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decinarius, I. I A deciner; a handborowe. v. Deciner; Frank-pledge.

DCIS Special Agent Defined.—In this section, the term “DCIS special agent” means an employee of the Department of Defense who is a special agent of the Defense Criminal Investigati

A book or code said to have been compiled under the direction of Alfred, for the general use of the whole kingdom of England; containing, as is supposed, the principal maxims of th

For purposes of this subchapter, the terms “District of Columbia Enterprise Zone” and “DC Zone” mean the District of Columbia Enterprise Zone designated by subsection (a).

The term “DC Zone asset” means— (A) any DC Zone business stock, (B) any DC Zone partnership interest, and (C) any DC Zone business property. / The term “DC Zone asset” includes any

For purposes of this section, the term "DC Zone business" means any enterprise zone business (as defined in section 1397C), determined—

The term “DC Zone business property” means tangible property if— (i) such property was acquired by the taxpayer by purchase (as defined in section 179(d)(2)) after December 31, 199

The term “DC Zone business stock” means any stock in a domestic corporation which is originally issued after December 31, 1997, if— (i) such stock is acquired by the taxpayer, befo

The term "DC Zone partnership interest" means any capital or profits interest in a domestic partnership which is originally issued after December 31, 1997, if— (A) such i

Days after date.

From; of; concerning; among.

In ecclesiastical law. A minister or servant in the church, whose office in some churches is to assist the priest in divine service, and in the distribution of the sacrament.

Of (about) acquiring the ovraership of things. Dig. 11. 1; Bracton, lib. 2, fol. 8b.

A corpse.

The amount paid by a charterer for that part of the vessel's capa- When the charterer of a vessel has shipped part of the goods on board, and is not ready to ship the remainder, th

Same as Mortmain.

A term applied to persons other than the officers or employes of a railroad company who are permitted by the railroad to travel without payment of fare. Phil. Law (61 N. C.) 22. DE

A dead-born child is to be considered as if it had never been conceived or born; in other words, it is presumed it never had life, it being a maxim of the common law that mortuus e

An unenforced law; an undelivered letter sent to the dead letter office.

Letters transmitted through the mails according to direction, and remaining for a specified time uncalled for by the persons addressed, are called "dead letters."

A line which a military prisoner may not cross without liability of being shot.

In the Saxon against an enemy, until

In old European law. A profession of irreconcilable hatred till a person is revenged even by the death of his enemy.

A dangerous weapon (g. V.)

In English law. That portion of the effects of a deceased person which, by the custom of London and York, is allowed to the administrator; being, where the deceased leaves a widow

That portion of the personal estate of a person deceased which, by the custom of London, became the administrator's. If the decedent left wife and children, this was one-third of t

Of admeasurement. Used of the writ of admeasurement of dower, which lies where the widow has had more dower assigned to her than she is entitled to. It is said by some to lie where

A writ for the admeasurement of dower.

A writ commanding a bishop to admit a duly appointed clerk to a living.

Pay of dead soldiers and sailors wrongfully collected.

A mortgage.

A rent payable on a mining lease in addition to a royalty. So called because it is payable, although the mine may not be worked. Wharton.

In Scotch law. The part remaining over beyond the shares secured to the widow and children by law. Of this the testator had the unqualified disposal. Stair, Inst. lib. iii. tit. 4,

A future use.

By advice of our counsel.

I. I. In old its advocacy; to disavow

In equity. De jure stricto, nihil possum vendicare, de aequitate tamen, nullo modo hoc obtinet, in strict law, I can claim nothing, but in equity this by no means obtains. Fleta, l

A writ to determine the majority of the heir of a tenant in capite.

A person deaf and dumb is doli capax; but with such persons who have not been educated, and who cannot communicate their ideas in writing, a difficulty sometimes arises on the tria

In old English law. To

Discharged from being a forest, or freed and exempted from the forest laws,

To traffic; to transact business; to trade. Makers of an accommodation note are deemed dealers with whoever discounts it. Vernon v. Manhattan Co.., 17 Wend. (N. Y.) 524. —Dealer. A

I. I. In old English bare flrraam: to whiten money in which rent to the fineness of standard uer, or make it equal to

About gamesters. Dig. 11. 5. DE ALLOCATION E FACIENDA (Lat. for making allowance). A writ to allow the collectors of customs, and other such officers having charge of the king's mo

any person who is engaged within the Commonwealth in the business of receiving, purchasing, pasteurizing, bottling, processing, distributing, or otherwise handling milk, purchases

The term “dealer disposition” means any of the following dispositions: (A) Any disposition of personal property by a person who regularly sells or otherwise disposes of personal pr

The term “dealer equity option” means, with respect to an options dealer, any listed option which— (A) is an equity option, (B) is purchased or granted by such options dealer in th

limited to one who, as a merchant, buys and sells securities to customers for the profit thereon

The term “dealer securities futures contract” means, with respect to any dealer, any securities futures contract, and any option on such a contract, which— (i) is entered into by s

The puffing of goods to induce the sale thereof; not regarded in law as fraudnient unless accompanied by some artifice to deceive the purchaser and throw him off his guard or some

The term “deal in” includes making, taking, buying, selling, redeeming, or collecting. / The term “deal in” includes making, taking, buying, selling, redeeming, or collecting. / Th

Transactions in the course of business. Two sales of goods by one to a firm constitute "dealings" with it, so as to entitle one to notice of dissolution. 2 Barb. (N. Y.) 549.

nothing in that section indicates that the broad term 'dealing with' is to be read as synonymous with the more limited term 'bargaining with.' The legislative history of § 2(5) str

A writ for making an allowance.

Breve, Writ for making an allowance. An old writ directed to the lord treasurer and barons of the exchequer, for allowing certain officers (as collectors of customs) in their accou

The true interpretation, however, of that rule is, not that it prohibits purchases generally, but that it prohibits buying and selling for the purposes of gain. It aims to interdic

Of high and low. A phrase anciently used to denote the absolute submission of all differences to arbitration. Cowell; 2 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 90. DE AMBITU (Lat. concerning briber

Concerning bribery.

Of more abundant or especial grace. Townsh. PI. 18.

the term “dean” means the dean of an accredited school or college of veterinary medicine;

In ecclesiastical law. The council of a bishop, to assist him with their advice in the religious and also in the temporal affairs of the see. 3 Coke, 75; 1 Bl. Comm. 382; Co. Litt.

Of the bissextile or leap year. The title of a statute passed in the twenty-first year of Henry III., which in fact, however, is nothing more than a sort of writ or direction to th

Of the bissextile or leap year. The title of a statute passed in the twenty-first year of Henry III., which in fact, hovirever, is nothing more than a sort of writ or direction to

A writ of annual pension.

A writ to secure an annuity.

The presiding judge of the court of arches. He is also an assistant judge in the court of admiralty. 1 Kent, Comm. 371; 3 Steph. Comm. 727.

A writ to arrest one who had abandoned his religious post.

A writ to restrain an action brought on a claim which had been arbitrated.

A writ to recover goods taken by one who might leave the owner without remedy.

A writ to arrest a deserting soldier who had received pay.

Of art and part. A phrase in old Scotch law. 1 Pitcairn, pt. 2, p. 55. See "Art and Part."

Concerning the property of religious persons carried away. The title of St. 35 Edw. I. passed to check the abuses of clerical possessions, one of which was the waste they suffered

Brwe. See De contintuir*do assisam.

A writ to postpone the issue of an assize during the absence in war of one of the parties.

For proving age. A writ which formerly lay to summon a jury in order to determine the age of the heir of a tenant in capite who claimed his estate as being of full age. Fitzh. Nat.

The cessation of life; the ceasing to exist. Civil death is the state of a person who, though possessing natural life, has lost all his civil rights, and as to them is considered a

In Scotch law. A state of sickness which ends in death. Ersk. Inst. 3, 8, 95. —Death-bed deed. In Scotch law. A deed made by a person while laboring under a distemper of which he a

a deed made by one who was at the time Bick <»f a di from which he afterwards died. Bell, Diet

In Scotch law. A deed made by a person while laboring under a distemper of which he afterwards died. I^rsk. Inst lib. 3, tit. 8, 8 96. A deed is understood to be in death bed if be

Expenses of one’s last illness.

payments under a life insurance contract." § 20.111.1(B).

Death from any unexpected event which happens as by chance, or which does not take place according to the usual course of things. 186 111. App. 503.

it is the power to transmit or the transmission or receipt of property by death which is the subject levied upon by all death duties

such a tax is not a death duty which flows from the power to control the succession; it is a stock transfer tax which flows from the power of the state to control and condition the

For purposes of this section, the term “Death Master File” means information on the name, social security account number, date of birth, and date of death of deceased individuals m

The following effects follow the death of a partner; namely, 1, The partnership is dissolved, unless otherwise provided for by the articles of] ership; Gow’s Partn. 429; 2, he repr

The most that can be demanded of a venireman in this regard is that he be willing to consider all of the penalties provided by state law, and that he not be irrevocably committed,

The executioner; hangman; he who executes the extreme penalty of the law.

See "Dead's Part"; "Dead Man's Part."

the power of Congress to impose death taxes is not limited to the taxation of transfers at death. It extends to the creation, exercise, acquisition, or relinquishment of any power

The court’s order for the execution of one sentenced to death.

A special guard set to watch a prisoner condemned to dcath, for some days before the time for the execution, the special purpose being to prevent any escape or any attempt to antic

Where a will devised a particular estate preceding a gift over, the expression "death without issue" means death before the death of the life tenant, unless the will shows an inten

A wound causing death.

A writ to compel the judges to receive one as an attorney.

For hearing and determining; to hear and determine. cases of heinous misdemeanor, trespass, riotous breach of the peace, etc. Reg. Orig 123 et seq.; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 110 (B). See

Same as Averiis captis in withernam.

Writ for taking cattle in withernam. A writ which lay where the sheriff returned to a pluries writ of replevin that the cattle or goods, etc., were eloined, etc.; by which he was c

A writ to replevy beasts. 3 Bl. Comin. 149.

A writ to take cattle of one in lieu of other cattle which he has driven away.