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A claim where a plaintiff or prosecutor will allege that something or something else occurred. Such a claim is improper in a lawsuit since the defendant has a right to know, with certainty, what he or she is being alleged to have done in order to mount a proper defense. … [Read more...] about DISJUNCTIVE ALLEGATIONS

Ignominy, shame, dishonor. No witness is required to disgrace himself. … [Read more...] about DISGRACE

One which is placed between two contraries, by the affirming of one of which, the other is taken away: it is usually expressed by the word or. … [Read more...] about DISJUNCTIVE TERM

In old English law. The depriving of an order or dignity. … [Read more...] about DISGRADING

Another name for tithes. Dime, a piece of federal money, is sometimes improperly written disme. Tenths; tithes, (q. v.) The original form of "dime," the name of the American coin. … [Read more...] about DISMES