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A mountain or high open place. The names of places ending In dun or don were either built on hills or near them in open places. … [Read more...] about DUN

In old records. A bank of earth cast up; the side of a ditch. Cowell. … [Read more...] about DUNA

(Bring with you, although sick.) In practice. An ancient writ now obsolete, directed to the sheriff, upon a return that he could not bring his prisoner without danger of death, he being adeo languid us, (so sick;) whereupon the court granted a habeas corpus in the nature of a duces tecum licet languidus. Cowell; Blount … [Read more...] about DUCES TECUM LICET LANGUIDUS

A brief written acknowledgment of a debt. It is not made payable to order, like a promissory note. … [Read more...] about DUE-BILL

Those lands which formerly belonged to the dukes of Lancaster, and now belong to the crown in right of the duchy. The duchy is distinct from the county palatine of Lancaster, and includes not only the county, but also much territory at a distance from it, especially the Savoy in London and some land near Westminster. 8 Bl. Comm. 78. Duchy court of Lancaster. A tribunal of … [Read more...] about DUCHY OF LANCASTER