Law Dictionary

1. In the sense of a false representation to induce credit or confidence, see' Deceit; Estoppel; Fraud, Actual. 2. In the sense of stratagem to discover crime, see Communication, P

A writ that lieth properly against him that deceitfully doth anything in the name of another, for one that receiveth damage or hurt thereby. It is either original or judicial. Fit/

non decipientibus, jura snbveniunt, I. The laws assist the deceived, not those deceiving.

JURA subveniunt. The laws help persons who are deceived, not those deceiving. Tray. Lat. Max. 149,

The laws aid those deceived not the deceivers.

It is a deceptive trade practice 'to represent falsely that a televised test, experiment, or demonstration provides a viewer with visual proof of a product claim, regardless of whe

the term “deceptive loading, handling, weighing, or sampling” means any manner of loading, handling, weighing, or sampling that deceives or tends to deceive official inspection per

For the purposes of this subsection, the term “deceptive warranty” means (A) a written warranty which (i) contains an affirmation, promise, description, or representation which is

In Scotch law. To decree. "Decernit and ordainit." 1 How. St. Tr. 927. "Decerns." Shaw, 16. DECESSUS (Lat. from decedere, to depart). In the Civil Law. Decease; death. Dig. 33. 2.

I. In civil and old English law. To decree.; to decide.

A writ to summon ten more jurors.

A writ requiring a thing to be certified; a kind of certiorari. Reg. Orig. 151, 152b.

A writ for certifying. A writ directed to the sheriff, requiring him to certify to a particular fact. Reg. Orig. 24.

Fr. Decease; death. Briti. c. 93.

Death.

It is proper.

In future.

It is proper that the prince should observe the laws by which he himself is protected.

Writ of champerty. A writ directed to the justices of the bench, commanding the enforcement of the statute of champertors. Reg. Orig. 193; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 172. See "Champerty." D

Of flesh and blood.

A writ to secure a right of way.

Of victuals to be used. The title of a sumptuary statute passed 10 Edw. III. st. 3, to restrain the expense of entertainments. Barr. Obs. St. 240. DE CLAMIA ADMITTENDA IN ITINERE p

Of victuals fo be used. The title of a sumptuary statute passed 10 Edw, LI. St. 3, to restrain the expense of entertainments. Barring. Ob, Sb, 240, DE CLAMIA ADMITTENDA IN

To decide includes the power and right to deliberate, to weigh the reasons for and against, to see which preponderate, and to be governed by that preponderance. Darden v. Lines, 2

L In old English law. To decide; to put an end to; to fall, or fall to; to remain to; to escheat In the civil law. To decide; to determine judicially.

I. I. In old English law. Ten times as much; a writ given by the statute 38 Edw. Ill, cc. 12, 13; or by 34 Edw. III., c. 8, which lay against a juror who had taken money of either

A proceeding to recover ten times the amount received against a bribed juror.

In ecclesiastical law. Tenths or tithes. The tenth part of the annual profit of each llving, payable formerly to the 'pope. There were several valuations made of these livings at d

Lat. A word used in old records for decenna, (q. v.) LL. Ince, cited in Spelman, voc. Decanus.

Tithes; tenths.

Tithes are due the parish priest.

Tithes are not due from that which is paid as tithes.

UBI non est annua renovatio, et ex annuatis renovantibus simul semel. Tithes ought not. to be paid where there is an annual renovation, and from annual renovations once only. Cro.

Tithes ought not to be paid where there is not an annual renovation, and only once from annual renovations.

The punishing every tenth soldier by lot, for mutiny or other failure of duty, was termed "decimatio legionie" by the Romans. Sometimes only the twentieth man was punished (vicesim

Tithes are due to the parish priest

Tithes are not to be paid from that which is given for tithes.

Dal. 50. Tithes belong to the parson by divine right and canonical institution.

A French coin, of the value of the tenth part of a franc, or nearly two cents.

Cro. Jac. 42. Tithes ought not to be paid where there is not an annual renovation, and from annual renovations once only.

One of a tithing.

Those that had the oversight and check of ten friburgs for the maintenance of the king's peace. Cunningham.

It is safer to be deceived than to deceive. Lofift, 396.

The court's decision of a case is its judgment thereon. Its opinion is a statement of the reasons on which the judgment rests.

The term “decision document” means— (A) a decision notice (as that term is used in the Forest Service Handbook); (B) a decision record (as that term is used in the Bureau of Land M

The term “Decision Point” means the date on which the executive boards of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Monetary Fund review the d

In the ordinary use of language, it will hardly be contended, that the decisions of courts constitute laws. They are, at most, only evidence of what the laws are, and are not, of t

The term "decision support services" means information, including data and refined products, that supports water resources-related decision-making processes.

a "substantial factor" in the absence of which the opposite decision would have been reached.

In the civil law. Where one of the parties to a suit, not being able to prove his charge, offered to refer the decision of the cause to the oath of his adversary, which the adversa

In the civil law. A one of the parties, not being able to prove his the decision of the cause to the oath of his taken, v. Saeramentum decisionis.

See Oath, Decisory.

In the civil law. An oath which one of the parties defers or refers back to the other for the decision of the cause. —-Extrajudicial oatb. One not taken in any judicial proceeding,

I I In old English law. Proclamation.

See Clamea Admittenda, etc.

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.