Latin: A day; days. Days for appearance in court. revisions or maintenance for a day. The king's rents were anciently reserved by so many days' provisions. Spelman; Cowell; Bloun. Dies a quo. (The day from which.) In the civil law. The day from which a transaction begins; the commencement of it; the conclusion being the dies ad quern. Mackeld. Rom. Law, 185. Dies amoris. A day … [Read more...] about DIES
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DIATIM
In old records. Daily; every day; from day to day. Spelman. … [Read more...] about DIATIM
DIES DATUS
practice. A day or time given to a defendant in a suit, which is in fact a continuance of the cause. It is so called when given before a declaration; when it is allowed afterwards it assumes the name of imparlance. … [Read more...] about DIES DATUS
DEVY
L. Fr. Dies; deceases. Bendloe, 5. … [Read more...] about DEVY
DEVEST
To deprive; to take away; to withdraw. Usually spoken of an authorityr power, property, or title; as the estate is devested. Devest is opposite to invest As to invest signifies to deliver the possession of anything to another, so to devest signifies to take it away. Jacob. It is sometimes written "divest" but "devest" has the support of the hast authority. … [Read more...] about DEVEST