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
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DIRIBITORES
In Roman law. Officers who distributed ballots to the people, to be used in voting. Tayl. Civil Law, 192. … [Read more...] about DIRIBITORES
DIGITAL SIGNATURE
See electronic signature … [Read more...] about DIGITAL SIGNATURE
DIMIDIA, DIMIDIUM, DIMIDIUS
Half; a half; the half. … [Read more...] about DIMIDIA, DIMIDIUM, DIMIDIUS
DIOCESAN COURTS
In English law. The consistorial courts of each diocese, exercising general jurisdiction of all matters arising locally within their respective limits, with the exception of places subject to peculiar jurisdiction; deciding all matters of spiritual discipline, suspending or depriving clergymen, and administering the other branches of the ecclesiastical law. 2 Steph. Comm. 672. … [Read more...] about DIOCESAN COURTS