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In the Roman system of notation, this letter stands for five hundred; and, when a horizontal dash or stroke is placed above It, it denotes five thousand.

Lat (Will you give? I wlll give.) In the Roman law. One of the forms of making a verbal stipulation. Inst. 3, 15, 1; Bract fob 156.

In Spanish law. The real and effective delivery of an object in the execution of a contract.

A dispute.

(India) Robbery by a band of five or more. .

A kind of gun. 1 How. State Tr. 1124, 1125.

Payments to the justices of assize on the northern circuit as a defense fund against robbers.

The raised floor at the upper end of a hall.

Every day. A newspaper published six days in each week, whether Sunday or Monday be the day omitted, is held to be a "daily newspaper." 45 Minn. 27.

one which is published four or more days per week, which is in the English language and which is circulated generally in the community of publication.

The term “daily price” means the daily closing price of the New York Cotton Exchange, or any successor as determined by the Secretary, for the closest month in which contracts for

I. fr. In old English law. Causing damage or loss, as distinguished from torcenouse, wrongful.

dampnare, 2. In old English law. To condemn; to damage; to injure.

dampner, I. fr. To condemn. Dampner a la mort: to condemn to death. Vamni injuria) actio, I. In the civil law. An action for injurious damage.

The term “dairy products” means— (A) manufactured dairy products that are used by the Secretary to establish minimum prices for Class III and Class IV milk under a Federal milk mar

or DIKER. Ten hides. Blount. DALE and SALE. Fictitious names of places, used in the English books as examples. Perk. c. 2, § 152. "The manor of Dale and the manor of Sale, lying bo

Ten hides. Blount

Fictitious names of places, used in the English books, as examples. "The manor of Dale and the manor of Sale, lying bath in Vale."

Armand. Dictionnaire general et raisonné de legislation, de doctrine, et de jurisprudence, en maticre civile, commerciale, criminelle, administra-

A certain measure of land; such narrow slips of pasture as are left between the plowed furrows in arable land. Cowell.

The term "dam"— (A) means any artificial barrier that has the ability to impound water, wastewater, or any liquid-borne material, for the purpose of storage or control of

the loss, injury, or deterioration caused by negligence, design, or accident of one person to another in respect of the latter's personal property, whereas damages signifies compen

The tenth part in the common pleas, and the twentieth part in the king's bench and exchequer courts, of all damages beyond a certain sum, which was to be paid the prothonotary or c

In maritime law. Goods, subject to duties, which have received some injury either in the voyage home, or while bonded in warehouse.

While doing damage.

Doing damage. A term applied to a person's cattle or beasts found upon another's land, doing damage JS7 treading down the grass, grain, etc. 3 Bl. Comm. 7, 211; Tomlins. This phras

As construed by this court, the second proviso embraces three classes: (1) Loss, damage, or injury due to delay; (2) damage while being loaded or unloaded; (3) damage in transit. L

In this section, the term “damage prevention process” means a process that incorporates the principles described in sections 60114(b), 60114(d), and 60114(e).

Fr. To injure, to oppress. Kelham,

money awarded as reparation for injury resulting from breach of legal duty.

DOUBLE OR

LAYING, pleading. In personal and mixed: actions, (but not in penal actions, for obvious reasons,) the declaration must allege, in conclusion, that the injury is to the damage of t

SPECIAL, torts. Special damages are such as really took place, and are not implied by law; these are either superadded to general damages arising from an act injurious in itself, a

The measure of damages is the loss actually sustained by the eviction from the land for which the title has failed, and that damage would not usually be ascertained by taking the a

The rule in such a case is, the amount of profits received by the unlawful use of the machines, as this, in general, is the damage done to the owner of the patent.

all damages resulting from the taking and detention of the goods.

The phraseology of the section was adopted to avoid the strictness of construction incident to a law imposing penalties, and to give the owner of a copyright some recompense for in

In cases of marine torts, this Court have deliberately settled, that the probable profits of a voyage are not a fit mode for the ascertainment of damages. It is considered that the

Additional damages claimed by a plaintiff not satisfied with those paid into court by the defendant.

an amount received (other than workmen's compensation) through prosecution of a legal suit or action based upon tort or tort type rights, or through a settlement agreement entered

“damage susceptibility” means the susceptibility of a passenger motor vehicle to damage in a motor vehicle accident.

the term “damaging weather” includes drought, hail, excessive moisture, freeze, tornado, hurricane, excessive wind, or any combination thereof;

In old English law. Caus- DAMNA (Lat. damnum). Damages, both inclusive and exclusive of costs. DAMNI INJURIAE ACTIO (Lat.) In civil law. An action for the damage done by one who in

While he shall conduct himself well; during good behavior. Expressive of a tenure of office not dependent upon the pleasure of the appointing power, nor for a limited period, but t

A baronet’s wife.

To cancel; to condemn.

Damages.

I. In old English law. Condemned; unlawful Damnatus coitus: an unlawful connection, v. Qui ex damnato, etc.

Condemned; illegal.

Dampner. L. Fr. To condemn. Dampner a la mart; to condemn to death. Britt. c. 5. DAMNI INJURIiE ACTIO. Lat. In the civil law. An action for mjurious damage. An action given by the

The non-payment of money at the day, is a forfeiture of a counter bond. Putting the obligee in danger of being arrested is a damnification.

To injure; to cause loss.

An action given by the civil law for the damage done by one who intentionally injured the slave or beast of another. Calvin.

An action for intentional injury to another’s beast.

A name given by Lord Kenyon to that species of property of a bankrupt which, so far from being valuable, would be a charge to the creditors; for example, a term of years, where the

In the civil law. A losing inheritance; an inheritance that was a charge, instead of a benefit. Dig. 50, 16, 119. The term has also been applied to that species of property of a ba

dampiiosus, I. I. In old English law. That which produces loss, as distinguished from injuriosus, or that which works a wrong.

Lat. [irom damnum, q. v.l That which produces loss, as distinguished from injuriosus, or that which works a wrong. Bract, fol. 231 b.

Loss; harm.

Lat. In the civil law. Damage; the loss or diminution of what is a man's own, either by fraud, carelessness or accident Ifeinecc. JSlem, Jur, Civ, lib. 8, tit. 14, § 784. Hallifax

And whatever may be the injury that casually results to an individual from the act of another while pursuing the reasonable exercise of an established right, it is his misfortune.

There can be no damage without the violation of a legal right.

Inevitable loss.

In civil law. Damages caused by a fortuitous event, or inevitable accident; damages arising from the act of God. Among these were included losses by shipwreck, lightning, or other

In Roman law. Damage not yet committed, but threatened or impending. A preventive interdict might be obtained to prevent such damage from happening; and it was treated as a quaside

In the civil law. A loss arising from a payment made by a party in consequence of an error of law. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 178.

A loss arising from a payment made by a party in consequence of an error of law.

Inthe civil law. <A loss arising from a payment mada by a party in consequence of an error of law. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 178. Damnum sine injuriaé esse potest. Lofft, 112. There may

Lofft, 112. There may be damage or Injury inflicted without any act of injustice.

Damage without violation of a legal right See 81 N. J. L. 53B, 35 L. R. A. (N. S.) 338, 80 Atl. 327.

There may be damage or injury inflicted without any act of injustice. Loflft, 112.

Lat. The old form of writing damnum. Stat. Marlbr. c. 1. Bract. fol. 98 b. So in the derivatives and compounds, dampnificare, condempnare, indempnis; and in the Fr. dampner, sdempn

Anciently the better sort of men in England had this title; so the Spanish Don.

An English customs permit for the removal of goods from the warehouse.

A tax or tribute imposed upthe Danegeld was levied and paid to the Danes as a tribute. In its later form, from 1012, it was a tax levied to pay the wages of a Danish fleet in the s

A tax or tribute imposed upon the English when the Danes got a footing in their island.

A tribute of ls. and afterwards of 2s. upon every hide of land through the realm, levied by the Anglo-Saxons, for maintaining such a number of forces as were thought sufficient to

The laws of the Danes which obtained in the eastern counties and part of the midland counties of England in the eleventh century. 1 Bl. Comm. 65.

English law where the Danes had settled; that part of England once occupied by the Danes.

Danegelt, Danigeld. [L. Lat. Danigeldum, Danegeldus; from Dane, and Sax. geld, money or tribute.] In old English law. Money for the Danes, {trihutum Danicum.) Spelman. A tax of one

An ancient duty which the tenant paid for leave to till the soil at certain seasons.

A money payment made by forest tenants, that they might have liberty to plow and sow in time of pannage, or mast feeding. Mann.

The term “dangerous drug” means a controlled substance, as defined in section 802 of title 21 . / “dangerous drug” means a narcotic drug, a controlled substance, or a controlled su

it is sufficient if he were placed by the misconduct of the defendant, in such a situation as obliged him to adopt the alternative of a dangerous leap, or to remain at certain peri

The term “dangerous sexual offense” means any offense under State law for conduct that would constitute an offense under chapter 109A of title 18 had the conduct occurred in the sp

The term “dangerous substance” means any solid, liquid, or gaseous material that has the capacity to cause damage to a vessel or its cargo, or cause interference with the safe navi

the condition of a person whose behavior or significant threats support a reasonable expectation that there is a substantial risk that he will inflict physical harm upon another pe

the condition of a person whose behavior, significant threats or inaction supports a reasonable expectation that there is a substantial risk that he will inflict physical or severe

the term “dangerous weapon” means a weapon, device, instrument, material, or substance, animate or inanimate, that is used for, or is readily capable of, causing death or serious b

These terms, 'dangers of lake navigation,' include all the ordinary perils which attend navigation on the lakes, and among others, that which arises from shallowness of the waters

Losses arising from the dangers of navigation within the meaning of the exception set up in this case are not such as are in any degree produced from the intervention of man. They

In a bill of lading this term means only the natural accidents incident to river navigation, and does not embrace such as may be avoided by the exercise of that skill, judgment, an

This phrase, in a bill of lading, when it refers to inland transportation. means such dangers as are immediately caused by roads, as the overturning of carriages in rough and preci

See "Perils of the Sea."

As this case is stated, the Mary was driven into Porto Rico, and the sale of her cargo, while there, was inevitable. The dangers of the sea placed her in a situation which put it o

The expression “dangers of the sea” means those accidents peculiar to navigation that are of an extraordinary nature, or arise from irresistible force or overwhelming power, which

The act of lending money on usury.

In Spanish law. Damage; the deterioration, injury, or destruction which a man suffers with respect to his person or his property by the fault (culpa) of another. White, New Recop.

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NIHIL DAT. One who gives and yet retains does not give effectually. Tray. Lat. Max. 129. Or, one who gives yet retains [possession] grfves nothing.