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DISPATCH

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A message letter or order sent with speed on affairs of state; a telegraphic message.In maritime law. Diligence due activity or proper speed In the discharge of a cargo; the opposite of delay. … [Read more...] about DISPATCH

DISMORTGAGE

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To redeem from mortgage. … [Read more...] about DISMORTGAGE

DISPATCH , OR DESPATCH.

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A message, letter, or order sent with speed on affairs of state; a telegraphic message. In maritime law. Diligence, due activity, or proper speed in the discharge of a cargo; the opposite of delay. Terjesen v. Carter, 9 Daly (N. Y.) 193; Moody v. Laths (D. C.) 2 Fed. 607; Sleeper v. Puig, 22 Fed. Cas. 321. Customary dispatch. Such as accords with the rules, customs, and usages … [Read more...] about DISPATCH , OR DESPATCH.

DISOBEDIENCE

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The want of submission to the orders of a superior. 2. In the army, disobedience is a misdemeanor. 3. For disobedience to parents, children may be punished; and apprentices may be imprisoned for disobedience to the lawful commands of their master. Vide Correction. … [Read more...] about DISOBEDIENCE

DISPAUPER

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When a person, by reason of his poverty, is admitted to sue in forma pauperis, and afterwards, before the suit be ended, acquires any lands, or personal estate, or is guilty of anything whereby he is liable to have this privilege taken from him, then he loses the right to sue in forma pauperis, and is said to be dispaupered. Wharton. Dispensatio est mali prohibiti provida … [Read more...] about DISPAUPER

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