In the civil law. That condition of fact under which one can exercise his power over a corporeal thing at his pleasure, to the exclusion of all others. It forms the substance of possession in all Its varieties. Mackeld. Rom. Law, f 238. … [Read more...] about DETENTIO
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DESRENABLE
L. Fr. Unreasonable. … [Read more...] about DESRENABLE
DETENTION
The act of retaining a person or property, and preventing the removal of such person or property. 2. The detention may be occasioned by accidents, as, the detention of a ship by calms, or by ice; or it may, be hostile, as the detention of persons or ships in a foreign country, by order of the government. In general, the detention of a ship does not change the nature of the … [Read more...] about DETENTION
DESSAISISSEMENT
In French law. When a person is declared bankrupt he is immediately deprived of the enjoyment and administration of all his property; this deprivation, which extends to all his rights, is called "dessaisissement." Arg. Fr. Merc Law, 55a … [Read more...] about DESSAISISSEMENT
DESTINATION
(A) The application which the testator directs shall be made of the legacy he gives; for example, when a testator gives to a hospital a sum of money, to be applied in erecting buildings, he is said to give a destination to the legacy. Destination also signifies the intended application of a thing. Mill stones, for example, taken out of a mill to be picked, and to be returned, … [Read more...] about DESTINATION