See proximate cause. This means the direct, obvious and immediate reason why something occurred, e.g. the defendant's erratic driving struck the plaintiff and caused his damages. … [Read more...] about DIRECT AND PROXIMATE CAUSE
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DIRECTORY
A provision in a statute, rule of procedure, or the like, is said to be directory when it is to be considered as a mere direction or instruction of no obligatory force, and involving no invalidating consequence for its disregard,, as opposed to an imperative or mandatory provision, which must be followed. The general rule is that the prescriptions of a statute relating to the … [Read more...] about DIRECTORY
DIRECT ATTACK
A direct attack on a judgment or decree is an attempt for sufficient cause to have it annulled reversed vacated corrected declared void or enjoined in a proceeding instituted for that specific purpose such as an appeal writ of error bill of review or injunction to restrain its execution; distinguished from a collateral attack which is an attempt to impeach the validity or … [Read more...] about DIRECT ATTACK
DIRIBITORES
In Roman law. Officers who distributed ballots to the people, to be used in voting. Tayl. Civil Law, 192. … [Read more...] about DIRIBITORES
DIRECT CAUSE
An action or event that is directly responsible for a series of events occurring without any intervening action which would change or modify the series of events that occurred. … [Read more...] about DIRECT CAUSE