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Ecclesiastical courts taking cognizance of all matters arising within the diocese of each bishop. They consist of the consistorial court, and the courts of archdeacons, exercising

The territorial extent of a bishop's jurisdiction; the circuit of every bishop's jurisdiction. Co. Litt. 94; 1 Bl. Comm. Ill; 2 Burns, Ecc. Law, 158.

The district over which a bishop exercised his spiritual functions.

The Collectio Dionysiana was a collection and translation of the canons of Eastern councils by a monk named Dionysius Exiguus, living in Rome, but Scythian by birth, about.".no A.

In mining law. The line of declination of strata; the angle which measures the deviation of a mineralized vein or lode from the vertical plane; the slope or slant of a vein, away f

An Instrument of writing, executed by a corporation or society, certifying that a certain person therein named is entitled to a certain distinction therein mentioned. It is usually

The science which deals with the means and methods by which the intercourse between states is carried on. See Diplomatic Agents.

The term “diploma mill” means an entity that— (A) (i) offers, for a fee, degrees, diplomas, or certificates, that may be used to represent to the general public that the individual

The term “diploma school of nursing” means a school affiliated with a hospital or university, or an independent school, which provides primarily or exclusively a program of educati

In international law. A general name for nil classes of persons charged with the negotiation, transaction or superintendence of the diplomatic business of one nation at the court o

Public i who have been commissioned according to law to superintend ami transact the affairs of the government which has employed them, in a foreign country. Yattel. liv. 4, c. 5.

The term “diplomatic intelligence support center” means an entity to which employees of the various elements of the intelligence community (as defined in section 401a(4) of this ti

Ambassadors, envoys extraordinary, ministers plenipotentiary, ministers resident, commissioners, charges d'affaires, agents and secretaries of legation. 3 See Consul; Minister, 3.

The art of judging of ancient charters, public documents, or diplomas, and discriminating the true from the false. Enc. Lond.

The term “diplomatic visa” means a nonimmigrant visa bearing that title and issued to a nonimmigrant in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe.

In medical jurisprudence. A disease produced by drunkenness, and, indeed, other causes, which overmasters the will of its victim, and irresistibly impels him to drink to intoxicati

A person subject to dipsomania. One who has an irresistible desire for alcoholic llquors. See Insanity.

<A person subject to dipsemania. One who has an irresistible desire ior aleoholic liquors.

In medical j Jurtisprodence. An irresistible impulse to indulge in intoxication, either by the use of.aleohol or of drugs such as opium. This mania or disease is classed as one of

Diptychs; tablets of wood, metal, or other substance, used among the Romans for the purpose of writing, and folded like a book of two leaves. The diptychs of antiquity were especia

The district over which a bishop exercised his spiritual functions.

derationare, disrationare, /. I. In old English law. To deraign; to prove; to disprove; to make good a defense; to clear or acquit Dirationabit jus suum hseres propinquior: the nex

Straightforward; immediate; not collateral. The direct line of descent is formed by a series of relationships between persons who descend successively one from the other. Evidence

The term &quot;direct Act&quot; means an Act (other than this Act), or provision of the Revised Statutes, that is specified in section 1311, 1312, or 1313 of this title. / The term

The Louisiana courts have characterized the statute as creating a separate and distinct cause of action against the insurer which an injured party may elect in lieu of his action a

Subject to subparagraph (B), the term &quot;direct air capture facility&quot; means any facility which uses carbon capture equipment to capture carbon dioxide directly from the amb

In thus seeking a correction of errors claimed to have been committed in continuing the receiverships they would have been entitled to appeal. In this they were engaged in a direct

The term “direct broadcast satellite frequency band” means the band of frequencies at 12.2 to 12.7 gigahertz.

The term “direct broadcast satellite service” means any direct broadcast satellite system operating in the direct broadcast satellite frequency band.

It is settled that nothing which is a direct burden upon interstate commerce can be imposed by the state without the assent of Congress, and that the silence of Congress in respect

The states may not impose direct burdens upon interstate commerce; that is, they may not regulate or restrain that which from its nature should be under the control of the one auth

The term “direct care” means care by an employee or contractor who provides assistance or long-term care services to a recipient.

The term “direct care worker” has the meaning given that term in the 2010 Standard Occupational Classifications of the Department of Labor for Home Health Aides [31–1011], Psychiat

As used in this section, the term “direct communication” includes communication by telephone, facsimile, or electronic mail.

The term “direct-consumption sugar” means any sugar, as defined above, manufactured or marketed in, or brought into, the United States in any form whatsoever, for any purpose other

Those contempts which are committed within the presence of the court while in session, or so near to the court as to interrupt its proceedings. 168 111. 106; 153 111. 647.

The term “direct costs”— (A) (i) in the case of a Federal intergovernmental mandate, means the aggregate estimated amounts that all State, local, and tribal governments would be re

“Directed fishing” means fishing targeted at a particular species or stock of fish.

where the evidence is undisputed, or of such conclusive character that if a verdict were returned for one party, whether plaintiff or defendant, it would have to be set aside in th

It is, therefore, error in the court to instruct the jury that they may find a material fact, of which there is no evidence from which it may be legally inferred. Hence the practic

Precise facts in issue to which a witness will testify. See 59 Mass. 295, 52 Am. Dec. 711.

Examination in chief of a witness.

Each State shall make available to emergency feeding organizations in the State not less than 40 per centum of the funds provided as authorized in paragraph (1) that it has been al

The term “direct graduate medical education costs” means direct costs of approved educational activities for approved medical residency training programs. / The term &quot;direct g

a wrong which directly results in the violation of a legal right

A direct interest, such as would render the interested party incompetent to testify in regard to the matter, is an interest which is certain, and not contingent or doubtful. A matt

On the taking of a deposition, where written interrogatories are framed, those put by the party calling the witness are named “direct interrogatories,” (corresponding to the questi

“direct investment” means the ownership or control, directly or indirectly, by one person of 10 per centum or more of the voting securities of an incorporated business enterprise o

The order and government of an institution; the persons who compose the board of directors are jointly called the In Practice. That part of a bill in chancery which contains the ad

The company reserve the power not only to direct what shall be done, but how it shall be done. This is an important test of liability.

The term &quot;Directive 5101.1&quot; means Department of Defense Directive 5101.1, or any successor directive relating to the responsibilities of an executive agent of the Departm

The term “direct labor” includes all work required for preparation, processing, and packing of a commodity, or work directly relating to the performance of a service, but not super

In the law of descent. Direct lineal succession.

The term “direct loan” means a disbursement of funds by the Government to a non-Federal borrower under a contract that requires the repayment of such funds with or without interest

The term “direct loan obligation” means a binding agreement by a Federal agency to make a direct loan when specified conditions are fulfilled by the borrower. / The term “direct lo

one resulting immediately and proximately from the fire, and not remotely from some of the consequences or effects of the fire. Insurance Co. v. Leader, 121 Ga. 260, 48 S. E. 974;

The term “directly” means a transfer of merchandise or an article from one person to another person without any intermediate transfer.

Definition.—For purposes of this section, the term “directly affected covered service employees” means covered service employees to whose hours of service the terms of the waiver p

[h]av[ing] a [d]irect, [i]dentifiable [i]mpact on [t]he [c]oastal [z]one." Brief for Federal Petitioners 20.

The term &quot;directly eligible tribe&quot; means— (A) any Indian tribe— (i) that is located in the continental United States; (ii) that operates a law enforcement or emergency re

The term “DOTS” or “Directly Observed Treatment Short-course” means the World Health Organization-recommended strategy for treating tuberculosis including— (A) low-cost and effecti

the term “directly related to the duties of the position” means duties and responsibilities in the same line of work which require similar qualifications.

For purposes of this chapter, the term “direct marketing from farmers to consumers” shall mean the marketing of agricultural commodities at any marketplace (including, but not limi

any direct or of a corporation or any person performing similar functions with respect to any organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated.' Consequently, Lehman Brothers w

The term “Directorate” means the directorate established in the manner provided in subsection (b)(1) to manage the Financing Corporation.

See Copyright. Where the commercial value of two society direct 'cries depends upon the judgment of the compilers in selecting names, each is original as far as the selection is or

The making and publishing of the reports are not merely for the information of the Comptroller, but are to guide the public, and he who buys stock in a bank in reliance upon the re

Section 5239 affords the exclusive rule by which to measure the right to recover damages from directors, based upon a loss alleged to have resulted solely from the violation by suc

The term “Director of NIH” means the Director of the National Institutes of Health. / For purposes of this section, the terms “Director of NIH”, “national research institute”, and

The term &quot;Director of OMB&quot; means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

The term &quot;Director of the Institute&quot; means the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

An officer appointed by the president of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. He is the chief officer of the bureau of the mint and is under the gen

Persons appointed or elected according to law, authorized to manage and direct the affairs of a corporation or company. The whole of tfie directors collectively form the board of d

there is 'in effect' an intentional violation of a statute when one deliberately refuses to examine that which it is his duty to examine. ... where by law a responsibility is made

The act of making such advertisements, is the duty of the sheriff; it is a matter merely directory; and, unless an actual injury has been sustained by an omission, it would be hard

The provisions in both laws are merely directory to the officers, and intended for the security and protection of government, by insuring punctuality and responsibility; but they f

Statutes are not directory when to put them in that category would result in serious impairment of the public or the private interests that they were intended to protect

Such generally are regulations designed to secure order, system, and dispatch in proceedings, and by a disregard of which the rights of parties interested cannot be injuriously aff

One where, by the terms of the trust, the trust fund is directed to be vested in a particular manner until the period arrives when the trust is to be terminated. 10 Yerg. (Tenn.) 2

The terms “blank check company”, “rollup transaction”, “partnership”, “limited liability company”, “executive officer of an entity” and “direct participation investment program”, h

The term “direct patient access employee” means any individual who has access to a patient or resident of a long-term care facility or provider through employment or through a cont

The term “direct payment” means a payment made to producers on a farm under section 7913 of this title . / The term “direct payment” means a payment made under section 7953 of this

The term “direct primary care service arrangement” means, with respect to any individual, an arrangement under which such individual is provided medical care (as defined in section

The term “direct producer-to-consumer marketing” has the meaning given the term “direct marketing from farmers to consumers” in section 3002 of this title .

that which is derived from the ownership or possession of the property without the intervention of an independent transaction by the possessor.

“direct program costs” means costs that can be identified specifically with a particular contract objective; / &quot;direct program costs&quot; means costs that can be identified s

The term &quot;direct provision&quot; means a provision (including a definitional provision) of a direct Act that applies the rights or protections of a direct Act (including right

Any exercise of state authority, in whatever form manifested, which directly regulates interstate commerce, is repugnant to the commerce clause of the Constitution, is obvious. It

Repairing a completed ship lying in navigable waters has direct and intimate connection with navigation and commerce, as has been often pointed out by this court.

In this section, the term &quot;direct-release prisoner&quot; means a prisoner who is scheduled for release and will not be placed in prerelease custody. / In this section, the ter

the mere reduction in the supply of an article to be shipped in interstate commerce by the illegal or tortious prevention of its manufacture is ordinarily an indirect and remote ob

The term “direct seller” means any person if— (A) such person— (i) is engaged in the trade or business of selling (or soliciting the sale of) consumer products to any buyer on a bu

“Direct service industrial customer” means an industrial customer that contracts for the purchase of power from the Administrator for direct consumption.

livestock consigned directly to a packer at the Union Stock Yards, as distinguished from a shipment consigned to a commission merchant at the Stock Yards for sale.

The term “direct skip” means a transfer subject to a tax imposed by chapter 11 or 12 of an interest in property to a skip person.

the term “direct solar renewable energy” means energy from a device that converts sunlight into useable light within a building, tunnel, or other enclosed structure, replacing arti

The term “direct spending” means— (A) budget authority provided by law other than appropriation Acts; (B) entitlement authority; and (C) the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Progr

taxes levied upon or collected from persons because of their general ownership of property may be taken to be direct

the direct taxes contemplated by the Constitution are only two, to wit: a capitation or poll tax simply, without regard to property, profession, or any other circumstance, and a ta

The term “direct threat” means a significant risk to the health or safety of others that cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation. / Nothing in this subchapter shall requir