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In the civil law. Double the price of a thing. Dig. 21, 2, 2. … [Read more...] about DUPLA

Lat. During. A word of limitation in old conveyances. Co. Litt 234b. Durante absentia. During absence. In some jurisdictions, administration of a decedent's estate is said to be granted durante absentia in cases where the absence of the proper proponents of the will, or of an executor, delays or imperils the settlement of the estate. Durante bene placito. During good pleasure. … [Read more...] about DURANTE

Where the owners of a failing business create a new entity and attempt to buy out the assets of the failing business at a significantly lower cost either in bankruptcy or during a liquidation phase. … [Read more...] about DUMP BUYBACK

A mountain or high open place. The names of places ending In dun or don were either built on hills or near them in open places. … [Read more...] about DUN

In old records. A bank of earth cast up; the side of a ditch. Cowell. … [Read more...] about DUNA