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This is where the appropriation of a benefice is severed, either by the patron presenting a clerk, or by the corporation which has the appropriation being dissolved. 1 Bl. Comm. 38

For purposes of this subsection, the term “disapproval resolution” means only a joint resolution of either House of Congress the matter after the resolving clause of which is as fo

See Estoppel; Protest, 1.

The terms “arms control” and “disarmament” mean the identification, verification, inspection, limitation, control, reduction, or elimination, of armed forces and armaments of all k

For the purposes of this chapter, the term "disaster" means a sudden event which causes severe damage including, but not limited to, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthq

For purposes of this section, the term “disaster area” means an area in which the President, pursuant to section 5170 of title 42 , has determined that a major disaster exists. / t

The term “disaster county” means a county included in the geographic area covered by a qualifying natural disaster declaration. / The term “disaster county” includes— (i) a county

the term “disaster loan program of the Administration” means assistance under section 636(b) of this title , as amended by this Act;

In this subsection, the term “disaster-recovery FMAP adjustment State” means a State that is one of the 50 States or the District of Columbia, for which, at any time during the pre

the term “disaster-related substantial economic injury” means economic harm to a business concern that results in the inability of the business concern to— (I) meet its obligations

For the purposes of this subparagraph, the term “disaster relief” means activities carried out pursuant to a determination under section 5122(2) of title 42 .

The term "disaster response duty" means duty performed by a member of the National Guard in State status pursuant to an emergency declaration by the Governor of the State

the term “disaster update period” means the period beginning on the date on which the President declares a major disaster (including any major disaster relating to which the Admini

To deny the authority by which an agent pretends to have acted, as It is the duty of the principal to fulfill the contracts which have been entered into by his authorized agent; an

Same as Dissolve. See 71 Mich. 87, 38 N. W. 712.

In English Law. To expel a barrister from the bar. In the United States. To debar an attorney from the right to practice.

The power of disbarment is necessary for the protection of the public in order to strip a man of the implied representation by courts that a man who is allowed to hold himself out

Beyond all question, when admission to the Bar of this court is secured, that right may not be taken away except by the action of this court. ... we should recognize the condition

One to disbar an attorney. See 121 Iowa, 292, 100 Am. St. Rep. 354, 63 L. R. A. 614, 96 N. W. 855.

adversary proceedings of a quasi-criminal nature

To strike off the name of a person from the roll of the senior members of the Inns of Court in London.

In old English law. A conversion of wood grounds into arable or pasture; an assarting. Cowell. See "Assart."

The act of disforesting.

Money paid out by an executor, guardian, or trustee, on account of the fund in his hands. The necessary expenditures incurred in an action, and which, under the codes of procedure

Money expended by an executor, guardian, trustee, etc., for the benefit of the estate in his hands or in connection with its administration. The term is also used under the codes o

The term “disbursements from the plan” means all disbursements from the trust, including purchases of annuities, payments of single sums and other benefits, and administrative expe

Disbursing agents are required to settle their receipts and disbursements with the accounting officers of the treasury, and their private books are inadmissible to control that off

For purposes of this title, the term “DISC” means, with respect to any taxable year, a corporation which is incorporated under the laws of any State and satisfies the following con

or DISCARGARE (Law Lat. from dis, priv., and carcare, to load or charge). In old English law. To discharge; to unload; as a vessel. Carcare et disca/rcare, to charge and discharge;

To discharge a cargo.

The term “discarded military munitions” means military munitions that have been abandoned without proper disposal or removed from storage in a military magazine or other storage ar

In old European law. To discharge or unload, as a wagon. Spelman.

The old way of writing descent, after the French. Litt. sect. 385. Co. Litt. 237. 1 Salk. 241.

Same as Dis-ceptio causae.

Argument in a cause by counsel.

In Roman law. The argument of a cause by the counsel on bath sides. Calvim

Discharge normally means termination of the employment relationship or loss of a position. In common parlance and in industrial parlance a person who has been laid off by operation

A setting free; a clearing, release or delivery; an acquittance; the instrument by which a person is discharged from a debt or obligation, or an encumbrance is cancelled; the unlad

"discharged" means released from an appointment as a Reserve officer.

There is no more elemental cause for discharge of an employee than disloyalty to his employer. It is equally elemental that the Taft-Hartley Act seeks to strengthen, rather than to

Section 1 of the bankruptcy act defines a discharge as 'the release of a bankrupt from all of his debts which are provable in bankruptcy, except such as are excepted by this act.

“discharge incidental to the normal operation of a vessel”— (A) means a discharge, including— (i) graywater, bilge water, cooling water, weather deck runoff, ballast water, oil wat

See.TraY.

any addition of any pollutant to navigable waters from any point source." § 1362(12).

A contract may be discharged in the following ways: Performance according to its terms; a breach of such a nature as to justify the innocent party in treating the contract as resci

although the indorser has received due notice of the dishonour of the bill, yet if the holder afterwards enters into any new agreement with the drawer for delay, in any manner chan

In this section, the term “discharge of pollutants” has the meaning given that term in section 502(12) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1362(12) ) (commonly r

It is clear that the mere prolongation of the term of payment of the principal debtor, or of the time for the performance of his duty, will not discharge a surety or guarantor. The

the question whether the contract of the principal has been altered so as to discharge the surety is to be decided according to the essentials, in whatever jurisdiction it may be r

an agreement between a creditor and the principal debtor for delay, or otherwise changing the nature of the contract, in order to discharge the surety, must be an agreement having

The term "discharge or release" includes (A) retirement from the active military, naval, air, or space service, and (B) the satisfactory completion of the period of activ

In such case the rule is, 'that a discharge set up in avoidance, coupled with an admitted liability, if the answer be replied to, (as here it is,) must be proved by the defendant.

as to the certificate under the English bankrupt laws, it had frequently been determined, and was well settled, that a discharge under a foreign law, was no bar to an action on a c

punishment that a union can impose by virtue of its own authority over its members.

To relinquish a claim; to deny having a claim; to deny or disavow another's claim; to decline to accept an estate, interest or office.

The term “Disclaimed Drybed Lands” means all Drybed Lands along the Arkansas River that are located in Township 10 North in Range 24 East, Townships 9 and 10 North in Range 25 East

The statute is remedial; the intent is to aid the inventor free from wilful default or intention to mislead the public by permitting him to avoid the consequence of inadvertence, a

By the amendment he recognized and emphasized the difference between the two phrases and proclaimed his abandonment of all that is embraced in that difference. The difference which

The disclaimer of right and title by the State was a disclaimer of proprietary rather than governmental interest.

A tenant’s disclaimer in an action for rent.

The disclaimer statute is remedial, and intended for the protection of both the patentee and the public.

In Scotch law. Disavowal of tenure; denial that one holds lands of another. Bell, Diet.; Skene de Verb. Sign. DISCLOSE: DISCLOSURE. To disclose an offense, is not to state it or co

The term "disclose" means to transfer, publish, distribute, or make accessible. / The terms “disclose” and “disclosure” have the meaning given the term “disclosure” in se

As used in this section, the term “disclosing entity” means an entity which is— (A) a provider of services (as defined in section 1395x(u) of this title , other than a fund), an in

the term “disclosing part B provider” means any entity receiving payment on an assignment-related basis (or, for purposes of subsection (a)(3), any entity receiving payment) for fu

The term “disclosure” means, with respect to personal information— (A) the release of personal information collected from a child in identifiable form by an operator for any purpos

For purposes of this subsection, the term “disclosure date” means— (A) the first date during any calendar year by which a person has made disbursements for the direct costs of prod

To deprive of an office or commission.

To deprive commonable lands of their commonable quality, by in-

The term “disconnected youth” means any individual who is certified by the designated local agency— (I) as having attained age 16 but not age 25 on the hiring date, (II) as not reg

after an agreement to refer, a disclosure and hearing before the referees, and an opinion expressed, or intimated, by them, upon the merits, a discontinuance cannot be regarded as

The termination or suspension of an estate-tall, in consequence of the act of the tenant in tail, in conveying a larger estate in the land than he was by law entitled to do. 2 Bl.

An alienation made or suffered by the tenant in tail, or other tenant seised in autre droit, by which the issue in tail, or heir, or successor, or those in reversion or remainder,

Lat In old law and practice. To discontinue, to intermit, disuse, interrupt. Co. Litt, 325 a. DISCONTINUOUS (or INTERRUPT- ED) SERVITUDE. In the civil law. That kind of servitude w

Co. Litt. 325. To discontinue signifies nothing else than to intermit, to disuse, to interrupt.

Occasional; intermittent; characterized by separate repeated acts; as, discontinuous easements and servitudes. See Easement.

An easement to perform acts at separated intervals.

One the enjoyment of which can be had only by the interference of man, as rights of way, or a right to draw water; as distinguished from a continuous easement, which is one the enj

In the civil laio. A servitude which needed the act of man to be exercised; such as the right of passage, of drawing water, and the like.

or Discontinuous easement. An easement made up of repeated acts, instead of one continuous act, such as right of way, drawing water, etc. DISCONVENABLE (Law Fr.) Improper; unfit. K

Improper.

Discovert.

The term “discount”— (A) means a reduction made from the price that customers are informed is the regular price; and (B) does not include any means of increasing the price that cus

A bill broker; one who discounts bills of exchange and promissory notes, and advances money on securities.

The term “discount card eligible individual” means an individual who— (i) is entitled to benefits, or enrolled, under part A or enrolled under part B; and (ii) subject to paragraph

The term "discounted price" means 50 percent (or, with respect to a plan year after plan year 2018, 30 percent) of the negotiated price of the applicable drug of a manufa

the term “discount payment” means the amount determined pursuant to section 13283 of this title ;

Discouraging membership in a labor organization 'includes discouraging participation in concerted activities * * * such as a legitimate strike.

to make or create something new, especially, in modern usage, something ingeniously devised to perform mechanical operations.

Not covert; unmarried. The term is applied to a woman unmarried, DISCOVERY (Fr. deoouvrir, to uncover; to discover). The act of finding an unknown country. The nations of Europe ad

The discovery must be of such a character that 'a person of ordinary prudence would be justified in the further expenditure of his labor and means, with a reasonable prospect of su

BILL OF. In equity pleading. A bill for the diseovery of facts resting in the knowledge of the defendant, or of deeds or writings, or other things in his custody or power; but seek

In equity pleading. A bill for the discovery of facts resting in the knowledge of the defendant, or of deeds or writings, or other things in his custody or power; but seeking no re

A mining claim held by right of discovery of minerals therein.

the Board was not making a binding construction of the labor contract. It was only acting upon the probability that the desired information was relevant, and that it would be of us

To deprive one of credit or confidence. The impeachment of a witness, as distinguished from a contradiction of his testimony. See "Impeachment."

A difference between one thing and another; between one writing and another; a variance. A material discrepancy exists when there is such a difference between a thing alleged and a

Aliens as a class are a prime example of a 'discrete and insular' minority for whom such heightened judicial solicitude is appropriate.

In this paragraph, the term "discrete segment" means a physical portion of a water resources development project to be carried out, or separable element thereof— (i) desc

1 1 Discretion. Discretio est discernere per legem quid sit justum: discretion is to discern by the law what is just