Law Dictionary

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

A decree for defendant.

The statute of Ohio... declares 'That where a decree shall be made for a conveyance, release, or acquittance, &c. and the party against whom the decree shall pass, shall not comply

A decree for plaintiff.

In Scotch law. The order of a court of probate appointing an administrator.

The decree for alimony and counsel fees, although in one sense an incident to the suit for divorce, is a distinct and severable final judgment in favor of the defendant for a sum o

The decree against him must be a decree for an account. He must be called to account for just what property has come into his hands, and no more; and he will be entitled, under ord

In Scotch law. Judgment by default or pro confesso,

With respect to the character and effects of decrees in chancery, although they now rank in dignity upon an equality with judgments at law, it is well known that they were once reg

We hold no doctrine to be better settled than this, that whenever the parties to a suit and the subject in controversy between them are within the regular jurisdiction of a court o

The decree of attachment, without more, did not operate to change the possession which, before the decree, was admittedly in petitioner. To accomplish that result, since the decree

It is well settled, that a decree must conform to the allegations of the party, as well as to his proofs.

A decree to be made final unless a contingency happens.

Ever since the case of Yeaton vs. The United States, the court has uniformly acted under the rule established in that case; to wit, that in admiralty causes a decree was not final

Such a decree presupposes a decree allowed, or ordered, but not entered, through inadvertence of the court; or a decree in a cause which is under advisement when the death of a par

The idea that a sentence of a Court of Admiralty is conclusive, arises from this consideration, that the Court always proceeds in rem. The decree naturally and necessarily binds th

[T]he decree of condemnation when entered relates back to the time of the commission of the wrongful acts, and takes date from the wrongful acts and not from the date of the senten

In Scotch law. Any decree by which the extent of a debt or obligation is ascertained. The term is, however, usually applied especially to those decrees which are required to found

The decree of distribution confers no new right; it merely identifies the property remaining, evidences right of possession in the heirs or legatees, and requires the administrator

In Scotch law. The decree made after an arrestment, ordering the debt to be paid or the effects to be delivered up to the arresting creditor. Bell, Diet.

One entered in a probate court, declaring the estate in question to be insolvent, that is, that the assets are not sufficient to pay the debts in full. Bush v. Coleman, 12l Ala. 54

In Scotch law. The decree of a teind court allocating stipend upon different heritors. It is equivalent to the apportionment of a tithe rent charge.

In Scotch law. A decree of the teind court modifying or fixing a stipend.

One entered in a suit for the annullment of a marriage, and adjudging the marriage to have been null and void ab initio See Nullity.

In. Scotch law. A proceeding by which the creditor has immediate execution. It is somewhat like a warrant of attorney to confess judgment. 1 Bell, Conun. 1. 1. 4.

Why may not a party rest his case upon a demurrer? He knows the facts are correctly stated in the bill. He finds the law arising from those facts against him: upon what principle o

In Scotch law. The final judgment or sentence of court by which the question at issue between the parties is decided. Decreet condemnator is one where the decision is in favor of t

A decree dismissing a claim, or acquitting a defendant. 2 Kames, Eq. 367.

An award of arbitrators. 1 Kames, Eq. 312, 313; 2 Kames Eq. 367.

When a creditor brings his action against the heir of his debtor in order to constitute the debt against him and attach the lands, and the heir appears and renounces the succession

Tn Scotch law. Whena ereditor brings his action against the heir of his debtor in order to constitute the debt against him and attach the lands, and the heir appears and renounces

One where the decision is in favor of the plaintiff. Ersk. Inst. 4, 3, 5.

A sentence of the court of sessions, (who are now in the place of the commissioners for the valuation of teinds,) determining the extent and value of teinds. Bell.

In this section, the term “decrement stock” means such stock as is needed to bring the armed forces from a peacetime level of readiness to a combat level of readiness.

Reliction; the receding of the sea.

This term designates a person who is disabled, incapable or incompetent, either from physical or mental weakness or defects, whether produced by age or other causes, to such an ext

In the Roman law. Judicial sentences given by the emperor as supreme judge. DECRETA CONCILIORUM NON LIGANT reges nostros. The decrees of councils bind not our kings. Moore, 906.

The decrees of councils 1 do not bind our kings.

decretals, 1. 1. In ecclesiastical law. The second of the two great divisions of the Corpus Juris Canonici. Decretales (jlregorii Noni: decretals of Gregory the Ninth; a collection

A supplemental collection of the canon law, published by Boniface VIII. in 1298. Called, also, liber sextus decretalium, sixth book of the decretals. 1 Kaufm. Mackeld. Civ. Law, 83

The decretals of Gregory the Ninth. A collection of the laws of the church, published by order of Gregory IX. in 1227. It is composed of five books, subdivided into titles, and eac

The decretals of Gregory the Ninth. A collection of the laws of the church, published by order of Gregory IX. in 1227. It is composed of five books, subdivided into titles, and eac

In chancery practice. An order made by the court, of chancery, upon a motion or petition, in the nature of a decree. 2 Daniell, Ch. Prac. 637.

In ecclesiastical law. Canonical epistles, written by the pope alone, or by the pope and cardinals^ at the instance or suit of one or more persons, -for the ordering and determinin

I. In the civil law. A species of imperial constitution, being a judgment given by the emperor upon the hearing of a cause. In the canon law. An ecclesiastical law, in contradistin

In Spanish colonial law. An order emanating from some superior tribunal, promulgated in the name and by the authority of the sovereign, in relation to ecclesiastical matters. Schmi