on the assets, e.g., creditors and legatees. The personal representative of a deceased defaulter is liable to the […]

  • Deviation

    Definition of Deviation The intentional departure from the due course of a voyage, which discharges the underwriters of a voyage policy of marine insurance, on the ground of the alteration of the nature of the risk. The carrier is not liable for damage resulting from deviation to save life or […]

  • Devise

    Definition of Devise Properly a gift of land or other realty by will, either specific or residuary. The recipient is termed the devisee Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Devise in the Dictionaries, Devise in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, […]

  • Dereliction

    Definition of Dereliction The act of abandoning a chattel or moveable ; the exposure of dry land by the shrinkage of the sea Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Dereliction in the Dictionaries, Dereliction in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, […]

  • Dering V. Earl Of Winchelsea

    Definition of Dering V. Earl Of Winchelsea ((1787), 1 Cox, 318). Two different bonds had been given to the Crown for the due performance by one Thomas Dering of a certain office, and he becoming in arrear to the Crown, one of the bonds was put in suit, and judgment recovered on it. This suit…

  • Derogate

    Definition of Derogate To destroy, prejudice or evade a right or obligation. No one can derogate from his own grant. Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Derogate in the Dictionaries, Derogate in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics […]

  • Derry V. Handley

    Definition of Derry V. Handley ((1867), 16 L. T. R. 263). Held, that if A slanders B to C and C repeats it, A is responsible for damage resulting naturally from the repetition, if to his knowledge B was under a duty, legal or moral, to repeat the slander Browse You might be interested in…