Benefits available to disabled people under the age of 65 as a result of qualifying due to work and earnings that meet requirements for the disability benefits. … [Read more...] about DISABILITY BENEFITS
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DIP
In mining law. The line of declination of strata; the angle which measures the deviation of a mineralized vein or lode from the vertical plane; the slope or slant of a vein, away from the perpendicular, as It goes downward into the earth; distinguished from the "strike" of the vein, which is its extension in the horizontal plane, or its lengthwise trend or course with reference … [Read more...] about DIP
DIFFICULT
For the meaning of the phrase "difficult and extraordinary case," as used in New York statutes and practice, see Standard Trust Co. v. New York, etc., R. Co., 178 N. Y. 407, 70 N. E. 925; Fox v. Gould. 5 How. Prac. … [Read more...] about DIFFICULT
DILACION
In Spanish law. A space of time granted to a party to a suit in which to answer a demand or produce evidence of a disputed fact … [Read more...] about DILACION
DIMINSHED CAPACITY
A lowered mental capacity, an impairment, which may be the result of disease, an injury or intoxication. It does not rise to the level of insanity although it may reduce a criminal charge, depending upon the criminal offense and laws of the state. … [Read more...] about DIMINSHED CAPACITY