Law Dictionary

To separate, divide, distribute: to dispose of property by will; to devise. Devisavit vel non. Did he make a devise or not; did he make a will. An issue, directed by a court of pro

Capable of being devised. 1 Pow. Dev. 165; 2 Bl. Comm. 373.

I Z. In old English law. To devise. Devisavit: he devised, Devisavit vel noli: did he devise or not? was there a will or not? an issue directed by a court of equity to a court of l

In practice. The name of an issue sent out of a court of chancery, or one which exercises chancery jurisdiction, to a court of law, to try the validity of a paper asserted and deni

In practice. The name of an issue sent out of a court of chancery or one which exercises chancery jurisdiction, to a court of law, to try the validity of a paper asserted and denie

A gift of real property by a person's last will and testament. The term "devise," properly and technicalproperty. 1 Hill, Abr. c. 36, notes 62-74. But it is also sometimes improper

I. fr. and eng. A gift of lands or other real property, by will. V. Executory devise.

l.fr. In old English law. A boundary; a division line^ or space separating lands; a court

A person to whom a devise has been made.

Fr. & Eng. [L. Lat. devisamentum, devisatio, devisa or divisa; from Fr. deviser; Lat. dividers, to divide.] A gift or disposition of lands or other real property, by a last will an

Fr. To devise. Some make the proper meaning of this word to be, to speak; others, to will. Co, Litt. Ilia. Brands. It is, more correctly, to divide, or distribute, from the Lat. di

The court of appeals of Maryland, in the case of Hale vs. Mullin, decided, that a devise of property real or personal by a master to his slave, entitles the slave to his freedom by

A devise to the trustees and their heirs to the uses mentioned, carries the legal estate to the cestuis que use , unless the will has imposed on the trustees some duty, the perform

It has been an established rule, in the construction of wills, that a devise of lands, without words of limitation, confers on the devisee an estate for life only.

Lat. Of the vicinage. Reg. Orig. 32 b. Reg. Jud. 4. See De vicineto.

A testator; one who devises real estate.

Duty. It is used in the statute of 2 Rich. II. c. 3, in the sense of "duties" or "customs."

In ecclesiastical law. The transfer, by forfeiture, of a right and power which a person has to another, on account of some act or negligence of the person who is vested with such r

In the law of Louisiana, one which does not suspend the execution of -the judgment appealed from. Sinte v. Allen, 51 La. Ann. 1842, 26 South. 434.

"To devolve means to pass from a person dying to a person living." 1 Myline & K. 648. DEVYER (Law Fr.) To die. Deoya, died.

Devors. L. Fr. Divorce; a, or the divorce. Britt. c. 51, 107.

Li. Fr. Dies; deceases. Bend-loe, 5.

To die.

Writ of warranty of charter. A writ which lay for him who was enfcoffed, with clause of warranty, [in the charter of feoffment,] and was afterwards impleaded in an assise or other

A writ of warranty of charter.

A writ which lay for a party in the service of the king who was required to appear in person on a certain day, commanding the justices not to record his default, the king certifyin

A writ to save one from default by reason of absence in the king’s service.

In English law. A person who, being an alien born, has obtained, ex donatione reyis, letters patent to make him an English subject,—a high and incoismn- @nicable branch of the roya

Lat. In Roman law. A division of the as, consisting of ten undoes ten-twelfths or five-sixths. 2 Bl. Comm. 462, note m.

One at the right hand of another.

To shake hands in token of friendship; or to giye up oneself to the power of another person.

I. fr. Against; towards. Derers le fyn: towards the end.

deiver, I. fr. To owe; ought Deyvent: ought

dezyner, Z. fr. A deciner; one of a decennary.

A sort of lynch law, ya person was first punished and then tried. Wharton. Iz. To aubsist; to exist; to be susable; to be proper or available. Thus phrase “an action will not Jie”

cleatly directed to the sheriffs of London, commianding them, in cases where a wril of error was brought by a defendant against whom a judgment was reevvered, to see that his goods

A writ for the enforce ment of aright of way. Reg. Orig. 155,

For dividing athing heldincommon. The name of an action given by the civil law. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 499.

From to day day. Bract. fol. 2058, DE DIVERSIS REGULIS JURIS

Inthe civillaw. An accusulion or information.

In English ecclesiastical law. ‘The taking away from a clergyman his benefice or other spiritual proinotion or diguity, either by sentence declaratory in the proper court for fit a

In Mevyican law. The desamoriizacion of property is to take it out of morbmain, (dead hands;) that is, to unlouse it from the grasp, as it were, of ecclesiastical or civil corporat

The term “diabetes outpatient self-management training services” means educational and training services furnished (at such times as the Secretary determines appropriate) to an ind

The term “diabetes screening tests” means testing furnished to an individual at risk for diabetes (as defined in paragraph (2)) for the purpose of early detection of diabetes, incl

The office of a deacon.

A deacon

A medical term, meaning the discovery of the source of a patient's illness or the determination, of the nature of his disease from a study of its symptoms. Said to be little more t

“Diagnostic or treatment center” means a facility for the diagnosis or diagnosis and treatment of ambulatory patients— (1) which is operated in connection with a hospital, or (2) i

The term “diagnostic reading assessment” means an assessment that is— (i) valid, reliable, and based on scientifically based reading research; and (ii) used for the purpose of— (I)

That branch of logic which teaches the rides and modes of reasoning.

The term “dialing parity” means that a person that is not an affiliate of a local exchange carrier is able to provide telecommunications services in such a manner that customers ha

A rhetorical figure in which arguments are placed in various points of view, and then turned to one point. Enc. Lond.

Dialogue of or about the exchequer. An ancient treatise on the court of exchequer, attributed by some to Gervase of Tilbury, by others to Richard Fitz Nigel, bishop of London in th

A logical reasoning in a progressive manner, proceeding from one subject to another. Enc. Lond.

Daily food, or as much as will suffice for the day. Du Cange. DIATAXiS. In the civil law a constitution or ordinance. The novels of Justinian are all given this name.

In the Civil law a will or testament.

In old records. Daily; every day; from day to day. Spelman.

The third public act in the statute book. It appears to be an instruction given by the king to his justices in Ireland, directing them how to proceed in a certain point where they

In old English law. A tally for accounts, by number of cuts {tai Uees),

Days in court on ich the laws are administered.

An officer In ancient Greece answering nearly to our juryman.

SIMPLEX (Lat.). Simple or single; as, chart a simplr.r is a deed-poll or single deed. Jacob, Law Diet.

I. In old English law. To say, to speak; to deliver or pronounce, as a verdict. Dicere veritatem (verum); to say or speak the trutli. V. Dictum.

To expound but not to make the law. See 37 Fed. 705, 3 L. R. A. 711.

A contract whereby the owner and all connected with a ship share in the voyage profits.

Plural of dictum.

To pronounce, word by word, what is meant to be written by another. It is thus defined in the Louisiana code, which provides that the testator may dictate his will; Hamilton v. Ham

In Louisiana, this term is used in a technical sense, and means to pronounce orally what is destined to be written at the same time by another. It is used in reference to nuncupati

In Roman law. A magistrate at Rome invested with absolute power. His authority over the lives and fortunes of the citizens was without bounds. His office continued but for six mont

I. I In old English law. A word; an expression.

See Definition; Word. No meaning of a word, which has received a construction by law or uniform custom, can be adopted from the dictionaries in conflict with that construction. And

meaning 'to fail to perform through carelessness.' And in the Century Dictionary: '1.

Arbitrators.

If the construction put by the court of a State upon one of its statutes was not a matter in judgment, if it might have been decided either way without affecting any right brought

The edict or declaration of Kenilworth. An edict or award between King Henry III. and all the barons and others who had been in arms against him; and so called because it was made

A compromise of differences between Henry III and parliament, 1266.

See Alias. DIE; DYING; DEATH. In several phrases, have a technicaJ meaning: Die by his own hand or by suicide, [n policies of life insurance, used in a proviso exempting the compan

A Roman magistrate’s notice of intention to impeach a citizen.

A writ by which the heir of a deceased tenant in capite compelled the es-cheator to inquire what land should escheat.

/. 2. He closed his last day; he died. In English law. A writ awarded out of the exchequer after the death of a crown debtor, commanding the sheriff to inquire when and where the d

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

A day.

The day to which.

A day of grace or indulgence.

The day from which.

The day begins; dies venit, the day has come. Two expressions in Roman law which signify the vesting or fixing of an interest, and the interest becoming a present one. Sandars, Jus

The day begins; dies ventt, the day has come. Two expressions in Roman law which signify the vesting or fixing of an interest, and the interest becoming a present-One, Sandars’ Jus

Common days in bank.

A day set for an argument or hearing.

A day given or allowed, (to a defendant in an action;) amounting to a continuance. But the name was appropriate only to a continuance bsfore a declaration filed ; if afterwards all

A day given in the bench, (or court of common pleas.) Bract, fols. 257b, 361. A day given in bank, as distinguished from a day at nisi prius. Co. Litt. 135.

A day given or set.

A day given in the bench, (or court of common pleas.) Dract. fols. 2576, 361. A day given in bank, as distinguished from a day at 2st prius. Co. Litt. 135.

A day given to the parties to an action ; an adjournment or continuance. Crabb, Eng. Law, 217.

A day given on the prayer of the parties. Braet. fol. 358; Gilb. Comm. Pl. 41; 2 l Keeve, Eng. Law, 60.

A day given on the prayer of the parties. Bract fol. 358; Gilb. Comm. PI. 4l; 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 60.

The Lord's day; Sunday. DIES FASTI (Lat. I. In Roman Law. Days on which courts might be held and judicial and other business legally transacted. Calvinus. Lex.; Anthon, Rom. Ant 3

The Lord’s day is not a court day. See 13 Mass. 327.

The Lord's day; Sunday.

Sunday is not a court day or day for judicial proceedings, or legal purposes. Co.. Litt 135a; Noy, Max. 2; Wing. Max. 7, max. 5; Broom, Max. 21.