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Dismes

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850), Bouvier (1839)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Tenths; tithes, (q. v.) The original form of "dime," the name of the American coin.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I. fr. The tenths of all spiritual tenths; tithes, v. Decimce; Tenths.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Tenths; tithes, (¢. v.) The original form of “dime,” the name of tho American coin.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

SAxass,fr. Tithes.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Fr. [L. Lat. decimoB.I 'nthes. See Tithes, Tenths; the tenths of all spiritual livings granted to the crown. CowelL Blount. See Decimoe, Tenths.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

Another name for tithes. Dime, (q. v.) a piece of federal money is sometimes written disme.