Law Dictionary

A writ to compel the justices to allow one in the service of the king to appear by attorney.

One who makes a declaration.

The term “declaration” means a declaration of the Secretary under section 677b(a)(1) of this title . / The term “Declaration” means the Declaration Regarding Administration of Smal

The term “declaration of bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce” means a declaration that is signed by the applicant for, or holder of, an international registration who i

A public act by which, through the Continental Congress, the thirteen British colonies in America declared their independence, in the name and by the authority of the people, on th

The act of an alien who goes before a court of record, and in a formal manner declares that it is bona fide his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce

A declaration concerning the laws of naval war. agreed upon February 2(i, 1909. by the powers assembled at the London Naval Conference. The preamble states that the Declaration was

The term “Declaration of Panama” means the declaration signed in Panama City, Republic of Panama, on October 4, 1995.

The name given to an agreement announcing four important rules of international law effected between the principal European powers and the Congress of Paris in 1856. These rules ar

See Bill of Rights.

A clause in a state constitution specifically reserving certain rights to the people. See 13 Pa. Co. Ct. R. 481.

A declaration made at St. Petersburg in 1868 on behalf of certain of the powers in relation to the prohibition of the use of explosive bullets in time of war.

It is not necessary to create the trust that the husband should use any particular form of words, nor need those words be in writing. All that is required is that language should h

The public proclamation of the government of a state, by which it declares itself to be at war with a foreign power, which is named, and which forbids all and every one to aid or a

_ evidence, are the statements made by the parties to a transaction, in relation to the same. These declarations when proved are received in evidence for the purpose of illustratin

It is therefore essential, when declarations are offered as evidence, that they should have been made before the controversy originated, and at a time, and under circumstances, whe

if a person have peculiar means of knowing a fact, and make a declaration of that fact which is against his interest, it is clearly evidence after his death, if he could have been

Declarations of intention, casting light upon the future, have been sharply distinguished from declarations of memory, pointing backwards to the past. There would be an end, or nea

In Scotch law. An action whereby a party prays something to be declared in his favor. Scotch Diet.

In Scotc Sh law. An action resorted to against a trustee who holds property upon titles ex fade for his own benefit. Bell, Diet.

Something which explains or ascertains what before was uncertain or doubtful; as, a declaratory statute, which is one passed to put an end to a doubt as to what the law is, and whi

In Scotch law. An action in which the right of the pursuer (or plaintiff) is craved to be declared, but nothing claimed to be done by the defender (defendant). Bell, Diet.; Ersk. I

In practice. A binding declaration of right in equity without consequential relief.

What the plaintiff seeks is simply a declaratory judgment. To grant that relief is beyond the power conferred upon the federal judiciary.

That which clearly defines rights to be observed and wrongs to be eschewed. 1 Bl. Comm. 53.

Hat which clearly defines rights to be observed and wrongs to be eschewed.

One expressive of the common law. See 44 Mass. 522.

To set forth in a declaration.

The term “declared event” means a major disaster or emergency.

By daylight. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 76, § 8.

The term "declassification" means the process by which records or materials that have been classified are determined no longer to require protection from unauthorized dis

Of close broken; of breach of close. See "Clausum Fregit." DE CLERICO CAPTO PER STATUTUM mercatorium deliberando. Writ for delivering a clerk arrested on a statute merchant. A writ

See De admittendo clerico .

A writ for the delivery of a clerk arrested under the statute of merchants.

A writ for the delivery of a clerk convicted and committed to jail in the absence of the ordinary.

See Clerico Convicto, etc.

See Clerico Infra Sacros, etc.

Of the clergy.

In Scotch law. A preliminary plea objecting to the jurisdiction on the ground that the judge is interested in the suit.

In French law. Pleas to the jurisdiction of the court; also of lis pendens, and of eonnexU6, (q. v.)

In English practice. The plea of sanctuary, or of benefit of clergy, before trial or conviction. 2 Hale, P. C. 236; 4 Bl. Comm. 333. Now abolished. 4 Steph. Comm. 400, note; Id. 43

In Scotch practice. An objection to the jurisdiction of the judge. Bell, Diet.

Objected to.

In this section, the term “declining forest health” means a forest that is experiencing— (1) substantially increased tree mortality due to insect or disease infestation; or (2) die

L In the Roman law. A kind of provincial senator; a member of a council or senate established in all the great towns in the provinces, constituting a kind of municipal corporation.

I I. In Saxon law, A tithing or decennary.

I In the Roman law. The ofi Sce of a decurio.

The operation of boiling certain ingredients in a fluid for the purpose of extracting the parts soluble at that temperature. The product of this operation. In a case in which the i

In Roman law. A bankrupt; a person who squandered the money of the state. Calv. Lex.; Du Cange.

Decollation; beheading.

Decapitation.

Of house burning. One of the kinds of appeal formerly in use in England. Bracton, fol. 146b; 2 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 38.

With hue and cry.

The term "decommission" means— (A) to reestablish vegetation on a road; and (B) to restore any natural drainage, watershed function, or other ecological processes that ar

Of common right.

L. Lat. By the common council, (or parliament) of the kingdom. A phrase anciently used in reciting the passage of statutes. Beg. Orig. 16. See Commune concilium. De communi consili

In civil law. A writ of partition of common property. See "Communi Dividendo." DE COMON DROIT (Law Fr.) Of common right; that is, by the common law. Co. Litt. 142a.

For dividing a thing held in common. The name of an action given by the civll law. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 499.

In Fr. Of common right; that is, by the common law. Co. Litt. 142a.

Writ of account. A writ commanding a defendant to render a reasonable account to the plaintiff, or show cause to the contrary. Reg. Grig. 135-138; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 117 (E). The fo

See "De Consilio Curiae.".

By the advice (or direction) of the court.

In French law. A name formerly given to those persons who died without confession, whether they refused to confess, or whether they were criminals to whom the sacrament was refused

Concerning the conflict of laws. The title of several works written on that subject. 2 Kent, Comm. 456.

Concerning persona jointly enfeoffed, or seised. The title of the statute 34 Edw. L, which was passed to prevent the delay oceasioned by tenants in novel disseisin, and other writs

Concerning persons jointly enfeoffed, or seised. The title of St. 34 Edw. I., which was passed to prevent the delay occasioned by tenants in novel disseisin, and otiier writs, plea

Writ of coslnage (q. V.) Reg. Orig. 226; Co. Litt. 160a.

Writs of cosinage.

Breve, h. Lat. Writ of cosinage. Co. Litt 160 a. 1 Beeves* Hist. 363. DE CONSILIO CURI^. L. Lat. By the advice or direction of the court. Brad. fol. 346 b.

In old criminal law. Of counsel; concerning counsel or advice to commit a crime. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 31, § 8.

By the advice or direction of the court. Bract, fol. 345b.

By the advice or direction of the court. Bracton, fol. 345b. DE CONSUETUDINIBUS ET SERVICIIS (Law Lat.) Writ of customs and services. A writ which lay for a lord against his tenant

A writ of conspiracy.

The statute 33 Edward I, against the crime of conspiracy.

See Actio de pecunia constituta. DE CONSUETUDINIBUS ET SER-

A writ to compel a tenant to perform customs and services.

The term "decontamination" means actions to remove aquatic nuisance species to prevent introduction or spread into new aquatic ecosystems.

The term “decontamination and decommissioning” means those activities, other than response actions or corrective actions, undertaken to decontaminate and decommission inactive uran

The term “decontamination, decommissioning, reclamation, and other remedial action” means work performed prior to or subsequent to October 24, 1992, which is necessary to comply wi

Writ to continue an assize. Reg. Orig. 217b. DE CONTRIBUTIONE FACIENDA (Law Lat.). Writ for making contribution. A writ, founded on the statute of Marlbridge (chapter 9), to compel

A writ to compel contribution by partners and cotenants.

A writ against one guilty of contempt.

Writ for taking a contumacious person. <A writ which issues out of the English cour’ of chancery, in cases where a person has been pronounced by an ecclesiastical court to be contu

A writ of covenant.

A writ for the delivery of a copy of a libel.

“decoration” means an order, device, medal, badge, insignia, emblem, or award tendered by, or received from, a foreign government; / The term “decoration” means any decoration or a

A writ to compel the sheriff to choose a coroner.

A writ to remove a coroner.

Of the body.

From the body of the county at large, as distinguished from a particular neighborhood (de vieineto). 3 Bl. Comm. 360.

Lat. As to the corpus delicti, or substantial fact of a crime having been, committed. Be corpore delicti constare oportebat; i. e. non tarn fuisse aliquem in territorioisto mortuum

Writ for having a corody. A writ to exact a corody from a religious house. Reg. Orig. 264; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 230. See "Corody." DE CURIA CLAUDENDA (Lat. of Inclosing a court). An o

On the side; collateral.

I. In old English and Scots law. The punishment of beheading; decollation. Deco Uat': beheaded.

Fr. To cut down; to cut off. L. Fr. Diet, Kelham,

Same as De Common droit.

A pond used for the breeding and maintenance of water fowl. 11 Mod. 74, 130; 3 Salk. 9; Holt, 14; 11 East, 571. An article exposed for the purpose of affording an opportunity for t

A letter prepared and mailed on purpose to detect offenders against the postal and revenue laws. U. S. v. Whittier, 5 Dill. 39, Fed. Cas. No. 16,688. The use of decoy letters by in

A pond used for the breeding and maintenance of water-fowL Keeble v. Hickeringshall, 3 Salk. 10.

In Practice. The judgment of sentence of a court of equity, or of admiralty. It corresponds to the judgment of a court of law. It is either interlocutory or final. The former is gi