A deacon. … [Read more...] about DIACONTUS
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DEVISE AND GRANT
a common legal phrase used in will drafting that indicates the transfer of title and property to an heir. … [Read more...] about DEVISE AND GRANT
DIAGNOSIS
A medical term, meaning the discovery of the source of a patient's illness or the determination of the nature of his disease from a study of its symptoms. Said to be little more than a guess enlightened by experience. Swan v. Railroad Co., 79 Hun, 612, 29 N. Y. Supp. 337. … [Read more...] about DIAGNOSIS
DEVISEE
A person to whom a devise has been made. 2. All persons who are in rerum natura, and even embryos, may be devisees, unless excepted by some positive law. In general, he who can acquire property by his labor and industry, may receive a devise. NOTE: Usually the person or entity who inherits real property under a will. … [Read more...] about DEVISEE
DIALECTICS
That branch of logic which teaches the rules and modes of reasoning. … [Read more...] about DIALECTICS