Lat. Description of the person. By this is meant a word or phrase used merely for the purpose of identifying or pointing out the person intended, and not as an intimation that the language in connection with which it occurs is to apply to him only In the official or technical character which might appear to be indicated by the word. In wills, it frequently happens, that the … [Read more...] about DESCRIPTIO PERSONAE
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DESMEMORIADOS
In Spanish law. Persons deprived of memory. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit 2, c. 1, … [Read more...] about DESMEMORIADOS
DESCRIPTION
1. A delineation or account of a particular subject by the recital of its characteristic accidents and qualities. 2. A written enumeration of items composing an estate, or of its condition, or of titles or documents; like an inventory, but with more particularity, and without involving the idea of an appraisement. 3. An exact written account of an article, mechanical device, or … [Read more...] about DESCRIPTION
DESPACHEURS
The name given, in some countries, to persons appointed to settle cases of average. Ord. Hamh. t. 21, art. 10. … [Read more...] about DESPACHEURS
DESCRIPTIVE MARK
A trade name or mark that is descriptive of the products or services being sold and which cannot be registered for a trademark protection unless it acquires a distinct meaning over the course of time. Used in trademark law, this a word mark which describes the product or service and is not unique. For example, QuickGas as a mark is descriptive of the products sold at a common … [Read more...] about DESCRIPTIVE MARK