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A direct interest, such as would render the interested party incompetent to testify in regard to the matter, is an interest which is certain, and not contingent or doubtful. A matt

On the taking of a deposition, where written interrogatories are framed, those put by the party calling the witness are named “direct interrogatories,” (corresponding to the questi

“direct investment” means the ownership or control, directly or indirectly, by one person of 10 per centum or more of the voting securities of an incorporated business enterprise o

The order and government of an institution; the persons who compose the board of directors are jointly called the In Practice. That part of a bill in chancery which contains the ad

The company reserve the power not only to direct what shall be done, but how it shall be done. This is an important test of liability.

The term "Directive 5101.1" means Department of Defense Directive 5101.1, or any successor directive relating to the responsibilities of an executive agent of the Departm

The term “direct labor” includes all work required for preparation, processing, and packing of a commodity, or work directly relating to the performance of a service, but not super

In the law of descent. Direct lineal succession.

The term “direct loan” means a disbursement of funds by the Government to a non-Federal borrower under a contract that requires the repayment of such funds with or without interest

The term “direct loan obligation” means a binding agreement by a Federal agency to make a direct loan when specified conditions are fulfilled by the borrower. / The term “direct lo

one resulting immediately and proximately from the fire, and not remotely from some of the consequences or effects of the fire. Insurance Co. v. Leader, 121 Ga. 260, 48 S. E. 974;

The term “directly” means a transfer of merchandise or an article from one person to another person without any intermediate transfer.

Definition.—For purposes of this section, the term “directly affected covered service employees” means covered service employees to whose hours of service the terms of the waiver p

[h]av[ing] a [d]irect, [i]dentifiable [i]mpact on [t]he [c]oastal [z]one." Brief for Federal Petitioners 20.

The term "directly eligible tribe" means— (A) any Indian tribe— (i) that is located in the continental United States; (ii) that operates a law enforcement or emergency re

The term “DOTS” or “Directly Observed Treatment Short-course” means the World Health Organization-recommended strategy for treating tuberculosis including— (A) low-cost and effecti

the term “directly related to the duties of the position” means duties and responsibilities in the same line of work which require similar qualifications.

For purposes of this chapter, the term “direct marketing from farmers to consumers” shall mean the marketing of agricultural commodities at any marketplace (including, but not limi

any direct or of a corporation or any person performing similar functions with respect to any organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated.' Consequently, Lehman Brothers w

The term “Directorate” means the directorate established in the manner provided in subsection (b)(1) to manage the Financing Corporation.

See Copyright. Where the commercial value of two society direct 'cries depends upon the judgment of the compilers in selecting names, each is original as far as the selection is or

The making and publishing of the reports are not merely for the information of the Comptroller, but are to guide the public, and he who buys stock in a bank in reliance upon the re

Section 5239 affords the exclusive rule by which to measure the right to recover damages from directors, based upon a loss alleged to have resulted solely from the violation by suc

The term “Director of NIH” means the Director of the National Institutes of Health. / For purposes of this section, the terms “Director of NIH”, “national research institute”, and

The term "Director of OMB" means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

The term "Director of the Institute" means the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

An officer appointed by the president of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. He is the chief officer of the bureau of the mint and is under the gen

Persons appointed or elected according to law, authorized to manage and direct the affairs of a corporation or company. The whole of tfie directors collectively form the board of d

there is 'in effect' an intentional violation of a statute when one deliberately refuses to examine that which it is his duty to examine. ... where by law a responsibility is made

The act of making such advertisements, is the duty of the sheriff; it is a matter merely directory; and, unless an actual injury has been sustained by an omission, it would be hard

The provisions in both laws are merely directory to the officers, and intended for the security and protection of government, by insuring punctuality and responsibility; but they f

Statutes are not directory when to put them in that category would result in serious impairment of the public or the private interests that they were intended to protect

Such generally are regulations designed to secure order, system, and dispatch in proceedings, and by a disregard of which the rights of parties interested cannot be injuriously aff

One where, by the terms of the trust, the trust fund is directed to be vested in a particular manner until the period arrives when the trust is to be terminated. 10 Yerg. (Tenn.) 2

The terms “blank check company”, “rollup transaction”, “partnership”, “limited liability company”, “executive officer of an entity” and “direct participation investment program”, h

The term “direct patient access employee” means any individual who has access to a patient or resident of a long-term care facility or provider through employment or through a cont

The term “direct payment” means a payment made to producers on a farm under section 7913 of this title . / The term “direct payment” means a payment made under section 7953 of this

The term “direct primary care service arrangement” means, with respect to any individual, an arrangement under which such individual is provided medical care (as defined in section

The term “direct producer-to-consumer marketing” has the meaning given the term “direct marketing from farmers to consumers” in section 3002 of this title .

that which is derived from the ownership or possession of the property without the intervention of an independent transaction by the possessor.

“direct program costs” means costs that can be identified specifically with a particular contract objective; / "direct program costs" means costs that can be identified s

The term "direct provision" means a provision (including a definitional provision) of a direct Act that applies the rights or protections of a direct Act (including right

Any exercise of state authority, in whatever form manifested, which directly regulates interstate commerce, is repugnant to the commerce clause of the Constitution, is obvious. It

Repairing a completed ship lying in navigable waters has direct and intimate connection with navigation and commerce, as has been often pointed out by this court.

In this section, the term "direct-release prisoner" means a prisoner who is scheduled for release and will not be placed in prerelease custody. / In this section, the ter

the mere reduction in the supply of an article to be shipped in interstate commerce by the illegal or tortious prevention of its manufacture is ordinarily an indirect and remote ob

The term “direct seller” means any person if— (A) such person— (i) is engaged in the trade or business of selling (or soliciting the sale of) consumer products to any buyer on a bu

“Direct service industrial customer” means an industrial customer that contracts for the purchase of power from the Administrator for direct consumption.

livestock consigned directly to a packer at the Union Stock Yards, as distinguished from a shipment consigned to a commission merchant at the Stock Yards for sale.

The term “direct skip” means a transfer subject to a tax imposed by chapter 11 or 12 of an interest in property to a skip person.

the term “direct solar renewable energy” means energy from a device that converts sunlight into useable light within a building, tunnel, or other enclosed structure, replacing arti

The term “direct spending” means— (A) budget authority provided by law other than appropriation Acts; (B) entitlement authority; and (C) the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Progr

taxes levied upon or collected from persons because of their general ownership of property may be taken to be direct

the direct taxes contemplated by the Constitution are only two, to wit: a capitation or poll tax simply, without regard to property, profession, or any other circumstance, and a ta

The term “direct threat” means a significant risk to the health or safety of others that cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation. / Nothing in this subchapter shall requir

The term "direct-to-consumer television advertisement" means an advertisement for a prescription drug product (as defined in section 379g(3) of this title) intended to be

Have exclusive jurisdiction to regulate the provision of direct-to-home satellite services. As used in this subsection, the term “direct-to-home satellite services” means the distr

A direct trust is an express trust, as distinguished from a constructive or implied trust. Carrence v. Ward, 43 W. Va. 307, 27 S. E. 329.

I. In the civil law. That which is founded on strict law, as distinguished from equity.

Derictum, Drietum. L. Lat. [O. Fr. droict.] In old European law. Right. Spelman, voc. Derittum. That which is straight, as opposed to crooked, (tortum, tort, or wrong.) Id. See Tor

“direct use” means utilization of geothermal resources for commercial, residential, agricultural, public facilities, or other energy needs other than the commercial production of e

The term "direct use of geothermal energy" means geothermal systems that use water directly or through a heat exchanger to provide— (A) heating and cooling to buildings,

Distributors of ballots at a Roman election.

Those bars which annul a consummated marriage.

In canon law. Absolute bars to marriage, which would make it null ab initio.

In Roman law. Officers who distributed ballots to the people, to be used in voting. Tayl. Civ. Law, 192.

The term “dirty egg” means an egg that has a shell that is unbroken and has adhering dirt or foreign material.

inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment.

The term “disability advisory committee” means a body of stakeholders (including airport staff, airline representatives, and individuals with disabilities) that provide to airports

For purposes of this section, the term "disability annuity overpayment" means the amount of the reduction under section 8452(a)(2) of title 5 applicable to a monthly annu

The term “disability certification” means, with respect to an individual, a certification to the satisfaction of the Secretary by the individual or the parent or guardian of the in

For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “disability income” means the aggregate amount includable in the gross income of the individual for the taxable year under section 72 or

The term “disability rated as total” means— (A) a disability that is rated as total under the standard schedule of rating disabilities in use by the Department of Veterans Affairs;

In its ordinary sense, to disable is to cause a disability, (q. v.) In the old language of pleading, to disable is to take advantage of one's own or another's disability. Thus, it

both mental or physical illness, mental or physical injury, and, to the extent specified in Section 2626.2, pregnancy.

The term “disabled beneficiary” means a title II disability beneficiary or a title XVI disability beneficiary. / The term “disabled beneficiary” means an individual— (A) who is a d

The terms “elderly family”, “disabled family”, and “near-elderly family” have the meanings given the terms under section 3(b)(3) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [ 42 U.S.C

The term “disabled veteran” means (A) a veteran who is entitled to compensation under laws administered by the Secretary for a disability rated at 30 percent or more, or (B) a vete

The acts of 1 Eliz. c. 19, 13 Eliz. c. 10, 14 Eliz. co. 11, 14, 18 Eliz. c. 11, and 43 Eliz. c. 29, by which stricted. 2 Bl. Comm. 319, 321; Co. Litt. 44a; 3 Steph. Comm. 140. Also

Subject to subclause (V), the term "disadvantaged adult" means an adult who received an income, or is a member of a family that received a total family income, that, in r

The term “disadvantaged area” means a community with an annual median household income that is less than 80 percent of the statewide annual median household income, as determined b

In accrediting qualified third parties to carry out the certification process under this subsection, a selected entity shall ensure, to the extent practicable, that the third parti

The term “disadvantaged business concerns” means small businesses that are owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals as defined in section 1 124,

The term "disadvantaged community" means a community (including a city, town, county, or reasonably isolated and divisible segment of a larger municipality) with an annua

The term “disadvantaged entrepreneur” means a microentrepreneur that is— (A) a low-income person; (B) a very low-income person; or (C) an entrepreneur that lacks adequate access to

The term “disadvantaged small business concern” means a firm that is not more than the size standard corresponding to its primary North American Industry Classification System code

Subject to paragraph (3), the term “disadvantaged youth” means an individual who is age 16 through 21 who received an income, or is a member of a family that received a total famil

To disavow.

To restore to their formoer condition lands which have been turned into forests. To remove from the operation of the forest laws. 2 Bl. Comm. 416.

To repudiate; to revoke a consent once given; to recall an affirmance. To refuse one's subsequent sanction to a former act; to disclaim the intention of being bound by an anteceden

The act by which a person who has entered into a voidable contract, as, for example, an infant, disagrees to such contract, and declares he will not abide by it. Disaf Srmance is e

To restore to their former condition lands which have been turned into forest. To remove from the operation of the forest laws. 2 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 416.

To disfranchise.

The term “claim” as used in this section means any writing which uses words showing an intention to claim insurance benefits; and the term “disagreement” means a denial of the clai

To overrule; to reject; to deny.

For purposes of this subsection, the term “disallowance of an applicable energy credit” means the disallowance of a credit under section 45X, 45Y, or 48E by reason of overstating t

A bankruptcy court in which an estate is being administered has full power to inquire into the validity of any alleged debt or obligation of the bankrupt upon which a demand or cla

The term “disallowed cost” means a questioned cost that management, in a management decision, has sustained or agreed should not be charged to the Government.

For purposes of this subsection, the term “disallowed interest expense” means the aggregate amount disallowed under subsection (a) with respect to the market discount bond.

To disable a person.