Law Dictionary

The words "ditch" and "drain" have no technical or exact meaning. They both may mean a hollow place in the ground, natural or artificial, where water is collected or passes off. Go

I In old English law. Diversity; difference; unlikencss.

/n A treatise on courts and their jurisdiction, written in Frencti, probably in the reign of Edward III., and first printed in 1525, — attributed to Fitzherbert

A plea in bar of execution that the prisoner is not the person convicted.

Say over, an expression used in a judgment of respondeat ouster. See 3 Bl. Comm. 303.

Blackstone describes four modes of alienation or transfer of title to real estate which he calls " common assurances: " by matter «n pais or deed; by matter of record in the courts

In Scotch law. A technical term accused of crime. Taking up dittay is obtaining informations and presentments of crime in order to trial. Skene de Verb. Sign.; Bell, Diet.

Various, several, sundry; a collective term grouping a number of unspecified persons, objects or acts. Com. v. Butts, 124 Mass. 452; State v. Hodgson, 66 Vt 134, 28 Atl. 1089; Munr

Citizenship in different states.

I. With a different purpose; by a different process; in another view.

the terms “diversified”, “employee benefit plan”, “holdings”, “mutual fund”, and “unit investment trust” have the meanings given those terms under section 2640.102 of title 5, Code

The term “diversified savings and loan holding company” means any savings and loan holding company whose subsidiary savings association and related activities as permitted under pa

The terms "diversion" and "alternative prosecution and sentencing" mean the appropriate use of effective mental health treatment alternatives to juvenile justic

The term “diversion control program” means the controlled substance and chemical diversion control activities of the Drug Enforcement Administration.

At divers days and times.

Lat. At different times. Reg. Grig. 272. Hob. 189 a.

Lat. \L, Ft, diversite.] In old English law. Diversity; difference; un Ukeness. Si in scriptura inveniatur diversitas calami, et diversitas scribendi, et diversa manus; if in the w

A treatise on courts and their jurisdiction, written in French in the reign of Edward III., as is supposed, and by some attributed to Fitzherbert. It was first printed in 1525, and

The term "diversity" means diversity of persons based on gender, race, ethnicity, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin,

The diversity jurisdiction was not conferred for the benefit of the federal courts or to serve their convenience. Its purpose was generally to afford to suitors an opportunity in s

in the case of a corporation aggregate, no waiver of an objection to jurisdiction could be produced, by their appearing and pleading by attorney: because, as such a corporation can

The court understands these expressions to mean that each distinct interest should be represented by persons, all of whom are entitled to sue, or may be sued, in the Federal courts

A plea after judgment denying identity of the prisoner with the defendant.

I. With a different view, or design; in a different view; by a different course or process, v. Alio intuitu.

With a different purjwse or motive.

Lat. With a different view, purpose, or design; in a different view or point of view; by a different course or process. 1 W. Bl. 89; 4 Kent, Comm. 2il, note.

In old English law. A lodging or inn. Towns. PI. 38.

To turn aside; to turn out of the way; to alter the course of things. Usually applied to water-courses. Ang. WaterCourses, § 97 et seq. Sometimes to roads. 8 East, 394.

t In the Roman law. To turn aside; to go away from; to leave.

In the practice of the English chancery division, "dives costs" are costs on the ordinary scale, as opposed to the costs formerly allowed to a successful pauper suing or defending

Rich man’s costs, ordinary costs as opposed to costs taxed to a defendant appearing in forma pauperis.

See "Devest."

One which puts an end to a right or status. Thus, the right of a creditor is at an end when his debt is paid. Bentham divides divestitive facts into destitutive, abolishing rights,

To require divestiture of theatres unlawfully acquired is not to add to the penalties that Congress has provided in the antitrust laws. Like restitution it merely deprives a defend

A court rendering a decision not unanimous.

The fault of the brig does not excuse the fault of the steamer if the latter were, in any degree, a contributory cause of the collision. Both vessels being in fault the damages mus

CUM RADIX ET vertex imperil In obedientium consensu ratae sunt. Divide and govern, since the foundation and crown of empire are established in the consent of the obedient. 4 Inst.

4 Inst. 35. Divide and govern, since the foundation and crown of empire are established in the consent of the obedient

Divide and rule, for the root and pinnacle of empire are rated in the consent of the obedient.

any distribution of property made by a corporation to its shareholders—(1) out of its earnings and profits accumulated after February 28, 1913, or * * *.

In old records. An indenture; one counterpart of an indenture. DiVINARE (Lat.) To divine; to conjecture or gu'ess; to foretell. Divinatio, a conjecturing or guessing. DIVINATIO NON

In old records. An indenture ; one counterpart of an indenture.

The term “dividend announcement date” means, with respect to any dividend, the date on which the corporation declares, announces, or agrees to the amount or payment of such dividen

For purposes of this subsection, the term “dividend equivalent” means— (A) any substitute dividend made pursuant to a securities lending or a sale-repurchase transaction that (dire

For purposes of subsection (a), the term "dividend equivalent amount" means the foreign corporation's effectively connected earnings and profits for the taxable year adju

The term “dividend reinvestment plan” means any arrangement under which dividends on any stock are reinvested in stock identical to the stock with respect to which the dividends ar

dividends and similar distributions paid or declared to policyholders in their capacity as such, except in the case of a mutual fire insurance company described in subsection (b)(1

The term “dividends to policyholders” means dividends and similar distributions paid or declared to policyholders. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “paid or declare

An order representing a stockholder dividend.

To guess; to prophesy.

non interpretatio est, quae omniiio recedit a litera, I. That is guessing, not interpretation, which altogether departs from the letter.

It is guesswork and not interpretation which wholly departs from the literal.

That is guessing, not interpretation, which altogether departs from the letter. Bac. Max. 18, (in reg. 3,) citing Yearb. 3 Hen. VI. 20.

See God; Law; Oath; Religion; Sunday; Woeship.

The laws of God, natural and revealed. See 11 Ark. 519, 54 Am. Dec. 217.

As distinguished from those of human origin, divine laws are those of which the authorship is ascribed to God, being either positive or revealed laws or the laws of nature. Mayer v

The old theory that the king derived his power from God.

A species of feudal tenure, by which the tenant was required to say masses, to distribute such a sum in alms or the like. It differed from frankalmoign in that, for breach of a dut

A twig or rod held in the hand and supposed to locate water by being mysteriously pulled down at the farther end.

or DEVISA (Law Lat. from Fr. diviser, to divide). In old English law. A division or partition; a division or distribution of goods by will; a will or testament of goods or chattels

A thing divisible may be forever divided.

That which is susceptible of being divided. A contract cannot, in general, be divided in such a manner that an action may be brought, or a right accrue, on a part of it. 2 Pa. St.

One which is in its nafure and purposes susceptible of division and apportionment, having two or more parts in respect to matters and things contemplated and embraced by it, not ne

The result in this situation is to make the divorce divisible to give effect to the Nevada decree insofar as it affects marital status and to make it ineffective on the issue of al

One which, being a unit, may nevertheless be lawfully divided with or without the consent of the parties. Express or Conventional Obligations. Those by which the obligor binds hims

For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “divisible tax” means— (A) any tax imposed by subtitle C; and (B) the penalty imposed by section 6672 with respect to any such tax.

Severally; separately.

The term “Division” means the National Appeals Division established by this chapter. / “division” shall mean: (1) one or more statutory divisions of a judicial district; or (2) in

An English court composed of two or more judges of the high court of justice and sitting only in special cases.

Co.urts in England, consisting of two or (in special cases) more judges of the high court of justice, sitting to transact certain kinds of business which cannot be disposed of by o

It has been asserted as a principle of the common law that the division of an empire creates no forfeiture of previously vested rights of property. . . . And this principle is equa

The words “division of a project” mean a substantial irrigable area of a project designated as a division by order of the Secretary. / The term “division of a project” shall mean a

if both vessels were in fault, then the settled rule of law is that the damages must be apportioned between the offending vessels

i Disagreement among those called upon to decide a matter. When, in a company or society, the parties having a right to vote are so divided that there is not a plurality of the who

60 seconds=1 minute 60 minutes] degree 30 degrees=1 sign 90 deyrees—1 quadrant 360 degrees or 12 signs=1 circumference. Formerly the subdivisions were carried on by sixties; thus t

A party-wall. See 84 Md. 95, 33 L. R. A. 294; 35 Atl. 170.

Jurisdiction of different tribunals.

a divorce a vinculo matrimonii.

A judicial separation of husband and wife not an absolute divorce, but usually with provision for the wife’s maintenance by the husband. See 23 Ind. 370.

Absolute divorce. See 165 Mo. 231, SJ Am. St. Rep. 416, 55 L. R. A. 332, 65 S. W. 315.

v. Court, 25, 52. Do, /. I give. V. Dedi. Do, lego: I give and bequeath. Do ut des: I give that you may give. Do ut facias: I give that you may do. Words descriptive, in the civil

The term “divorced husband” means a man divorced from an individual, but only if he had been married to such individual for a period of 10 years immediately before the date the div

The term “divorced wife” means a woman divorced from an individual, but only if she had been married to such individual for a period of 10 years immediately before the date the div

A divorced woman.

For purposes of this paragraph, the term "divorce or separation instrument" means— (i) a decree of divorce or separate maintenance or a written instrument incident to suc

Divorce.

quia vir divertitur ab uxore. Divorce Is called from divertendo, because a man is diverted from his wife. Co. Litt. 235. DIXIEME (Fr.) Tenth; the tenth part. Ord. Mar. liv. 1, tit.

Divorce is said to be from divertendo, because a man is diverted from his wife.

Lat To divine; to conjecture or guess; to foretell. Divinatio, a conjecturing or guessing.

One tenth.

An abbreviation for "District Judge."

Fr. Of the goods of the deceased. Dyer, 32.

I fr. In old English event beyond human foresight or

To take away the privilege which one has already exercised.

An interference with the enjoyment of an incorporeal hereditament. Disturbance of cominou: doing any act by which a right of common is incommoded or diminished. Disturbance of fran

I fr. Say over, — the form of awarding a respondeat ouster.

The term “DNA analysis” means analysis of the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) identification information in a bodily sample. / The term "DNA analysis" means analysis of the d

The term "DNA arrestee collection process" means, with respect to a State, a process under which the State provides for the collection, for purposes of inclusion in the i

Defined term.—For purposes of this subsection, the term “DNA profile” means a set of DNA identification characteristics.

Definition.—In this section, the term “DNA sample” has the meaning given such term in section 1565(c) of this title. / The term “DNA sample” means a tissue, fluid, or other bodily