While single or unmarried. This phrase is applied to single women, to denote that something has been done, or may be done, while the woman is or was unmarried. Example, when a judgment is rendered against a woman dum sola, and afterwards she marries, the scire facias to revive, the judgment must be against both husband and wife. … [Read more...] about DUM SOLA
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DUO NON POSSUNT IN SOLIDO UNAM REM POSSIDERE
Latin, meaning Two cannot possess one thing each in entirety. … [Read more...] about DUO NON POSSUNT IN SOLIDO UNAM REM POSSIDERE
DUMB
One who cannot speak; a person who is mute. See Deaf and dumb, Deaf, dumb, and blind; Mute, standing mute. … [Read more...] about DUMB
DUODECEMVIRALE JUDICIUM
The trial by twelve men, or by jury. Applied to juries de medietate lingua. Mol. de Jure Mar. 448. … [Read more...] about DUODECEMVIRALE JUDICIUM
DUMB-BIDDING
In sales at auction, when the minimum amount which the owner will take for the article is written on a piece of paper, and placed by the owner under a candlestick, or other thing, and it is agreed that no bidding shall avail unless equal to that, this is called "dumb-bidding." Bab. Auct 44. … [Read more...] about DUMB-BIDDING