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The term “difficulty of care payments” means payments to individuals which are not described in subsection (b)(1)(B)(i), and which— (A) are compensation for providing the additiona

To proclaim hostilities; to declare war; to defy;, to outlaw. In feudal law to renounce fealty or allegiance; the opposite of affidare (q. v.)

Lat In old English law. To disfigure or deform. Spelman. LL, Longobard. lib. 1. tit 25, 1. 43, cited i Ud.

Lat In the 'Roman law. To put off or postpone. Calv. Lex. Jur,

In old English law. To been required to do it. Matt, Par. A. D. 1164. Perhaps the same with defordwre.

Lat. In civil and old English law. To make or bnild a house; to erect a building. Dig. 45, 1, 75, 7.

3 Inst. 201. To build upon your own land what may Injure another is not lawful. A proprietor of land has no right to erect an edifice on his own ground, interfering with the due en

What is built upon land bslongs to or goes with land. Broom, Max. 172; Co. Litt. 4a.

Buildings belong to [go with] the soil. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 2, § 12.

difflduciare, I. I. In feudal or allegiance; to put out of allegiance 'Ul Ugurare, /. I In old English law.

or DIGAMY. Second marriage; marriage to a second wife after the death of the first, as "bigamy," in law, is having two wives at once. Originally, a man who married a widow, or marr

Same as deuterogamy.

A compilation arranged in an orderly manner. The name is given to a great variety of topical compilations, abridgments, and analytical indices of reports, statutes, etc. When refer

Digests. One of the titles of the Pandects of Justinian. Inst, prœm, § 4. Bracton uses the singular, "Digestum" Bract, fol. 19.

The Pandects or body of Roman laws compiled under Justinian.

Has bcen held as synonymous with "excavating," and not confined to the removal of earth. Sherman v. New York, 1 N. Y. 316.

The ordinary name of the Pandects of Justinian, which ave now usually ciled by the abbreviation “Dig.” instead of “Ff.,” as formerly. Sometimes cailed “Digest,” in the sinzular.

The term “digital asset” means any digital representation of value that is recorded on a cryptographically secured distributed ledger. / Except as otherwise provided by the Secreta

The term “digital asset service provider”— (A) means a person that, for compensation or profit, engages in the business in the United States (including on behalf of customers or us

In this subsection, the term “digital data service” includes— (A) digitally-based interactive broadcast service; and (B) wireless Internet access, without regard to— (i) whether su

The term “digital divide” means the gap between those who have an internet-connected computer and the skills to use the computer and those who do not.

The term "digital equity" means the condition in which individuals and communities have the information technology capacity that is needed for full participation in the s

The term “digital forgery” means any intimate visual depiction of an identifiable individual created through the use of software, machine learning, artificial intelligence, or any

The term "digital inclusion"— (A) means the activities that are necessary to ensure that all individuals in the United States have access to, and the use of, affordable i

The term “digital licensee coordinator” means the entity most recently designated pursuant to subsection (d)(5).

The term "digital literacy" means the skills associated with using technology to enable users to find, evaluate, organize, create, and communicate information.

The term "digital literacy skills" means the skills associated with— (A) using technology to enable users to find, evaluate, organize, create, and communicate information

The term “digital music provider” means a person (or persons operating under the authority of that person) that, with respect to a service engaged in covered activities— (A) has a

The term “digital phonorecord delivery” means each individual delivery of a phonorecord by digital transmission of a sound recording that results in a specifically identifiable rep

The term “digital television service” means television service provided pursuant to the transmission standards prescribed by the Commission in section 73.682(d) of its regulations

the terms “audiovisual work”, “computer program”, “copies”, “copyright owner”, “digital transmission”, “financial gain”, “motion picture”, “motion picture exhibition facility”, “pe

the term "digital transmission service" means a service that has the primary purpose of publicly performing works by digital transmission;

In eccleciastlcal law. An ecclesiastic who holds a dignity or benefice which gives him some pre-eminence over mere priests and canons, such as a bishop, archbishop, prebendary, etc

I. In the civil law. Dignity.

In English law. Titles of honor. They are considered as incorporeal hereditaments. The genius of our government forbids their admission into the republic.

A title; one of the incorporeal hereditaments.

I. In the civil and old English law. Half. Dimidia acra: half an acre. Dimidia marca: half a mark; a demi-mark. Dimidia pars: a half part; one-half. Dimidia villa: half avill; a de

Judicial distinction.

An ofllcer appointed or confirmed by the English commissioners of sewers to take charge of the sluices and sea banks of fen or marsh land.

In Spanish law. The time granted by law or by the judge to parties litigant for the purpose of answering a demand, or proving some disputed fact.

A species of ecclesiastical waste which occurs whenever the incumbent suffers any edifices of his ecclesiastical living to go to ruin or decay. It is either voluntary, by pulling d

(Lat. from differre, to put off). In old English law. Delay. Sine dilatione; without delay. Reg. Orig. 1.

Delays in law are odious. Branch, Princ.

I In the civil and old English law. That which delays or puts off; dilatory, v. Dilatory plea; Exceptio.

Lat. [from differre, to put off.] In civil and old English law. That which delays or puts off; dilatory. Anciently applied to a defendant's exception or plea by which the action wa

Tending or intended to cause delay or to gain time or to put off a decision. —Dilatory defense. In chancery practice. One the object of which is to dismiss, suspend, or obstruct th

In Chancery Practice. One the object of which is to dismiss, suspend, or obstruct the suit, without touching the merits, until the impediment or obstacle insisted on shall be remov

In Chancery practice. One the object of which is to dismiss, suspend, or obstruct the suit, without touching the merits, until the impediment or obstacle insisted on shall be remov

One which goes to defeat the particular action brought, merely, and which does not answer as to the general right of the plaintiff.

See Dilatort.

In Roman law. An officor who attended to the repairs of the temples and other public bnildings; the repairs and cleanliness of the streets; the care of the weights and measures; th

To keep from one.

In Scotch law. Process; execution. Diligence Against the Heritage. A writ of execution by which the creditor proceeds against the real estate of the debtor. Diligence Incident. A w

In Scotch law and practice. Process of law, by which persons, lands or effects are seized in execution or in security for debt. Ersk. Inst. b. 2, tit. 11, § 1. Brande. Process for

in Scotland, are certain forms of law whereby'a cred- © itor endeavours to make good his payment, either by affecting the person of his debtor, or by securing the subjects belongin

I. In the eivil and old English law. Diligence; care.

the expression meant, diligently to enquire into the circumstances of the charge, the credibility of the witnesses who support it, and, from the whole, to judge whether the person

Outlawed.

In the Roman law. The Ædilitian Edict; an edict providing remedies for frauds in sales, the execution of which bslonged to the curule ædiles. Dig. 21, 1. See Cod. 4, 58.

dillouqnes, I. fr. Afterwards.

Pottage formerly made for the king's table on the coronation day. of finding this pottage at that solemnity. 39 Hen. III.

Thenceforth.

I. In old English law. Clear; lucid; rational.

The term "dilute media" means media in which the concentration of carbon dioxide is less than 1 percent by volume.

the lessening of the capacity of a famous mark to identify and distinguish goods or services, regardless of the presence or absence of— (1) competition between the owner of the fam

A silver coin of the United States, of the value of ten cents or one-tenth of the dollar.

Tithes.

DIMIDIUM, DIMIDIUS. Half; a half; the half.

Half; a half; the half.

The moiety or half.of a thing. DIMINUERE (Lat.) In old English law. To lessen or diminish; to take away, leave out, or omit. De recordo diminuere; to take from, or diminish a recor

An undivided half.

Dimidium, Lat. Half. Dimidia marca; half a mark, a demi-mark. Totans. PL 181. Dimidia acra; a half acre. Jd. 64. Dimidium unius librata; half a pound. Id. ibid. Dimidium unius acrc

Omission; imperfection or deficiency. Applied to a record from which something is omitted.

I. In old English law. To lessen or diminish; to take

In the civil law. Diminution; a taking away; loss or deprivation. Diminutio capitis, loss of status or condition. See "Capitis Diminutio."

Incompleteness. A word signifying that the record sent up from an inferior to a superior court for review is incomplete or not fully cortified. In such case the party may suggest a

A diminution after an increase is banned, if the compensation notwithstanding the reduction remains in excess of that payable when the incumbent took office. The answer must be in

the statutory direction that the diminution shall be 'in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employee' means, and can only mean, that, where the causal negl

all which by their necessary operation and effect withhold or take from the judge a part of that which has been promised by law for his services must be regarded as within the proh

The mere diminution of loss is not gain, profit, or income.

Incompleteness of the rec-cord sent up on appeal. See Diminution.

In practice. Incompleteness of the record of a case sent up from an inferior to a superior court.

In old conveyancing. I have demised. Dimisi, concessi, et ad firmam tradidi, have demised, granted, and to farm let. The usual words of operation in a lease. 2 Bl. Comm. 317, 318.

I have demised, granted and leased to farm.

In old conveyancing. He has demised. See "Dimisi."

Lat. [from dimittere, to demise.] In old English law. A demise or lease. So written in Bracton, though the more modern form is demissio. Bract. fol. 23 b. See Demissio. DIMISSORIAE

I. In the civil law. Letters dimissory or dismissory, commonly called apostles, v. Apostoli; Apostles.

1 1. In old English law. A lessor.

In the civil law. Letters dimissory or dismissory, commonly called "apostles" (quae vulgo apostoli dicuntur). Dig. 50. 16. 106. See "Apostoli"; "Apostles."

Inthecivil law. Letters dimissory or dismissory, commonly called “apostles,” (que vulge apostoli dicuntur.) Dig. 50,16, 106. see AProsro Li,

In the civil law. Letters dimissory or dismissory, commonly called "apostles," (quæ vulgo apostoli dicuntur.) Dig. 50, 16, 106. See AnosTOLi, Apostles.

Where a candidate for holy orders has a title of ordination in one diocese in England, and is to be ordained in another, the bishop of the former diocese gives letters dimissory to

To dismiss; to release.

The name of a writ which the heirs of a person who was non cornos mentis, and who aliened his lands, might ave sued out to restore him to his rights. Abolished by 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c.

A government by two persons.

In Spanish Law. Money. Dinero contado, money counted. White, New Recop. bk. 2, tit. 13, c. 1, § 1. In Roman Law. A civil division of the Roman empire, embracing several provinces.

While in the act of making its interstate journey, such car is under the control of congress, and equally it is so when waiting for the train to be made up for See Interstate Comme

her freedom to live together with her husband in the United States.

Belonging to a diocese; a bishop, as he stands related to hls own clergy or flock.

In ecclesiastical law. A court held by a bishop or his chancellor, with appeal to the archbishop.