Law Dictionary

For returning the cattle. A term applied to pledges given in the old action of replevim 2 Beeve, Eng. Law, 177.

A writ whereby an heir secured land entered by a stranger on the day of the death of the heir’s grandfather, who was seised.

To break up and discontinue a warren.

Of the bench. A term formerly applied in England to the justices of the court of common pleas or "bench," as it was originally styled.

The term “debar” means to exclude, pursuant to established administrative procedures, from Government contracting and subcontracting for a specified period of time commensurate wit

Below.

To adulterate.

Land once claimed by both England and Scotland.

See Libertt, 1, Of speech; Privilege, 4.

(Law Lat. from Fr. debatre). In old European law. A dispute or controversy. Spelman.

To entice or lead away. In modern usage it implies carnal knowledge. 97 Mo. 668. It has been held synonymous vnth "seduce." 8 Abb. Pr. (N. Y.) 384, 389. In early use it signified m

To debauch is to corrupt in morals or principles; to lead astray morally into dishonest and vicious practices; to corrupt; to lead into unchastity; to debauch. Debauchery, then, is

Provisionally; for what it is worth.

They owe.

1. A custom-house certificate that an importer is entitled to a drawback.« 3. A bond in the nature of a charge on government stock, or on the stock of a public company.' See Debet.

serial obligations of a corporation not secured by a specific mortgage, pledge or assignment of property.

The bonds of English public companies.

A stock or fund representing money borrowed by a company or public body, in England, and charged on the whole or part of its property. It differs from debentures chiefly in these r

He owes; he ought.

There ought to be an end of suits; there should toe some period put to litigation. Jenk. Co.nt 61.

There ought to be an end of lawsuits. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 61. DEBET ET DETINET (Lat. he owes and withholds). In pleading. An action of debt is said to be in the debet et detinet when

He owes and withholds.

He ought and has been accustomed to.

One ought to be subject to the law of the place where he commits an offense.

Each man’s house should be a very safe refuge. See 12 Johns. (N. Y.) 31.

See De bene esse. Del bien estre.

In Fr. For rood and evil. A phrase by which a party acoused of a crime anciently put himself upon a jury, indicating his entire submission to their verdict

See "De Bono et Malo." DE BIENS LE MORT (Law Fr.). Of the goods of the deceased. Dyer, 32.

Of the goods of the deceased.

Concerning men twice married. The title of St. 4 Edw. I. st. 3; socalled from the initial words of the fifth chapter. 2 Inst. 272; 2 Reeve, Hist. Eng, Law, 142. DE BONE MEMORIE (La

Of bigamists.

FALLIT opus. Where there is a weak foundation, the work falls. 2 Bouv. Inst, note 2068; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 169, 171. DEBITA FUNDI (Lat.) In Scotch law. Debts secured

When the foundation is weak, the structure falls. See 80 Mo. App. 115.

I. A weak foundation spoils the whole work.

The term “debit” refers to the net total amount, when positive, by which costs recorded on the PAYGO scorecards for a fiscal year exceed savings recorded on those scorecards for th

Debts.

(Scotch) Debts secured by land.

Debts of the laity.

Debts follow the person of the debtor.

The term “debit card” means any card issued by a financial institution to a consumer for use in initiating an electronic fund transfer from the account of the consumer at such fina

As used in this section, the term “debit instrument” means a card, code, or other device, other than a check, draft, or similar paper instrument, by the use of which a person may i

I. In a due or lawful manner. Debito modo: in due manner; duly; — electus: duly elected.

L. Lat. In a due or lawful manner.

A debtor.

A debtor is not presumed to give.

Joint debtors.

CREDItorum petitio nee toll!, nee minul potest. The right to sue of creditors cannot be taken away or lessened by the contracts of their debtors. Poth. Obi. 87, 108; Broom, Leg. DE

The rights of creditors to sue cannot be diminished by agreements between their debtors.

1 Poth. Obi. 108; Broom, Max. 697. The rights of creditors can neither be taken away nor diminished by agreements among the debtors.

A female debtor.

A debt.

Debt and contract have no special locality.

A debt secured by land.

SOLVENDUM In future. A present debt, to be discharged in the future. 2 Barb. (N. Y.) 457, 470- 16 Barb. (N. Y.) 171, 176; 19 Barb. (N. Y.) 442, 445. DEBITUM SINE BREVI (Law Lat.) I

in the strictest sense, then, the bond is a debitum in presenti, though looking to the condition it may be properly said to be solvendum in futuro: and we think that it is in the s

A debt or obligation complete when contracted, but of which the performance cannot be required till some future period.

An action of debt brought without a writ.

For good or evil.

Of good memory.

For goods carried away.

Out of or from the property of the intestate.

See "Administration." DE BONIS NON ADMINISTRATIS (Law Lat. of the goods not administered). Where the administration of the estate of an intestate is left unfinished, in consequence

Of goods not administered.

See Bonis non amovendis .

From his own property.

From or out of the property of the testator.

From the goods of the testator if he has any.

Of the goods of the testator or intestate. A term applied to a judgment awarding execution against the property of a testator or intestate, as distinguished from the individual pro

For good and ill. The Latin form of the law French phrase "De bien et de mat." In ancient criminal pleading, this was the expression with which the prisoner put himself upon a Jury

For good behavior.

An abbreviation of De bonis non administratis,(g.v.) 1 Strange, dt.;

Of the goolls not administered. Whenanadministrator is appointed to succeed another, who has left the estate partially unsettled, he is said to be granted “administration de bonis

Fr. To hinder. Debote; hindered. Britt. c. 40.

He broke them up.

(Law Fr.) To break In pieces. To break down, as a hedge. Ses haiea debruseront. Y«arb. T. 1 Edw. II. 8. Ceux queux ount debruse la pn80M;-those who have broken the prison. Stat. We

liability on a claim.

[L. Lat. breve, sen actio de debito.'] In practice. The name of an action which lies at law to recover a certain specific sum of money; or a sum that can readily be reduced to a ce

the making of a contract, express, or implied with a particular debtor whereby the debtor agrees to pay a certain amount of money periodically to the person engaged in the debt adj

the general rule is, that debt does lie against executors upon a simple contract; and that an exception is, that it does not lie in the particular case, where the testator may wage

The term “debt bondage” means the status or condition of a debtor arising from a pledge by the debtor of his or her personal services or of those of a person under his or her contr

A debt or demand founded upon a verbal or implied contract, or upon any written agreement that is not under seal.

A debt evidenced by a deed or instrument under seal. See 51 Ohio St. 240,. 23 L. R. A. 842, 37 N. E. 267.

a person who regularly collects or attempts to collect, directly or indirectly, debts owed to.

To the extent provided in advance by appropriations Acts, local currencies or other assets resulting from government-to-government debt conversions may be made available to the Fou

One to whom a debt Is due; a creditor; as, debtee executor. 3 Bl. Comm.

A species of debt or obligation mentioned by Glanville and Bracton, and which arose em m,utuo, out of a certain kind of loan. Gian. lib. 10, c. 3; Bract, fol. 99. See Mutuum ; Ex M

A species of debt or obligation mentioned by Glanville and Bracton, and which arose ex mutuo, out of a certain kind of loan. Glanv. lib. 10, c. 3; Bracton, fol. 99. See "Mutuum"; "

The term “debt financed portfolio stock” means any portfolio stock if at some time during the base period there is portfolio indebtedness with respect to such stock.

The term “debt-financed property” means any property with respect to which there is an acquisition indebtedness (as defined in clause (ii)) on the date of the decedent's death. / F

The term “debt-for-development swap” means the purchase of qualified debt by, or the donation of such debt to, an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of title 26 which is e

Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term “debt forgiveness” means reducing or terminating a farmer program loan made or guaranteed under this chapter, in a manner that resu

The term “debt instrument” means a bond, debenture, note, certificate, or any other instrument or contractual arrangement constituting indebtedness (within the meaning of section 1

the term “debt issuance suspension period” means any period for which the Secretary of the Treasury determines for purposes of this subsection that the issuance of obligations of t

The term “debt management plan services” means services related to the repayment, consolidation, or restructuring of a consumer's debt, and includes the negotiation with creditors

But a debt of record, in the sense of the common law, is a debt or contract created of record; such as a statute staple, or statute merchant, and not one whose previous existence i

We lay it down, therefore, as the general rule, that in every instance in which an action of debt can be maintained upon a judgment at law for a sum of money awarded by such judgme

the person required to pay over the tax is a debtor and not a bailee. The money paid for the tax is not identified at the outset but is paid with the price of the ticket that belon

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “debtor corporation” includes a successor corporation.

The concept of leaving the Debtor in possession, as a 'receivership without a receiver,' was designed to obviate the need to appoint a trustee for the supervision of every small co

1869. The statute 32 & 33 Vict. c. 62, abolishing imprisonment for debt in England, and for the punishment of fraudulent debtors. 2 Steph. Com. 159-164. (Not to be confounded with