Law Dictionary

The term “dividend reinvestment plan” means any arrangement under which dividends on any stock are reinvested in stock identical to the stock with respect to which the dividends ar

dividends and similar distributions paid or declared to policyholders in their capacity as such, except in the case of a mutual fire insurance company described in subsection (b)(1

The term “dividends to policyholders” means dividends and similar distributions paid or declared to policyholders. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “paid or declare

An order representing a stockholder dividend.

To guess; to prophesy.

non interpretatio est, quae omniiio recedit a litera, I. That is guessing, not interpretation, which altogether departs from the letter.

It is guesswork and not interpretation which wholly departs from the literal.

That is guessing, not interpretation, which altogether departs from the letter. Bac. Max. 18, (in reg. 3,) citing Yearb. 3 Hen. VI. 20.

See God; Law; Oath; Religion; Sunday; Woeship.

The laws of God, natural and revealed. See 11 Ark. 519, 54 Am. Dec. 217.

As distinguished from those of human origin, divine laws are those of which the authorship is ascribed to God, being either positive or revealed laws or the laws of nature. Mayer v

The old theory that the king derived his power from God.

A species of feudal tenure, by which the tenant was required to say masses, to distribute such a sum in alms or the like. It differed from frankalmoign in that, for breach of a dut

A twig or rod held in the hand and supposed to locate water by being mysteriously pulled down at the farther end.

or DEVISA (Law Lat. from Fr. diviser, to divide). In old English law. A division or partition; a division or distribution of goods by will; a will or testament of goods or chattels

A thing divisible may be forever divided.

That which is susceptible of being divided. A contract cannot, in general, be divided in such a manner that an action may be brought, or a right accrue, on a part of it. 2 Pa. St.

One which is in its nafure and purposes susceptible of division and apportionment, having two or more parts in respect to matters and things contemplated and embraced by it, not ne

The result in this situation is to make the divorce divisible to give effect to the Nevada decree insofar as it affects marital status and to make it ineffective on the issue of al

One which, being a unit, may nevertheless be lawfully divided with or without the consent of the parties. Express or Conventional Obligations. Those by which the obligor binds hims

For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “divisible tax” means— (A) any tax imposed by subtitle C; and (B) the penalty imposed by section 6672 with respect to any such tax.

Severally; separately.

The term “Division” means the National Appeals Division established by this chapter. / “division” shall mean: (1) one or more statutory divisions of a judicial district; or (2) in

An English court composed of two or more judges of the high court of justice and sitting only in special cases.

Co.urts in England, consisting of two or (in special cases) more judges of the high court of justice, sitting to transact certain kinds of business which cannot be disposed of by o

It has been asserted as a principle of the common law that the division of an empire creates no forfeiture of previously vested rights of property. . . . And this principle is equa

The words “division of a project” mean a substantial irrigable area of a project designated as a division by order of the Secretary. / The term “division of a project” shall mean a

if both vessels were in fault, then the settled rule of law is that the damages must be apportioned between the offending vessels

i Disagreement among those called upon to decide a matter. When, in a company or society, the parties having a right to vote are so divided that there is not a plurality of the who

60 seconds=1 minute 60 minutes] degree 30 degrees=1 sign 90 deyrees—1 quadrant 360 degrees or 12 signs=1 circumference. Formerly the subdivisions were carried on by sixties; thus t

A party-wall. See 84 Md. 95, 33 L. R. A. 294; 35 Atl. 170.

Jurisdiction of different tribunals.

a divorce a vinculo matrimonii.

A judicial separation of husband and wife not an absolute divorce, but usually with provision for the wife’s maintenance by the husband. See 23 Ind. 370.

Absolute divorce. See 165 Mo. 231, SJ Am. St. Rep. 416, 55 L. R. A. 332, 65 S. W. 315.

v. Court, 25, 52. Do, /. I give. V. Dedi. Do, lego: I give and bequeath. Do ut des: I give that you may give. Do ut facias: I give that you may do. Words descriptive, in the civil

The term “divorced husband” means a man divorced from an individual, but only if he had been married to such individual for a period of 10 years immediately before the date the div

The term “divorced wife” means a woman divorced from an individual, but only if she had been married to such individual for a period of 10 years immediately before the date the div

A divorced woman.

For purposes of this paragraph, the term "divorce or separation instrument" means— (i) a decree of divorce or separate maintenance or a written instrument incident to suc

Divorce.

quia vir divertitur ab uxore. Divorce Is called from divertendo, because a man is diverted from his wife. Co. Litt. 235. DIXIEME (Fr.) Tenth; the tenth part. Ord. Mar. liv. 1, tit.

Divorce is said to be from divertendo, because a man is diverted from his wife.

Lat To divine; to conjecture or guess; to foretell. Divinatio, a conjecturing or guessing.

One tenth.

An abbreviation for "District Judge."

Fr. Of the goods of the deceased. Dyer, 32.

I fr. In old English event beyond human foresight or

To take away the privilege which one has already exercised.

An interference with the enjoyment of an incorporeal hereditament. Disturbance of cominou: doing any act by which a right of common is incommoded or diminished. Disturbance of fran

I fr. Say over, — the form of awarding a respondeat ouster.

The term “DNA analysis” means analysis of the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) identification information in a bodily sample. / The term "DNA analysis" means analysis of the d

The term "DNA arrestee collection process" means, with respect to a State, a process under which the State provides for the collection, for purposes of inclusion in the i

Defined term.—For purposes of this subsection, the term “DNA profile” means a set of DNA identification characteristics.

Definition.—In this section, the term “DNA sample” has the meaning given such term in section 1565(c) of this title. / The term “DNA sample” means a tissue, fluid, or other bodily

Such a measure of prudence, activity, or assiduity, as is properly to be expected from, and ordinarily exercised by, a reasonable and prudent man under the particular circumstances

(While he was within age.) In old English practice. A writ of entry which formerly lay for an infant after he had attained his full age, to recover lands which he had aliened in fe

In English law. A writ which lay for a man who had aliened lands under duress by imprisonment, to restore to him his proper estates. 2 Inst. 482. Abolished by St. 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c.

While the offense was fresh. A term employed in the old law of appeal of rape. Bract, fol. 147.

While sole, or single. Dum solo fuerit, while she shall remnin soie. Dum sola et casta vixerit, while she lives single and chaste. Words of limitation in old conveyances. Co.. Litt

I. I. In old English law. A payment by forest tenants to the lord, for leave to plough and sow in time of pannage or mast Dans et retlnens nil dat, I. One who gives and retains [po

I. I. In old English law. The twelfth hand; twelve hands, or twelve-hand; the oath of twelve men, including the defendant himself, by whom a defendant was allowed to make his law.

I. A doubling. patitnr: the law does not In the civil law. The defendant's corresponding to the rejoinder

A fault in pleading distinct allegations or answers plea.

I give.

District Court.

Douarium, Dodarium, Doiarium, Dotalitium, L. Lat. Dower. The use of these words is entirely confined to the early continental law of Europe, although, according to Spelman, they ar

I In the civil and old English law. To show; to set forth; to make out a case by proper statements; to show or establish by proof.

n. A minute, abstract, or brief entry; or the book containing such entries. A small piece of paper or parchment having the effect of a larger. Blount. In practice. A forinal record

In medical Jurisprudence. The hydrostatic test used chiefly in cases of alleged infanticide to determine whether the child was born alive or dead, which consists in immersion of th

A dock is defined by philologists, according to the American use of the term, to be 'the space between wharves.

n. The cagoor inclosed space ina criminal court where prisoners stand when brought in for trial. The space, in a river or harbor, inclosed between two wharves, 17 How, 454,

separable foreign material, such as dirt, pieces of straw, chaff, weed stems, weed seeds and grain other than wheat.

The sum charged for the use of a dock. In the case of a dry-dock, it has been held in the nature of rent. 1 Newb, Adm. 69.

A formal record of judicial proceedings; a brief writing; a small piece of paper or parchment having the effect of a larger. Blount. An abstract. Cowell.

STRIKING A. In English bankruptcy practice. The filing of petition and bond to obtain the lord chancellor's fiat, allowing proceedings against an alleged bankrupt. Brown.

An attorney's fee, of a fixed sum, chargeable with or as a part of the costs of the action, for the attorney of the successful party ; so calied because chargeable on the docket, n

the only effect of docketing and dismissing a case under this rule, is to enable the party to proceed to execute his judgment in the court below. It removes the bar to further proc

A phrase formerly used in English bankruptcy practice. It referred to the entry of certain papers at the bankruptcy office, preliminary to the prosecution of the fiat against a tra

An officer invested with powers within the docks, and a certam distance therefrom, to direct the mooring and removing of ships, so as to prevent obstruction to the dock entrances.

Officers appointed to direct the mooring of ships, so as to prevent the obstruction of dock entrances.

A document issued by a dock company or dock owner in England, stating that certain goods therein mentioned are deliverable to a person therein named, or to his assigns, by indorsem

I In the civil law. A document; an instrument

Means commonly a practitioner of medicine, of whatever system or school. Corsi v. Maretzek, 4 E. D. Smith (N. Y.) 1. See Physicians.

The title of a work written by St. Germain in the reign of Henry VIII., in which many principles of the common law are discussed in a popular manner. It is in the form of a dialogu

The buildings occupied by the proctors and doctors of the civil law in London.

An institution near St. Paul's cathedral, where the ecclesiastical and admiralty courts are held.

See Interpretation.

The term “doctrine” includes, but is not limited to, policies, practices, purposes, aims, or procedures.

Even when resort to courts can be had to review a Commission's order, the range of issues open to review is narrow. Only questions affecting constitutional power, statutory authori

A principle of equity construction substituting the nearest feasible condition or purpose for an impossible one.

It is generally true, when a patentee describes a machine, and then claims it as described, that he is understood to intend to claim, and does by law actually cover, not only the p

The doctrine of notice is well established. He who acquires a legal title, having notice of the prior equity of another, becomes a trustee for that other to the extent of his equit

The doctrine of relation is a legal fiction invented to promote the ends of justice. It is never allowed to defeat the collateral rights of third persons, lawfully acquired

the doctrine of relation back—which by process of judicial reasoning merges the attachment lien in the judgment and relates the judgment lien back to the date of attachment

The general scope of the two treaties makes manifest an intention to prevent a state from obtaining jurisdiction of an individual whose extradition is sought on one ground and for

The term “document” means any information in any form. / “document” means a Presidential proclamation or Executive order and an order, regulation, rule, certificate, code of fair c

“Documentary evidence” includes all documents, papers, correspondence, books of account, and financial and corporate records.

The term “documentary material” includes the original or any copy of any book, document, record, report, memorandum, paper, communication, tabulation, chart, logs, electronic files

The term “documentation” includes books and records.