Law Dictionary

A lord cannot give his ward in marriage but once.

The king cannot have an equal, much less a superior.

Lat Tame; domesticated; not wild. Applied to domestic animals, in which a man may have an absolute property. 2 Bl. Comm. 391.

Domesticated.

Domesticated; tame.

I. In old English law. Of a tame or subdued nature or disposition, — applied to tame domestic animals in which a man may have an absolute property.

Complete ownership; absolute property." The right in a corporeal thing, from which arises the power of disposition and of claiming it from others.' Proximate dominion. Obtaining po

the term is to be understood in its distinctively legal sense—that is, to mean only legally cognizable harm.

In French law. Damages.

Dompnus. Lat The contracted form of dominus, as formerly used in the titles of emperors, <fec. Spelman. See Dominus.

A writ that lay for one against his neighbor, by the anticipated fall of whose house he feared a damage and injury to his own. Reg. Orig. 153; Termes de la Ley. DOM US (Lat.) In th

{domus procerum). The house of lords. Wharton.

A house; a dwelling; a home.

In old records. A chapter house; the chapter house. Dyer, 26b. DOMUS CONVERSORUM (Lnr Lat. the house of the converts). An ancient house or institution (Spelman calls it collegium)

An ancient house built or appointed by King Henry III. for such Jews as were converted to the Christian faith ; but King Edward III., who expelled the Jews from the kingdom, depute

Lat The house of converts. An ancient house or institution, (Spelman calls it collegium) established by Henry III. for the benefit of such Jews as were converted to the christian f

The house of God; applied to many hospitals and religious houses.

Mansion-house. See 4 Conn. 446.

The house of lords; abbreviated into Dom. Proc. or D. P. DOMUS SUA CUIQUE EST TUTISSImum refuglum. Every man's house Is his castle. 5 Coke, 91, 92; Dig. 2. 14. 18; Broom, Leg. Max.

The house of lords, abbreviated into Dom. Proc., or D.P.

One’s home is his safest refuge. See 90 111. 229.

The home of everyone is his safest refuge and asylum.

A man's house should be his safest refuge and shelter. A maxim of the Roman law. Dig. 2, 4,18.

Gifts.

3 Coke, 81. Clandestine gifts are always suspicious.

Secret gifts are always open to suspicion.

To give.

NULLI JURE cogente concedltur. That is considered to be given which is granted when no law compels. Dig. 60. 17. 82. D0NATARIU8 (Law Lat.) One to whom something is given; a donee..

That is considered as given which is transferred under no legal compulsion.

Dig. 50, 17, 82. A thing ls said to be given when it is yielded otherwise than by virtue of right

I. I. In old English law. A donea

A donee.

The term &quot;donate&quot; means to give without requiring anything of monetary value from the recipient, except that the term shall include giving by a nonprofit organization to

The term &quot;donated historical material&quot; means collections of personal papers donated or given to a Federal Presidential library or other archival repository under a deed o

The term &quot;donated land&quot; means any private land donated to the United States for conservation purposes in the Conservation Area.

The term “donating individuals” has the meaning indicated for such term in subsection (a)(1), subject to subsection (d)(1).

A gift.

Lat. [L. Fr. dofi, done, doun,] In old English law. A gift of lands or chattels. See Done, Defined by Bracton to be a " certain institution, [or established mode of conveyance,] wh

A gift by one dying, who actually dies. See 122 Pa. St. 177, 9 Am. St. Rep. S3, 1 L. R. A. 535, 15 Atl. 470.

An inofficious (undutiful) gift; a gift of so great a part of the donor's property that the birthright portion of his heirs is diminished. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 469.

A gift between persons living.

A gift made by a person in sickness, who, apprehending his dissolution near, delivers, or causes to be delivered, to another the possession of any personal goods, to keep as his ow

A donation is a gift and gratuity, and not a grant of land founded on a consideration, as where the government is bound to make it by treaty stipulation conferring mutual benefits.

In the one case the entry is complete when the money is paid; in the other when the required proofs are furnished. In neither can the patent be withheld if the original entry was l

contracts, is a contract which takes place by the mutual consent of the giver, who divests himself of the thing given, in order to transmit the title of it to the donee gratuitousl

Lands reserved in Pennsylvania for its citizens who fought in the Revolution.

A gift is not presumed.

A gift is not presumed. Jenk. Cont. 100.

ALIA incepta, et non perfecta; ut si donatio, lecta fuit et concessa, ac traditio nondum fuerit subsecuta. Some gifts are perfect, others incipient and not perfect; as, if a gift w

Some gifts are complete, others either incipient or not complete, as if a gift were read and agreed upon but delivery had not yet followed.

A gift is perfected by the receipt of possession. See 2 Leigh (Va.), 837.

Dav. Ir. K. B. 75. A gift of the prince is understood without prejudice to a third party.

A gift in consideration of marriage.

A veiled or hidden gift.

v. Advowson. Donator nunquam desinit pqssidere, incipiat possidere, /. The donor until the donee begins to possess.

In ecclesiastical law. A species of advowson, where the benefice is conferred on the clerk by the patron's deed of donation, without presentation, institution, or induction. 2 Bl.

A donor.

A donee; a person to whom a gift is made; a purchaser. Bracton, f ol. 13 et seq.; Fleta, lib. 3, c. 7, § 4.

A donor never ceases to possess until the donee begins to possess.

The donor never ceases to possess, until the donee begins to possess. Bract, fob 41b.

The person on whom the king bestows his right to any forfeiture that has fallen to the crown.

See Double.

This is not allowed either in the declaration or subsequent pleadings. Its meaning with respect to the former is that the declaration must not, in support of a single demand, alleg

A possibility upon a possibility. 2 BL Comm. 170.

In English law. Rent payable by a tenant who continues in possession after the time for which he has given notice to quit, until the time of his quitting possession. St. 11 Geo. II

The taxing of the same item or piece of property twice to the same person, or taxing it as the property of one person and again as the property of another; but this does not includ

In patent law. An application of a principle or process, previously known and applied, to some new use, but which does not lead to a new result or the production of a new article.

See Double.

(Lat. factum, actum). Distinguished from "made." "A 'deed made' may no doubt mean an 'instrument made'; but a 'deed done' is not an 'instrument done,' — it is an 'act done'; and th

donee, I. fr. In old English law. Given. Done a Londres, etc.: given at London, etc. Donees a Gaunt, etc.: given at Ghent, etc.

Lat. Until. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 12, § 6. A word of limitation in old conveyances. Co. Litt. 235a.

The term &quot;donee&quot; means any entity receiving a vessel pursuant to subsection (a). / The term &quot;donee&quot; means any entity receiving a vessel pursuant to subsection (

A charter granted for the city of New York in 1686.

STATUTE DE. See De Donis, the Statute.

The English statute establishing fees-tail. See 2 Bl.’Comm. 110.

In French law. Guarantor of negotiable paper other than by indorsement.

The term &quot;donor&quot; means any entity that is proposing to make a donation under this chapter. / The term &quot;donor&quot; means an individual or entity that donates private

Except as provided in subparagraph (B) or (C), the term “donor advised fund” means a fund or account— (i) which is separately identified by reference to contributions of a donor or

The term &quot;donor port&quot; means a port— (i) that is subject to the harbor maintenance fee under section 24.24 of title 19, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulat

The term “Do Not Pay Initiative” means the initiative described in section 3354(b).

donques, adonques, done, dune, donk, dunk, dunky, I. fr. Then. Douqnes Tirant: then living.

Same as Done.

A gift.

or DOME. In Scotch practice. Judgment; sentence. The judgment of a court formerly pronounced by the mouth of (or pronounce) for doom." The term is still retained; sentences in crim

Same as Domesday Book.

The place of usual entrance into a house, or into a room in the house. To authorize the breach of an outer door in order to serve process, the process must be of a criminal nature;

The terms “dormancy fee” and “inactivity charge or fee” mean a fee, charge, or penalty for non-use or inactivity of a gift certificate, store gift card, or general-use prepaid card

Sleeping; silent; not known; not acting. Dormant Judgment. One upon which itor delivers to the sheriff, with directions to levy only, and not to sell, until further orders, or unti

One which is in abeyance.

We do not think that the act empowering the Black Bird Creek Marsh Company to place a dam across the creek, can, under all the circumstances of the case, be considered as repugnant

See Dormant.

One losing priority from delay in its use.

One which has not been satisfied, nor extinguished by lapse of time, but which has remained so long unexecuted that execution cannot now be issued upon it without first reviving th

One that has become inoperative so far as the right to issue execution thereon is concerned. General Electric Co. v. Hurd, 171 Fed. 984. See Judgment. DOS (Lat). In Roman Law. That

A partner unknown as such to those doing business with the firm. See 190 Pa. St. Ill, 42 Atl. 528.

Those whose names are not known or do not appear as partners, but who nevertheless are silent partners, and partake of the profits, and thereby become partners, either absolutely t

2 Inst. 161. The laws sometimes sleep, never die.

NUNquam morluntur. The laws sometimes sleep, but never die. Inst. 161. DORSUM (Lat. the back). In dorso recordi, on the back of the record. 5 Coke, 44b.

Although the laws sometimes sleep, they never die.

nunquam moriuntur, I. The laws sometimes sleep, but never die.