Law Dictionary

The term “determination date” means, with respect to any plan year— (i) the last day of the preceding plan year, or (ii) in the case of the first plan year of any plan, the last da

For purposes of this paragraph, the term "determination month" means— (i) the first month for which the participant is entitled to old-age or survivors' insurance benefit

only some determinations of fact and not others.

it is the judgment of the court—not the plea—that constitutes the 'determination of guilt.' At any time before sentence is imposed—i.e., before the pronouncement of judgment—the pl

The term “determination period” means the 90-day period beginning on the decennial determination date, as extended under subsection (b)(2).

For purposes of this section, the term “determination year” means calendar year 1987 and each 5th calendar year thereafter.

to fix conclusively or authoritatively" or "to settle a question or controversy." 4 Webster's *31 3d, at 616.

A case or controversy is 'determined' when it is decided.

The term “determined to be obscene” means determined, in a final judgment of a court of record and of competent jurisdiction in the United States, to be obscene. / The term “determ

The term "determining person" means, with respect to any LIBOR contract, any person with the authority, right, or obligation, including on a temporary basis (as identifie

A ceasing, termination, or coming to an end.

Of the holy land.

Of testaments. The title of the fifth part of the Digests or Pandects; comprising the twenty-eighth to the thirty-sixth books, both inclusive.

U In the civil law. To summon or give notice to one in his absence.

Lat. In the civil law. A summoning made or notice given, in the presence of witnesses, (denuntiatio Jacta cum testatione.) Dig. 50, 16, 40.

A writ which lay for a person who was prevented from taking toll. Reg. Orig. 103.

A writ for the recovery of toll.

To hold, keep back, detain. Detinet. He withholds. Detinuit. He withheld (has withheld). Non detinet. He does not withhold. Technical words formerly used in actions of replevin to

He detains.

A common-law action for the recovery of goods wrongfully detained. See 165 N. Y. 444, 80 Am. St. Rep. 736, 53 L. R. A. 565, 59 N. E. 265.

A man may have d stinue for de ids and chartei ing land, but if they Concern the freehold, it must be in C. B. and no other court Cunam. DETINUE OF GOODS IN FRANK MAR-

A writ formerly available to a wife after a divorce, for the recovery of the goods given with her in marriage. Mozley & Whitley.

See In the detinuit .

“Detonator” means any device containing a detonating charge that is used for initiating detonation in an explosive; the term includes, but is not limited to, electric blasting caps

The term “detoxification treatment” means the dispensing, for a period not in excess of one hundred and eighty days, of a narcotic drug in decreasing doses to an individual in orde

To draw; to drag along.

To be torn in pieces by horses. Fleta, 1. 1, c. 37.

The removal of property from one state to another upon a transfer of the title to it by will or inheritance. Frederickson v. Louisiana, 23 How. 445, 16 In Ed. 577.

A writ of trespass. Reg. Orig. 92.

AD AUDIENdum et termlnandum. A writ or commission for the hearing and determining any outrage or misdemeanor. 2 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 170. DE UNA PARTE (Lat.) A deed de una parte

A writ or commission for the hearing and determining any outrage or misdemeanor.

Fr. Tries; tried. Britt. c. 90. Kelham.

Any loss or harm suffered in person or property; e. p., the consideration for a contract may consist not only in a payment or other thing of value given, but also in loss or "detri

Fr. A debtor. Britt. c. 28. See Deit.

To discover or lay open to the world. Matt. Westminster, 1240. DEUNX (Lat. pi. deunces). In the Roman law. A division of the as, containing eleven unciae or duodecimal parts; the p

Of beyond sea.

Of one side; unilateral.

plural DEUNCES. Lat In the Roman law. A division of the as, containing eleven unciæ or duodecimal parts; the proportion of eleven-twelfths. 2 Bl. Comm. 462, note. See As. Deus solu

God alone can make an heir, man cannot.

A second marriage.

A writ for damages for the abduction of one’s wife.

Lat. [from de, priv. and vadiare, to pledge.] In old English law. To be discharged from giving gage {vadium) or pledge. Bract, fol. 102. This seems to be the proper meaning; devadi

or DIVADIATUS. An offender without sureties or pledges. Cowell.

An offender without sureties or pledges. Cowell.

Fr. To go downwards; to bring down. Kelham.

Before.

Before the king.

Wasteful use of the property of a deceased person; as, for extravagant funeral or other unnecessary expenses. 2 Bl. Comm. 508. DEVASTAVE RUNT (Lat. pL of devastavit). They have was

They have wasted.

There can be no doubt that the judgment against the administratrix, the inventory and two first accounts were conclusive evidence of a devastavit.

Writ of waste. A writ which might be brought by him who had the immediate estate of inheritance in reversion or remainder, against the tenant for life, in dower, by curtesy, or for

See Mineral; Mine; Op- 5EATE.

“Developed” means a purposeful modification of land, or an interest in land, from its original state that effectuates a condition of gainful and productive present use without furt

The term “developed countries” means countries so designated by the President.

the term “developed lot” includes an interest in a condominium project (including any interest in the common areas) or a share in a cooperative association;

“developer” means any person who, directly or indirectly, sells or leases, or offers to sell or lease, or advertises for sale or lease any lots in a subdivision; / “developer” mean

The term "developing arts organization" means a local arts organization of high artistic promise which—

The term “developing country” means a country that has a shortage of foreign exchange earnings and has difficulty meeting all of its food needs through commercial channels. / The t

The term "developing country with a tropical forest or coral reef" means— (A) (i) a country that has a per capita income of $725 or less in 1994 United States dollars (co

The term “developing new underground coal mine” includes expansion of any existing underground coal mine in a manner designed to increase the rate of production of such mine, and t

The term “developing or transitional country” means a country eligible to receive development assistance under this part.

The term “development” means— (A) research leading to the identification of products or technologies intended for use as agricultural countermeasures to protect animal health; (B)

“development activities” means any activity, including the discharge of dredged or fill material, which results directly in a more than de minimus 1 change in the hydrologic regime

The term "developmental capital" means capital in the form of equity capital investments in rural business investment companies with an objective of fostering economic de

The term “developmental disability” means a severe, chronic disability of an individual that— (i) is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and ph

The term “developmentally appropriate curriculum” means a curriculum that is appropriate for the child's age and all areas of the individual child's development, including educatio

The term “developmental test and evaluation” means— (A) the testing of a capability or asset and the subsystems of the capability or asset to determine whether they meet all contra

The term “developmental venture capital” means capital in the form of equity capital investments in businesses made with a primary objective of fostering economic development in lo

In this subchapter, the term “development area” means the area to be developed, maintained, and used in accordance with this subchapter and the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corp

The term “development center” means— (A) the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development; (B) the Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development or its designee; (C) the S

the term “development companies” means enterprises incorporated under State law with the authority to promote and assist the growth and development of small-business concerns in th

the term “development cost” means the total of all costs, including construction of facilities and civil servant costs, from the period beginning with the approval to proceed to im

In this paragraph, the term "development costs" means costs of— (i) construction, including labor and materials; (ii) project applications; and (iii) other development ac

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “development right” means any right to use the land subject to the qualified conservation easement in which such right is retained for any

The term “development services” means activities that promote community development and are integral to lending or investment activities, including— (A) business planning; (B) fina

The term “development unit” shall mean a part of a project which, for purposes of orderly engineering or reclamation development, is designated as a development unit by order of th

devenir, deveigner, I fr. To come; to become; to fall to. Devenus: come.

A writ directing the escheator to ascertain whether land held by a tenant in capite should escheat upon his death.

I. I. I become. De Tenlo Tester homo: I become your man, — words in the old form of doing homaga

I become your man.

He comes; he comes into.

A writ to examine into a woman’s pregnancy.

Word for word. Bracton, fol. 138b. Literally, from word to

Of the signification of words. An important title of the Digests or Pandects (Dig. 50. 16), consisting entirely of definitions of words and phrases used in the Roman law, compiled

Fr. Against. Devers le chiefe seigniour. Britt. c. 74. Towards. Devers lefyn; towards the end. Kelham.

To deprive.

I. I In feudal law. To take away an investiture; to depriveof possession of a fee or f eu4

a voluntary departure, without necessity or reasonable cause, from the regular and usual course of a voyage, in reference to the terms of a policy of marine insurance; but it is no

The basis of the privilege of deviation to avoid perils of the sea is humanitarian. To hold that the master whose ship is in a perilous position must choose between the hazard of c

A device need not be necessarily fraudulent; the term includes anything which is a plan or contrivance. Webster defines it to be 'that which is devised or formed by design; a contr

the term “device-making equipment” means any equipment, mechanism, or impression designed or primarily used for making an access device or a counterfeit access device;

The term “device user facility” means a hospital, ambulatory surgical facility, nursing home, or outpatient treatment facility which is not a physician's office. The Secretary may

From the neighborhood.

To die.

Fr. To die. Devie,devia, devy; dies, Litt. sect. 2, 4. Deviont; they die. Id. sect. 4.

Writ of (or for) removing lay force. A writ which lay where two parsons contended for a church, and one of them entered into it with a great number of laymen, and held out the othe

A I n of a barrister recently admitted i a junior barrister In his pi work, without compensation and without appearing in any way in the matter.

An instrument of torture, formerly used to extort confessions, etc. It was made of several icons, wlftch were fastened to the neck and legs, and wrenched together se as to break th

Lat. Of vert and venison. Of, or relating to the CTeensward of the king's forests, and the king's deer. Cart, de Forest. 9 JHen. III. 4 ^t. 289. 3 Bl. Com, 71, 72. A term of the ol

A boundary.