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That wherein the owner elects to consider himself disseised for the sake of the remedy by novel disseisin. See 2 Wend. (N. Y.) 166, 19 Am. Dec. 571.

Exists only when there is a wrongful entry by one claiming an actual ouster of the true owner, or some act tantamount thereto. See 2 Wend. (N. Y.) 166, 19 Am. Dec. 571.

the doing of such overt acts of ownership as are possible on wild land, under a recorded deed which shows that the actor claims title, coupled with payment of the taxes, the owner

disseysii-e, i!. I. In old English law. To disseisa

disseysitor, 1.1. A disseisor. Disseisitus, disseysitns: a disseisee.

A female disseisor; a disseisoress. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 12, § 4.

One who has been disseised.

One who puts another out of the possession of his lands wrongfully. DISSEISORESS (Law Lat. disseisitrix). A woman that disseises another person. Litt. § 678; Co. Litt. 357b.

A female disseisor.

The term “dissemination” means the communication and transfer, through the provision of technical assistance and other means, of the results of research and proven practice in form

Lat In the civil law. The mutual agreement of the parties to a simple contract obligation that it shall be dissolved or annulled; technically, an undoing of the consensus which cre

A disagreement to something which has been done. It is express or implied.

One who refuses to conform to the rites and ceremonies of the established church; a non-conformist. 2 Burn, Eccl. Law 165. DISSENTIENTE (Lat dissenting). Used with the name or name

Protestant seceders from the established church of England. They are of many denominations, principally Presbyterians, Independents, Methodists, and Baptists ; but, as to church go

As used in this paragraph, the term “dissenting limited partner” means a person who, on the date on which soliciting material is mailed to investors, is a holder of a beneficial in

A separate opinion in which a particular judge announces his dissent from the conclusion held by a majority of the court, and expounds his own views. —Per curiam opinion. One concu

One whois wrongfully put out of possession of hislands; one who is disseised.

In old law. To break open a seal. Whishaw.

Of dissimilars the rule is dissimilar. Co. Litt. 191.

I A passing over. Dissimulatione tollitur injuria: an injury is extinguished by the forgiveness or reconcilement of the party injured.

Wrong is wiped out by reconciliation. Ersk. Inst. bk. 4, tit. 4, § 108.

I To dissolve, as a contract or connection; to unloose a legal bond or tie; to set free from obligation, v. Eodem, etc.

an antitrust judgment which dissolves or terminates an illegal combination or association—putting it out of business, so to speak.

The term “dissolution date” means September 30, 2008, or such earlier date as the Secretary of Education permits the transfer of remaining obligations in accordance with subsection

the dissolution of the corporation, under the acts of Virginia and Maryland... cannot, in any just sense, be considered, within the clause of the constitution of the United States

The effects of a dissolution of a corporation are usually described to be, the reversion of the lands to those who had granted them; the extinguishment of the debts, either to or f

A corporation, by the very terms and nature of its political existence, is subject to dissolution, by a surrender of its corporate franchises, and by a forfeiture of them for wilfu

the Kickapoo reservation was obliterated, the tribal lands were no more, and only individual allotments survived. We think it clear that the term 'reservation' as used in the statu

The crown may dissolve parliament either in person or by proclamation; the dissolution is usually by proclamation, after a prorogation. No parliament may last for a longer period t

To effect a dissolution.

Lat. To dissolve, as a contract or connection. B^dcn mmdm «■• •rl Mr, emdeim nod* din«l Tltnr. By the same means by which a thing originates, by the same means is it dissolved. It

A bond given to obtain the dissolution of a legal writ or process, particularly an attachment or an injunction, and conditioned to indemnify the opposite party or to abide the judg

In criminal law. To Induce a person not to do an act. able offense at common law. Hawk. P. C. bk. 1, c. 21, § 15. The mere attempt to stifle evidence is also criminal, although the

The term “distance” means the minimum great circle distance, measured in statute miles.

the straight line, as the means of ascertaining a locative call, has certainly been rejected as a general rule... when distance is indicated by a road, it shall be held to mean, by

Except as otherwise provided, the term “distance education” means education that uses one or more of the technologies described in subparagraph (B)— (i) to deliver instruction to s

The term “distance learning” means the transmission of educational or instructional programming to geographically dispersed individuals and groups via telecommunications.

Subject to paragraph (8), the term “distant site” means the site at which the physician or practitioner is located at the time the service is provided via a telecommunications syst

Is measured in a straight line, " as the crow flies," or on the horizontal plane.! May refer to the usually traveled road, = See Aloks; Course, 1; Dibrot, 1; Near.

To subject to a process of distillation, i. e., vaporizing the more volatile parte of a substance and then cendensing the vapor so formed. In law, the term is chiefly used in conne

The distillation of spirituous liquors is performed by a double process: by the application of heat to a still containing the material. The product of the first process, after runn

A term which includes nil potable alcoholic liquors Obtained by the process of distillation, (such as whisky, brandy, rum, and gin) but excludes fermented and malt liquors, such as

The terms “distilled spirits”, “alcoholic spirits”, and “spirits” mean that substance known as ethyl alcohol, ethanol, or spirits of wine in any form (including all dilutions and m

The term “distilled spirits operation” means any operation for which qualification is required under subchapter B.

The term “distilled spirits plant” means an establishment which is qualified under subchapter B to perform any distilled spirits operation.

The term “distiller” includes any person who— (A) produces distilled spirits from any source or substance, (B) brews or makes mash, wort, or wash fit for distillation or for the pr

The strict meaning of "distillery" is a place or building where alcoholic liquors are distilled or manufactured; not every building where the process of distillation is used. Atlan

In old English practice. Distinctly and openly. Formal words in writs of error, referring to the return required to be made to them. Reg. • Orig. 17,

there is a broad distinction between tribal property and private property, and between the power to abrogate a statute and the authority to destroy rights acquired under such law.

the term “distinctive counterfeit deterrent” includes any ink, watermark, seal, security thread, optically variable device, or other feature or device;

A 'distinctive name' may also, of course, be purely arbitrary or fanciful, and thus, being the trade description of the particular thing, may satisfy the statute, provided the name

the term “distinctive paper” includes any distinctive medium of which currency is made, whether of wood pulp, rag, plastic substrate, or other natural or artificial fibers or mater

possessing and selling are distinct offenses. One may obviously possess without selling, and one may sell and cause to be delivered a thing of which he has never had possession, or

I. To distinguish. Disting'uenda sunt tempera: times are to be distinguished; — distingne tempera et cencordabis leges: times are to be distinguished; distinguish times and' you wi

Times must be distinguished; it is one thing to do, another to perfect 3 Leon. 243; Branch, Princ.

Times are to be distinguished; distinguish times, and you will harmonise laws. 1 Coke, 24. A maxim applied to the construction of statutes.

The time is to be considered. 1 Coke, 16a; 14 N. Y. 380, 393. DISTINGUENDA SUNT TEMPORA; ALlud est facere, aliud perficere. Times must be distinguished; it is one thing to do a thi

Times must be distinguished; it is one thing to act and another to finish. See 2 Pick. (Mass.) 327.

Times must be distinguished; distinguish times, and you will reconcile laws.

Lat. To distinguish; to make a distinction. Distinguenda sunt tempora; distingue tempora et concordabis leges. Times are to be distinguished; distinguish times and you will harmoni

To point out an essential differenco; to prove a case cited as applicable, inapplicable.

While a by-law may be in the form of a resolution, a resolution is not necessarily a by-law. The distinction between the two has been said to lie in the fact that a resolution appl

It is not the fact of punishment, but rather its character and purpose, that often serve to distinguish between the two classes of cases. ... The classification, then, depends upon

The state must be allowed to tax the property, and to tax it at its actual value as a going concern. On the other hand, the state cannot tax the interstate business. The two necess

A mark placed upon the ballot by the voter by which his ballot can be identified. 250 111. 505. Such a mark as will distinguish and separate the particular ballot from other ballot

the term “distortion” includes a subsidy; and / The term “distortion” includes, but is not limited to, a subsidy.

In Illinois and New Hampshire, expresses a degree of insanity.

A term used in the statutes of Illinois (Rev. Laws 111. 1833, p. 332) and New Hampshire (Dig. N. H. Laws 1830, p. 339) to express a state of insanity.

In civil law. The sale of a pledge by a debtor; the appropriation of the property of a ward by a guardian. Calv. Lex.

The sale at retail of the property of an insolvent estate, under the management of a curator appointed in the interest of the creditors, and for the purpose of realizing as much as

The sale of a thing pledged or hypothecated, by the creditor or pledgee, to obtain satisfaction of his claim on the debtor's failure to pay or redeem. Idem. § 348.

To withdraw; to sell. Distrahere controversias, to diminish and settle quarrels; distrahere matrimoniam, to dissolve marriage; to divorce. Calv. Lex.

To take as a pledge property of another, and keep the same until he performs his obligation, or until the property rent, performance of services, etc. 3 Bl. Comm. 231; Fitzh. Nat.

or DISTRAINOR, He who seizes a distress.

He who seises a distress.

distreiner. A person who distrains.

Seizure; the act of distraining or making a distress.

/. fr. To distrain. Distreint: distrained.

a vessel may be in such distress as to justify her in attempting to enter a blockaded port… The case, however, must be one of absolute and uncontrollable necessity; and this must b

The term "distressed area" means— (A) the area of a unit of local government (or such area excluding the area of any defined political jurisdiction within the area of suc

The term “distressed loan” means a loan that the borrower does not have the financial capacity to pay according to its terms and that exhibits one or more of the following characte

Distresses for rent being, at common law, in nature only of pledges, the distrainor had no power to sell or dispose of them, till the statute of 2 W & M. c. 5. § 2. which directs,

In English practice. A process commanding the sheriff to distrain a person from time to time, and continually afterwards, by taking his goods by way of pledge to enforce the perfor

See Distress.

For purposes of this section, the term “distrib­utable amount” means, with respect to any foundation for any taxable year, an amount equal to— (1) the sum of the minimum investment

The test of taxability to the beneficiary is not receipt of income, but the present right to receive it

For purposes of this subpart and subparts B, C, and D, the term “income”, when not preceded by the words “taxable”, “distributable net”, “undistributed net”, or “gross”, means the

For purposes of this part, the term "distributable net income" means, with respect to any taxable year, the taxable income of the estate or trust computed with the follow

to transfer possession of, whether with or without consideration.

The term "distributed amount" means, with respect to any calendar year, the sum of— (A) the deduction for dividends paid (as defined in section 561) during such calendar

The term “distributed generation” means an electric power generation technology, including photovoltaic, small wind, and micro-combined heat and power, that serves electric consume

The term “distributed in commerce” means sold in commerce, introduced or delivered for introduction into commerce, or held for sale or distribution after introduction into commerce

The term "distributed learning" means education in which students take academic courses by accessing information and communicating with the instructor, from various locat

The term “distributed ledger” means technology in which data is shared across a network that creates a public digital ledger of verified transactions or information among network p

The term “distributed ledger protocol” means publicly available and accessible executable software deployed to a distributed ledger, including smart contracts or networks of smart

The term "distributed ledger technology" means technology that enables the operation and use of distributed ledgers.

The term "distributed wind inverter" means an inverter which— (I) is used in a residential or non-residential system which utilizes 1 or more certified distributed wind e

One entitled to take a share of the estate of a decedent under the statute of distribution.

The term “distribute in commerce” means sell in, offer for sale in, or introduce or deliver for introduction into, commerce.

for this purpose, the date of payment, not the date of the declaration of the dividend, is the date of distribution