Law Dictionary

The term “diesel fuel” means— (i) any liquid (other than gasoline) which is suitable for use as a fuel in a diesel-powered highway vehicle, or a diesel-powered train, (ii) transmix

The term “diesel replacement or retrofit” means a replacement or retrofit, repowering, rebuilding, after treatment, or other technology, as determined by the Administrator.

In old English law. The added or increasing day in leap year. Bracton, fols. 359, 359b. DIES FASTI (Lat.) In Roman law. Days on which courts might be held, and judicial and other b

Business days.

Holidays.

In old English practice. A day of grace, courtesy, or favor. Co. Litt. 134b. The quarto die post was sometimes so calied. Id. 135a.

Day of grace.

Lat. In practice. A day (or days) in banc; a day in the bench, or court of Common Bench. 3 Bl. Com. 277. Bract, fol. 361, 362. See Days in bank.

A day begun is regarded as completed.

An uncertain day is held as a condition.

An uncertain day is held as a condition.

In Roman law. Divided days; days on which the courts were open for a part of the day. Calv. Lex.; 1 Mackeld. Civ. Law, p. 24, § 35, note.

In Roman law. Divided days; days on which the courts were open for a part of theday. Calvin.

The due date makes the demand for the man (the creditor).

A lawful day for the transaction of judicial or court business; a day on which the courts are or may be open fur the transaction of business. Didsbury v. Van Tassell, 56 Hun, 423,

A court day.

In the civil and old English law. A lawful or law day; a term day; a day of appearance. Halifax, Anal, bk. 3, c. 9, § 6; Bracton, fols. 334b, 359.

In old English law. The day of meeting of English and Scotch, which was annually held on the marches or borders to adjust their differences and preserve peace. Cowell; Tomlin. DIES

Inold English law. The duy of meeting of English and Seotech, which was annually held on the oyarches or borders to ailjust their differences and preserve peace.

In old English law. The day of meeting of English and Scotch, which was annually held on the marches or holders to adjust their differences and preserve peace.

Days on which business could not lawfully be transacted.

A day not a court day. See 56 L. R. A. (Idaho) 736.

English court holidays.

Same as Dies non. See 56 L. R. A. (Idaho) 736. Dies solaris. A solar day.

Lat. In old English law. Days of peace. According to Sir Henry Spelman, the Saxons and Normans divided the year between God [or the church] and the king; calling those days and par

(Day of peace.) The year was formerly divided into the days of the peace of the church and the days of the peace of the king, including in the two divisions ali the days of the yea

In old English law. A solar day, as distinguished from what was called "dies lunaris" (a lunar day), both composing an artificial day. Bracton, fol., 264. See "Day."

In the civil and old English law. Sunday, literally, the day of the sun. So called in Code, 3. 12. 7. DIES UTILES (Lat. useful or available days). Days in which an heir might apply

An available day.

or DYET. In Scotch practice. The sitting of a court. 3 How. St. Tr. 654. An appearance day. Bell, Diet. A day fixed for the trial of a criminal cause. 2 Alison, Prac. 343; 2 Brown,

dye t. In Scots law. The sitting a day-fixed for the trial of a prepared for trial.

A day,s work; a day’s journey.

In this subsection, the term “Dietary Guidelines” means the Dietary Guidelines for Americans published under section 5341 of title 7 .

The term “dietary supplement”— (1) means a product (other than tobacco) intended to supplement the diet that bears or contains one or more of the following dietary ingredients: (A)

L. Lat In old writs. An abbreviation of dilecto et fideli, (to his beloved and faithful.)

(Scotch) A day set for one’s appearance in court.

?. /. In old English ally, day's journej's computed, or

In Scotch law. The days allowed in which to appear after citation. DIEU SON ACTE (Law Pr.) In old law. God, his act; God's act. An event beyond human foresight or control. Termes d

God and my right.

Act of God. Diffacere. To mutilate.

Fr. Inoldlaw. God his act; God's act. An event beyond litiman foresight or control. Termes de la Ley.

See Dying Without Issue.

or DISFACERE (Law Lat.; old Pr. deffacer). In old European law. To disfigure or deface; to mutilate; to destroy. Spelman; LL. Longobard, lib. 1, tit. 25. 1. 68. Diffactio, a mutila

Lat. In old English law. Defamation or slander. Reg. Orig. 49. Artie. Cleri, c. 1, 4.

A contention over a question of truth or fact, as distinguished from a non-agreement over a question. DIFFICILE EST UT UNUS HOMO VIcem duorum sustlneat. It is difl Scult that one m

When used in this section, the term "different, comparable aspect of the elements to assure safe use" means a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy for a drug that is t

For purposes of this section, the term “differential earnings amount” means, with respect to any taxable year, an amount equal to the product of— (A) the life insurance company's a

For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “differential wage payment” means any payment which— (A) is made by an employer to an individual with respect to any period during which the

For purposes of this section, the term “differently treated item” means any item of tax preference or any other item which is treated differently for purposes of this part than for

For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “different technological characteristics” means, with respect to a device being compared to a predicate device, that there is a significa

4 Coke, 118. It is difficult that one man should sustain the place of two.

It is hard that one man should suffer for the vice of two.

For the meaning of the phrase "difficult and extraordinary case," as used in New York statutes and practice, see Standard Trust Co. v. New York, etc., R. Co., 178 N. Y. 407, 70 N.

The term “difficult development areas” means any area designated by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as an area which has high construction, land, and utility costs r

1. As applicable to what takes place between parties, when it results in a breach of the peace or a flagrant violation of law, is in general use, and well understood.* It is of con

The term “difficulty of care payments” means payments to individuals which are not described in subsection (b)(1)(B)(i), and which— (A) are compensation for providing the additiona

To proclaim hostilities; to declare war; to defy;, to outlaw. In feudal law to renounce fealty or allegiance; the opposite of affidare (q. v.)

Lat In old English law. To disfigure or deform. Spelman. LL, Longobard. lib. 1. tit 25, 1. 43, cited i Ud.

Lat In the 'Roman law. To put off or postpone. Calv. Lex. Jur,

In old English law. To been required to do it. Matt, Par. A. D. 1164. Perhaps the same with defordwre.

Lat. In civil and old English law. To make or bnild a house; to erect a building. Dig. 45, 1, 75, 7.

3 Inst. 201. To build upon your own land what may Injure another is not lawful. A proprietor of land has no right to erect an edifice on his own ground, interfering with the due en

What is built upon land bslongs to or goes with land. Broom, Max. 172; Co. Litt. 4a.

Buildings belong to [go with] the soil. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 2, § 12.

difflduciare, I. I. In feudal or allegiance; to put out of allegiance 'Ul Ugurare, /. I In old English law.

or DIGAMY. Second marriage; marriage to a second wife after the death of the first, as "bigamy," in law, is having two wives at once. Originally, a man who married a widow, or marr

Same as deuterogamy.

A compilation arranged in an orderly manner. The name is given to a great variety of topical compilations, abridgments, and analytical indices of reports, statutes, etc. When refer

Digests. One of the titles of the Pandects of Justinian. Inst, prœm, § 4. Bracton uses the singular, "Digestum" Bract, fol. 19.

The Pandects or body of Roman laws compiled under Justinian.

Has bcen held as synonymous with "excavating," and not confined to the removal of earth. Sherman v. New York, 1 N. Y. 316.

The ordinary name of the Pandects of Justinian, which ave now usually ciled by the abbreviation “Dig.” instead of “Ff.,” as formerly. Sometimes cailed “Digest,” in the sinzular.

The term “digital asset” means any digital representation of value that is recorded on a cryptographically secured distributed ledger. / Except as otherwise provided by the Secreta

The term “digital asset service provider”— (A) means a person that, for compensation or profit, engages in the business in the United States (including on behalf of customers or us

In this subsection, the term “digital data service” includes— (A) digitally-based interactive broadcast service; and (B) wireless Internet access, without regard to— (i) whether su

The term “digital divide” means the gap between those who have an internet-connected computer and the skills to use the computer and those who do not.

The term "digital equity" means the condition in which individuals and communities have the information technology capacity that is needed for full participation in the s

The term “digital forgery” means any intimate visual depiction of an identifiable individual created through the use of software, machine learning, artificial intelligence, or any

The term "digital inclusion"— (A) means the activities that are necessary to ensure that all individuals in the United States have access to, and the use of, affordable i

The term “digital licensee coordinator” means the entity most recently designated pursuant to subsection (d)(5).

The term "digital literacy" means the skills associated with using technology to enable users to find, evaluate, organize, create, and communicate information.

The term "digital literacy skills" means the skills associated with— (A) using technology to enable users to find, evaluate, organize, create, and communicate information

The term “digital music provider” means a person (or persons operating under the authority of that person) that, with respect to a service engaged in covered activities— (A) has a

The term “digital phonorecord delivery” means each individual delivery of a phonorecord by digital transmission of a sound recording that results in a specifically identifiable rep

The term “digital television service” means television service provided pursuant to the transmission standards prescribed by the Commission in section 73.682(d) of its regulations

the terms “audiovisual work”, “computer program”, “copies”, “copyright owner”, “digital transmission”, “financial gain”, “motion picture”, “motion picture exhibition facility”, “pe

the term "digital transmission service" means a service that has the primary purpose of publicly performing works by digital transmission;

In eccleciastlcal law. An ecclesiastic who holds a dignity or benefice which gives him some pre-eminence over mere priests and canons, such as a bishop, archbishop, prebendary, etc

I. In the civil law. Dignity.

In English law. Titles of honor. They are considered as incorporeal hereditaments. The genius of our government forbids their admission into the republic.

A title; one of the incorporeal hereditaments.

I. In the civil and old English law. Half. Dimidia acra: half an acre. Dimidia marca: half a mark; a demi-mark. Dimidia pars: a half part; one-half. Dimidia villa: half avill; a de

Judicial distinction.

An ofllcer appointed or confirmed by the English commissioners of sewers to take charge of the sluices and sea banks of fen or marsh land.

In Spanish law. The time granted by law or by the judge to parties litigant for the purpose of answering a demand, or proving some disputed fact.

A species of ecclesiastical waste which occurs whenever the incumbent suffers any edifices of his ecclesiastical living to go to ruin or decay. It is either voluntary, by pulling d

(Lat. from differre, to put off). In old English law. Delay. Sine dilatione; without delay. Reg. Orig. 1.

Delays in law are odious. Branch, Princ.

I In the civil and old English law. That which delays or puts off; dilatory, v. Dilatory plea; Exceptio.

Lat. [from differre, to put off.] In civil and old English law. That which delays or puts off; dilatory. Anciently applied to a defendant's exception or plea by which the action wa