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(A) contracts. When a plan has been adopted for a building, and in the progress of the work a change has been made from the original plan, the change is called a deviation. 2. When the contract is to build a house according to the original plan, and a deviation takes place, the contract shall be traced as far as possible, and the additions, if any have been made, shall be paid … [Read more...] about DEVIATION

One at the right hand of another. … [Read more...] about DEXTRARIUS

An invention or contrivance; any result of design; as in the phrase "gambling device," which means a machine or contrivance of any kind for the playing of an unlawful game of chance or hazard. State v. Blackstone, 115 Mo. 424, 22 S. W. 370. Also, a plan 6r project; a scheme to trick or deceive; a stratagem or artifice; as in the laws relating to fraud and cheating. State v. … [Read more...] about DEVICE

To shake hands in token of friendship; or to give up oneself to the power of another person. … [Read more...] about DEXTRAS DARE

An instrument of' torture, formerly used to extort confessions, etc . It was made of several irons, which were fastened to the neck and legs, and wrenched together so as to break the back. Cowell. … [Read more...] about DEVIL ON THE NECK