In its ordinary sense, to disable is to cause a disability, (q. v.) In the old language of pleading, to disable Is to take advantage of one's own or another's disability. Thus, it is "an express maxim of the common law that the party shall not disable himself;" but "this disability to disable himself Is personal." 4 Coke, 123&. … [Read more...]

Literally, to take money out of a purse. Figuratively, to pay out money; to expend money; and some times it signifies to advance money. 2. A master of a ship makes disbursements, whether with his own money or that of the owner, when he defrays expenses for the ship. 3. An executor, guardian, trustee, or other accountant, is said to have made disbursements when he expended money … [Read more...]

These are acts of parliament restraining and regulating the exercise of a right or the power of alienation; the term is specially applied to 1 Eliz. c. 19, and similar acts restraining the power of ecclesiastical corporations to make leases. … [Read more...]

Money expended by an executor guardian trustee etc. for the benefit of the estate in his hands or in connection with its administration. The term is also used under the codes of civil procedure to designate the expenditures necessarily made by a party in the progress of an action aside from th efees of officers and court costs which are allowed, together with costs. … [Read more...]

To deny a thing. … [Read more...]