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In Maritime Law. A deviation from the course prescribed in the policy of insurance. It may be justifiable. See "Deviation." In Pleading, The statement of matter in a replication, r

The term "departure date" means the earlier of— (A) the date on which the term of a departing Senator or Vice President ends; or (B) the date on which the departing Senat

The civil court must first decide whether the challenged actions of the general church depart substantially from prior doctrine. In reaching such a decision, the court must of nece

This took place where the tenant, having once made his appearance in court upon demand, failed to reappear when demanded. Co. Litt. 139a. As the whole term is, in contemplation of

In old English law. To pasture. "If a man depastures unprofitable cattle in his ground." Bunb. 1, case 1.

IL In old English law. A deputy.

A robbing of the prince or commonwealth; an embezzling of the public treasure.

See Actio de peculio. DE PERAMBULATIONE FACIEN- DA, Breve, L. Lat. Writ for making perambulation. A writ which lay to ascertain the boundaries of lands, where parties were in doubt

A territory distinct from the country in which the supreme sovereign power resides, but belonging rightfully to it, and subject to the laws and regulations which the sovereign may

The term “dependency and indemnity compensation” means a monthly payment made by the Secretary to a surviving spouse, child, or parent (A) because of a service-connected death occu

meaning 'any of the following individuals over half of whose support, for the calendar year in which the taxable year of the taxpayer begins, was received from the taxpayer .

In this paragraph, the term “dependent-abuse offense” means an offense described in section 1059(c) of title 10.

Plainly the bill was dependent and ancillary and the jurisdiction to entertain it was referable to that invoked and existing in the actions at law out of which it arose.

The term “dependent care assistance” means the payment of, or provision of, those services which if paid for by the employee would be considered employment-related expenses under s

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “dependent care center” means any facility which— (i) provides care for more than six individuals (other than individuals who reside at the

a needy child (1) who has been deprived of parental support or care by reason of the death, continued absence from the home, or physical or mental incapacity of a parent, and who i

One which it is not the duty of the contractor to perform until some obligation contained in thp same agreement has been performed by the other party. Hammond, Part. 17, 29, 30, 10

See Covenant.

In contracts of this description, the undertakings of the respective parties are always considered dependent, unless a contrary intention clearly appears. A different construction

The term "dependent of a covered employee" means, with respect to a covered employee, a family member (including a child), as defined by the Director of National Intellig

Except as otherwise provided, the term “dependent of the parent” means the student who is deemed to be a dependent student when applying for aid under this subchapter, and any othe

Except as otherwise provided, the term “dependent of the student” means the student's dependent children and other persons (except the student's spouse) who live with and receive m

no controversy can be regarded as dependent or ancillary unless it has direct relation to property or assets actually or constructively drawn into the court's possession or control

One which it is not the duty of the promisor to perform until some obligation contained in the same agreement has been performed by the other party. Hamm. Partn. 17, 29, 30, 109; H

Sometimes used for "pending."

A writ to establish boundaries.

In Spanish-American law. Spaces of ground in towns reserved for commons or public pasturage. 12 Pet. (U. S.) 443, note. White, New Recop. bk. 2, tit. 1, c. 6.

Clearly; immediately.

The term "depicted individual" means an individual whose body appears in whole or in part in an intimate visual depiction and who is identifiable by virtue of the person'

any visual or auditory depiction, including any photograph, motion-picture film, video recording, electronic image, or sound recording of conduct in which a living animal is intent

ACtlo. In civil law. An action to recover a pledge stolen. Inst. 4. 1. 14.

In the civil law. An action to recover a pledge stolen. Inst. 4, 1, 14.

An action to reedver a stolen pledge. De placito. Of a plea.

Abounding, limiting: defining, definition. Omnis deflnitio in jure perieulosa est. All limitation in law is perilous; defining in law is dangerous. Attempts to define the meaning o

A writ of trespass for carrying a pipe of wine so carelessly that it was stove, and the contents Coggs V. Barnard, 2 Ld. Raym. 909. Jones, Bailm. 59, DE PLACITO (Law Lat. of a plea

* One who acts officially for another; the substitute of an officer — usually of a ministerial officer. Deputize. To appoint another to act in one's own place or office. General de

Of a plea; of or in an action. Formal words used in declarations and other proccedmgs, as descriptive of the particular action brought

Of wounds and mayhem. The name of a criminal appeal formerly in use in England in cases of wounding and maiming. Bracton, fol. 144b; 2 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 34, See "Appeal." DE P

Of wounding and mayhem.

Fr. In a summary way. Kelham. See De piano.

Lat. On the ground; on a level. A term of the Roman law descriptive of the method of bearding causes, when the prætor stood on the ground with the suitors, instead of the more form

A writ to compel a principal to reimburse his surety.

Of full age.

The term “depletion” or “depleted” means any case in which— (A) the Secretary, after consultation with the Marine Mammal Commission and the Committee of Scientific Advisors on Mari

In the case of mines, a specific kind of property, the exhaustion is described as depletion, and is limited to an amount not exceeding the market value in the mine of the product m

when the execution of an oil and gas lease is followed by production of oil, the bonus and royalties paid to the lessor both involve at least some return of his capital investment

The purpose of the depletion deduction is to permit the owner of a capital interest in mineral in place to make a tax-free recovery of that depleting capital asset.

In this section, the term "deployment" means the movement or mobilization of a servicemember to a location for a period of longer than 60 days and not longer than 540 day

The term "Deployment Locations Map" means the mapping tool required to be established under subsection (b).

2. 2. In old English law. To appoint, fix, or designate.

In Scotch practice. To depose; to make oath in writing.

A writ to remove a cause to a superior court.

A writ to place the court seal on an exception taken to a ruling.

One who gives information, on oath or affirmation, respecting some facts known to him, before a magistrate; strictly, he who makes a deposition; but sometimes used for "affiant."

In old Scotch practice. A deponent. 3 How. St. Tr. 695.

I. In old English law. To put down or away; to pull down; to remove; to depose; to state under oath. In the civil law. To put or lay down; to deposit; to entrust to another to keep

In old English law. The crime of destroying, ravaging, or laying waste a country. 2 Hale, P. C. 333; 4 Bl. Comm. 373.

In old English law. A species of waste, by which the population of the kingdom was diminished. Depopulation of houses was a public offense. 12 Coke, 30, 31. DEPORTATIO (Lat.) In th

a person who has been found to be deportable by an immigration judge, or who admits his deportability upon questioning by official agents.

Lat In the civil law. A kind of banishment, where a condemned person was sent or carried away to some foreign country, usually to an island, (in insula m deportatur,) and thus toke

the moving of someone away from the United States, after his exclusion or expulsion.

It is admitted that sovereign states have inherent power to deport aliens, and seemingly that Congress is not deprived of this power by the Constitution of the United States.

To deprive an individual of a public employment or office against his will. Wolfflus, Inst. § 1063. The term is usually applied to the deprivation of all authority of a sovereign.

the unpaid balance of money or its equivalent received by a bank in the usual course of business and for which it has given or is obligated to give credit to a commercial, checking

An account of sums lodged with a bank not to be drawn upon by checks, and usually not to be withdrawn except after a fixed notice.

One with whom anything is deposited (see "Deposit") or lodged In trust; as "depository" is the place where it is put. The obligation on the part of the depositary is that he keep t

The term “depositary bank” means— (i) the first bank to which a check is transferred, even if such bank is also the paying bank or the payee; or (ii) a bank to which a check is tra

In Scotch law. Deposit or depositum, the species of bailment so called. Bell.

The term “deposit broker” means— (A) any person engaged in the business of placing deposits, or facilitating the placement of deposits, of third parties with insured depository ins

A company whose business is the safe-keeping of securities or other valuables deposited in boxes or safes in its building which are leased to the depositors.

The term “deposit insurance” refers to the expenses of the Federal deposit insurance agencies, and other Federal agencies supervising insured depository institutions, resulting fro

The term “Deposit Insurance Fund” means the Deposit Insurance Fund established under section 1821(a)(4) of this title .

I. In old English law. A deposition; the written testimony of a witness. In the civil law. The testimony of a witness.

The testimony of a witness reduced to writing, in due form of law, by virtue of a commission or other authority of a competent tribunal, or according to the provisions of some stat

we direct, on our own authority, a rule to be entered for taking the depositions of infirm witnesses de bene esse; to be read in evidence upon the trial, in case of death, or inabi

In Spanish law. A real contract by which one person confides to the custody of another an object on the condition that it shall be returned to him whenever he shall require it.

A method of pledging real property as security

A pledge of land as security by giving the muniments

He who makes a deposit. DEPOSITUM (Lat. from deponere, to deposit). In the civil and common law. A naked bailment of goods, to be kept for the bailor without reward, and to be retu

The place where a deposit (q. v.) is placed and kept United States depositories. Banks selected and designated to receive deposits of the public funds of the United States are so c

The term “depository check” means any cashier's check, certified check, teller's check, and any other functionally equivalent instrument as determined by the Board.

the term "depository holding company" means a bank holding company as defined in section 1841(a) of this title, a company which would be a bank holding company as defined

The provisions of the constitution or law of any State expressly limiting the rate or amount of interest which may be charged, taken, received, or reserved shall not apply to any d

The term “depository institution holding company” means a bank holding company or a savings and loan holding company. / the term “depository institution holding company” includes a

The term “depository tax” means any tax if the Secretary is authorized to require deposits of such tax.

The term “deposit placement network” means a network in which an insured depository institution participates, together with other insured depository institutions, for the processin

at the time a customer delivers a sum of money either to the armored truck or the stationary receptacle, the bank has, for all purposes contemplated by Congress in § 36(f), receive

All the moneys received by the bank, whether for safe-keeping or for investment, are deposits within the meaning of their by-laws, and within the very words of their charter.

The term “deposit-taking activity” means— (A) the acceptance of deposits, maintenance of deposit accounts, or the provision of services related to the acceptance of deposits or the

A gratuitous bailment terminable at the will of the bailor.

Writ of post disseisin. A writ which lay for him who, having recovered lands or tenements by praecipe quod reddat, on default, or reddition, was again disseised by the former disse

Writ of post disseisin. A writ which lay for him who, having recovered lands or tenements by præ-cipe quod reddat, on default or reddition, was again disseised by the former dissei

The term “depot” means a centralized commodity management system through which covered drugs procured by an agency of the Federal Government are— (A) received, stored, and delivere

In this chapter, the term “depot-level maintenance and repair” means (except as provided in subsection (b)) material maintenance or repair requiring the overhaul, upgrading, or reb

Of the king’s prerogative, a statute of Edward II.

Of the present; in the present tense. See "Per Verba de Praesenti." DE PROPRIETATE PROBANDA (Lat. for proving property). A writ which issues in a case of replevin, when the defenda

To defame; vilify; exhibit contempt for. In England, depraving the with fine and imprisonment. Steph. Crim. Dig. 99.

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “depreciable farm property” means property of a character subject to the allowance for depreciation which is to be used in a trade or busin

The term "depreciable period" means, with respect to qualified property of a taxpayer, the period beginning on the date the property was first placed in service by the ta

The term “depreciable personal property” means any personal property if the adjusted basis of such property includes depreciation adjustments.