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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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, […]

Definition of Deodand Formerly if a personal chattel was the immediate and accidental cause of the death of any reasonable creature it was forfeited to the Crown under the name of a deodand (Deo, to God, and dandam, to be given). Abolished by the statute 9 &; 10 Viet. c. 62 Browse You might be…

Definition of Departure In pleading, departure is where the, second plea contains matter not following the former plea, or a variation from it ; ivhich is forbidden Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Departure in the Dictionaries, Departure in our […]

Definition of Deponent A person who makes an affidavit or deposition Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Deponent in the Dictionaries, Deponent in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse […]

Definition of Deportatio In Insulam Confinement for life within specified bounds. The person so punished was regarded as civilly dead : a peregrinus, no longer a civis. He might be recalled and pardoned by the emperor. (Roman law.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]