Deficit

This latin term si nifies that something is wanting. i is used to express the deficiency which is discovered in the accounts of an accountant, or in the money which he has received. DEFINITION is an enumeration of the principal ideas of which a compound idea is formed, to ascertain and explain its nature and character; or it is that which denotes and points out the substance of a thing tous.

Ayliff’s Pand. 59.

A definition ought to contain every idea which belongs to the thing defined and exclude all others. Definitions are always dangerous, because it is always difficult to prevent their being inaccurate, or their becoming 80; omnis definitio in jure civili periculosa est, parum est enim, ut non subverts possit.