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DEVISABLE
Capable of being devised. 1 Pow. Dev. 165; 2 Bl. Comm. 373. … [Read more...] about DEVISABLE
DI COLONNA
mar. contracts. This contract tales place between the owner of a ship, the captain and the mariners, who agree that the voyage shall be for the benefit of all. This is a term used in the Italian law. Targa, oh. 36, 37: Emerigon, Mar. Loans, s. 5. 2. The New England whalers are owned and navigated in this manner, and under this species of contract. The captain and his mariners … [Read more...] about DI COLONNA
DEVISAVIT VEL NON
practice. The name of an issue sent out of a court of chancery, or one which exercises chancery jurisdiction, to a court of law, to try the validity of a paper asserted and denied to be a will, to ascertain whether or not the testator did devise, or whether or not that paper was his will. … [Read more...] about DEVISAVIT VEL NON
DI. ET FI
L. Latin: In old writs. An abbreviation of dilecto et fideli, (to his beloved and faithful.) … [Read more...] about DI. ET FI