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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...] about DISABLING STATUTES

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...] about DISBURSEMENTS

In international law. A general name for all classes of persons charged with the negotiation, transaction, or superintendence of the diplomatic business of one nation at the court of another. See Rev. St. U. S. … [Read more...] about DIPLOMATIC AGENT.

One which is absolute and unconditional as to the time amount and the persons by whom and to whom it is to be made. … [Read more...] about DIRECT PAYMENT

This name has been given to public officers, who have been commissioned, according to law, to superintend and transact the affairs of the government which has employed them, in a foreign country. Vattel, liv. 4, c. 5. 2. These agents are of divers orders, and are known by different denominations. Those of the first order are almost the perfect representatives of the government … [Read more...] about DIPLOMATIC AGENTS