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Duty. It is used in the statute of 2 Ric. II., c. 3, in the sense of duties or customs. … [Read more...] about DEVOIR

Dialogue of or about the exchequer. An ancient treatise on the court of exchequer, attributed by some to Gervase of Tilbury, by others to Richard Fits Nigel, bishop of London in the reign of Richard I. It is quoted, by Lord Coke under the name of Ockham. Crabb, Eng. Law, 71. … [Read more...] about DIALOGUS DE SCACCARIO.

The transfer or transition from one person to another of a right, liability, title, estate, or office. Francisco v. Aguirre, 94 Cal. 180, 29 Pac. 495; Owen v. Insurance Co., 56 Hun, 455, 10 N. Y. Supp. 75. In ecclesiastical law. The forfeiture of a right or power (as the right of presentation to a living) in consequence of its non-user by the person holding it, or of some other … [Read more...] about DEVOLUTION

A logical reasoning in a progressive manner, proceeding from one subject to another. Enc. Lond. … [Read more...] about DIANATIC

In the law of Louisiana, one which does not suspend the execution of the judgment appealed from. State v. Allen, 51 La, Ann. 1842, 26 South. 434. … [Read more...] about DEVOLUTIVE APPEAL