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A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
I. While. Dum ferret opus: while the work glows; in the heat of action. Dum sola: while sole, or single; — luerit: while she shall remain sole; — et casta vixerit: while she lives single and chaste. In old English laio. Dum bene se gesserit: while he conducted himself well, during good behavior, — the implied condition on which a feud or fee was originally given. Dum fuit:, while he was; — in prisona: while he was in prison, — a writ of entry which lay to restore to possession of lands aliened under duress of imprisonment; — infra setatem: while he was within age, — a writ of entry which lay for an infant after he had attained full age, or, upon his death, for his heir, to recover lands aliened during infancy; — non compos mentis: while he was of unsound mind, — a writ of entry which lay to recover lands aliened while the grantor was of unsound mind. Dum recens fuit malcficium (factum): while the offense was fresh, — a term employed in the law of appeal of- rape. Dum tamen a venditore arrarum nomine aliquid receptum fuerit: provided something have been received as earnest by the seller. Duornm in solidum dominium vel possessio esse non potest, I. There cannot be an ownership or possession by two persons of the whole of one thing at the same time.