The Act of Congress of March 3, 1815, 2 Story L. U. S. 1530, authorizes and directs the district attorneys of the United States to appoint by warrant, an attorney as their substitute or deputy in all cases when necessary to sue or prosecute for the United States, in any of the state or county courts, by that act invested with certain jurisdiction, within the sphere of whose … [Read more...] about DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS
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DERIVATIVES
Contracts that are based upon the financial markets and dealing with the fluctuating value of assets, e.g. stocks, bonds. … [Read more...] about DERIVATIVES
DEPUTY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
An officer appointed by the attorney general, who is to hold his office during the pleasure of the latter, and whose duty it is to perform, within a specified district, the duties of the attorney general. He must be a member of the bar. In Pennsylvania, by an act of assembly, passed May 3, 1850, district attorneys are elected by the people, who are required to perform the … [Read more...] about DEPUTY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
DEROGATION
civil law. The partial abrogation of a law; to derogate from a law is to enact something which is contrary to it; to abrogate a law is' to abolish it entirely. Dig. lib. 50, t. 17, 1. 102. See Abrogation. The partial repeal or abolishing of a law, as by a subsequent act which limits its scope or impairs its utility and force. Distinguished from abrogation, which means the … [Read more...] about DEROGATION
DERAIGN
Seems to mean, literally, to confound and disorder, or to turn out of course, or displace; as deraignment or departure out of religion, in St. 31 Hen. VIII. c. 6. In the common law, the word is used generally In the sense of to prove; viz., to deraign a right deraign the warranty, etc. Glanv. lib. 2, c. 6; Fitzh. Nat Brev. 146. Perhaps this word "deraign," and the word … [Read more...] about DERAIGN