Deciner
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
desiner,desnier, dezyner.angiZ-norm. In of a decennary, or tithing; a hand-borow. v.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
desiner, Declaration. The at law; the written called the count. made by an alien become a citizen of an act showing, or the owner holds, such act or instrument or holder.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Desiner, Desnier. Anglo- Norm, [from Fr. dismier; L. Lat. decen* narius.'] In old English law. One of a decennary, or tithing; a handborow. Spelman. Termes de la ley. See Decennary' Friborg. DECISIVE (or DECISORY) OATH. [L. Lat. sacramentum dedsionis^ A mode of trial in the civil law, where one of the parties to the suit, not being able to prove his charge, offered to refer the decision of the cause to the oath of his adversary. Cod. 4. 1. 2. 3 BL Com. 342. Hallifax AnaL b. 3, c. 9, num. 36 — 38. See Sacramentum dedsionis.