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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

Capable of passing by descent or of being inherited or transmitted by devise, (spoken of estates, titles, offices, and other property.) Collins y. Smith, 105 Ga. 525, 31 S. E. 449. … [Read more...] about DESCENDIBLE

This term used in a will in relation to the management and distribution ofproperty has been interpreted by the courts with different shades of meaning varyingfrom the mere expression of a preference to a positive command. … [Read more...] about DESIRE

Hereditary succession. Descent is the title, whereby a person, upon the death of his ancestor, acquires the estate of the latter, as his heir at law: This manner of acquiring title is directly opposed to that of purchase. 2. It will be proper to consider, 1. What kind of property descends; and, 2. The general rules of descent. 3.-1. All real estate, and all freehold of … [Read more...] about DESCENT

To cease, to refrain, to stop doing something. … [Read more...] about DESIST