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In ecclesiastical law. A species of advowson, where the benefice is conferred on the clerk by the patron's deed of donation, without presentation, institution, or induction. 2 Bl.

A donor.

A donee; a person to whom a gift is made; a purchaser. Bracton, f ol. 13 et seq.; Fleta, lib. 3, c. 7, § 4.

A donor never ceases to possess until the donee begins to possess.

The donor never ceases to possess, until the donee begins to possess. Bract, fob 41b.

The person on whom the king bestows his right to any forfeiture that has fallen to the crown.

See Double.

This is not allowed either in the declaration or subsequent pleadings. Its meaning with respect to the former is that the declaration must not, in support of a single demand, alleg

A possibility upon a possibility. 2 BL Comm. 170.

In English law. Rent payable by a tenant who continues in possession after the time for which he has given notice to quit, until the time of his quitting possession. St. 11 Geo. II

The taxing of the same item or piece of property twice to the same person, or taxing it as the property of one person and again as the property of another; but this does not includ

In patent law. An application of a principle or process, previously known and applied, to some new use, but which does not lead to a new result or the production of a new article.

See Double.

(Lat. factum, actum). Distinguished from "made." "A 'deed made' may no doubt mean an 'instrument made'; but a 'deed done' is not an 'instrument done,' — it is an 'act done'; and th

donee, I. fr. In old English law. Given. Done a Londres, etc.: given at London, etc. Donees a Gaunt, etc.: given at Ghent, etc.

Lat. Until. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 12, § 6. A word of limitation in old conveyances. Co. Litt. 235a.

The term "donee" means any entity receiving a vessel pursuant to subsection (a). / The term "donee" means any entity receiving a vessel pursuant to subsection (

A charter granted for the city of New York in 1686.

STATUTE DE. See De Donis, the Statute.

The English statute establishing fees-tail. See 2 Bl.’Comm. 110.

In French law. Guarantor of negotiable paper other than by indorsement.

The term "donor" means any entity that is proposing to make a donation under this chapter. / The term "donor" means an individual or entity that donates private

Except as provided in subparagraph (B) or (C), the term “donor advised fund” means a fund or account— (i) which is separately identified by reference to contributions of a donor or

The term "donor port" means a port— (i) that is subject to the harbor maintenance fee under section 24.24 of title 19, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulat

The term “Do Not Pay Initiative” means the initiative described in section 3354(b).

donques, adonques, done, dune, donk, dunk, dunky, I. fr. Then. Douqnes Tirant: then living.

Same as Done.

A gift.

or DOME. In Scotch practice. Judgment; sentence. The judgment of a court formerly pronounced by the mouth of (or pronounce) for doom." The term is still retained; sentences in crim

Same as Domesday Book.

The place of usual entrance into a house, or into a room in the house. To authorize the breach of an outer door in order to serve process, the process must be of a criminal nature;

The terms “dormancy fee” and “inactivity charge or fee” mean a fee, charge, or penalty for non-use or inactivity of a gift certificate, store gift card, or general-use prepaid card

Sleeping; silent; not known; not acting. Dormant Judgment. One upon which itor delivers to the sheriff, with directions to levy only, and not to sell, until further orders, or unti

One which is in abeyance.

We do not think that the act empowering the Black Bird Creek Marsh Company to place a dam across the creek, can, under all the circumstances of the case, be considered as repugnant

See Dormant.

One losing priority from delay in its use.

One which has not been satisfied, nor extinguished by lapse of time, but which has remained so long unexecuted that execution cannot now be issued upon it without first reviving th

One that has become inoperative so far as the right to issue execution thereon is concerned. General Electric Co. v. Hurd, 171 Fed. 984. See Judgment. DOS (Lat). In Roman Law. That

A partner unknown as such to those doing business with the firm. See 190 Pa. St. Ill, 42 Atl. 528.

Those whose names are not known or do not appear as partners, but who nevertheless are silent partners, and partake of the profits, and thereby become partners, either absolutely t

2 Inst. 161. The laws sometimes sleep, never die.

NUNquam morluntur. The laws sometimes sleep, but never die. Inst. 161. DORSUM (Lat. the back). In dorso recordi, on the back of the record. 5 Coke, 44b.

Although the laws sometimes sleep, they never die.

nunquam moriuntur, I. The laws sometimes sleep, but never die.

nunqnam moriuntnr, 2, The laws sometimes sleep, but never die.

Back.

A dormitory of a convent; a place to sleep in. DOS (Lat.) In Roman Law. That which is received by or promised to the husband from the wife, or any one else by her influence, for su

A dowry; dower.

Dower ought hot to be sought from dower. 4 Coke, 122; Co. Litt. 31; 4 Dane, Abr. 671; 1 Washb. Real Prop. 209. DOS RATIONABILIS (Lat. a reasonable marriage portion). A reasonable p

Dower ought not to be demanded of dower. Co. Litt. 31; 4 Coke, 122 b. A widow is not dow-able of lands assigned to another woman in dower. 1 Hill. Real Prop. 135.

Reasonable dower.

Reasonable or legitimate dower is for every woman a third part of all the lands and tenements which her husband held in his demesne as of fee.

Co.. Litt. 336. Reasonable or legitimate dower belongs to every woman of a third part of all the lands and tenements of which her husband was seised in his demesne, as of fee, etc.

A French word adopted in Louisiana. The fortune, portion, or dowry which a woman brings to her husband by the marriage. 6 Mart. (La.; N. S.) 460.

Dotage is that feebleness of the mental faculties which proceeds from old age. It is a diminution or decay of that intellectual power which was once possessed. It is the slow appro

Relating to the dos or portion of a woman; constituting her portion; comprised in her portion. —Dotal property. In the civil law, in Louisiana, by this term is understood that prop

In canon and feudal law. Dower. Spelman, voc. "Doarium;" Calv. Lex. 2 Bl. Comm. 129. Used as early as A. D. 841.

By the civil law in Louisiana, by this term is understood that property which the wife brings to the husband to assist him in bearing the expenses of the marriage establishment. Ci

Lat. [from dos, q. v.] To endow; to give a dowry or dower. Bract. fol. 93, 94. Dotata; endowed. Id. ibid.

Lat. In early European law. Dower. Spelman voc. Doarium.

In French law. The act by which the founder of a hospital, or other charity, endows it with property to fulfill its destination.

In Spanish law. The property and effects which a woman brings to her husband for the purpose of aiding him, with the rents and revenues thereof, to support the expenses of the marr

In English Law. A writ which lay in favor of a widow, when it was found by office that the king's tenant was seized of tenements in fee or fee-tail at the time of his death, and th

In English law. A was seised of tenements in fee or fee tall at the time of his death, and that he held of the king in chief. DOTE UNDE NIHIl. HABET. Dower unde nihil habet (q. v.)

A writ of dower for a widow against a tenant of lands whereof he was solely seised in fee simple, or fee-tail, and of which she is dowable.

Co. Litt. 31. The law favors dower; it is the reward of chastity; therefore let it be preserved.

The law favors dower; it is the reward of virtue, therefore it should be spared.

Admeasurement of dower, where the widow holds more than her share, etc.

A dowager.

L fr. In old English law. Endowment

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 “DOTS-Plus” means a comprehensive tuberculosis management strategy that is built upon and works as a supplement to the standard DOTS strategy, and which takes into account

A gift on account of marriage. In Roman law, the bridegroom's gift to the bride in antipication of marriage and to secare her dos was called "donatio ante nuptias;" but by an ordin

A version of the Bible, of which the Old Testament was published by the English college at Douay, in France, in 1609, and the New Testament by the English college at Rheims in 1582

Twofold; acting in two capacities or having two aspects; multiplied by two. This term has ordinarily the same meaning in law as in popular speech. The principal compound terms into

Adultery committed by two persons each of whom is married to another as distinguished from "single" adultery, where one of the participants is unmarried. Hunter v. U. S., 1 Pin. (W

In Scotch law. Double the ordinary or single value of a marriage. Bell, Diet. See "Duplex Valor Maritagii."

Double the ordinary or single value of a marriage.—Bell Dictionary.

In Scotch law. A bond with a penalty, as distinguished from a single bond. 2 Kames, Eq. 359.

or DOUBLE quarrel. A grievance made known by a clerk or other person, to the archbishop of the province, against the ordinary, for delaying or refusing to do justice in some cause

In ecclesiastical law. A grievance made known by a clerk or other person, to the archbishop of the province, against the ordinary, for delaying or refusing to do justice in some ca

One and a half times the actual costs of suit. See 2 N. J. L. 108.

It is enough if the particular variety was criminal in both jurisdictions.

Twice the actual loss suffered.

A gold coin of the United States of the value of twenty dollars.

A gold coin of the United States, of the value of twenty dollars or units. It Is 60 called because It la twice the value of the eagle, and, consequently, weighs five hundred and si

A system of mercantile book-keeping, in which the entries in the day-book, etc., are posted twice into the ledger. First, to a personal account, that is, to the account of the pers

In old English law. A fine sur done grant et render was called a "double fine," because it comprehended the fine sur cognizance de droit come ceo, etc. and the fine sur concessit.

Is where divers insurance are made upon the same inter- ■est in the same subject against the same risks in favor of the same assured, in proportions exceeding the value. 1 Phil. In

one who engages therein commits two distinct offenses, one against the United States and one against the state, and may be subjected to prosecution and punishment in the federal co

The alleging, for one single purpose, tv^o or more distinct grounds of defense, vyhen one of them would be as effectual in law as both or all. See "Duplicity."

This is not allowed either in the declaration or subsequent pleadings. Its meaning with respect to the former is that the declaration must not, in support of a single demand, alleg

See Duplicity ; Plea; Pleading.

A possibility based or dependent on another possibility. Used ordinarily in respect to the creation of contingent trusts and remainders. Thus, a bequest to testator's unborn "child

Same as Double complaint.

Required, by St. 11 Geo. II. c. 19, as a penalty of a tenant holding over after notice to quit. Wharton.

Letters-patent Cowell.

As was pointed out by the district court, the exaction of 4 per cent of the gross intrastate earnings is not a property tax, but an excise tax, whose amount is fixed and measured b

The vice of the statute as applied to receipts from interstate sales is that the tax includes in its measure, without apportionment, receipts derived from activities in interstate