In old English law. Death. … [Read more...] about DEMEASE
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DEMISSIO
L. Lat. A demise or letting. Chiefly used in the phrase ex demissione (on the demise), which formed part of the title of the cause in the old actions of ejectment, where it signified that the nominal plaintiff (a fictitious person) held the estate "on the demise" of, that is, by a lease from, the real plaintiff. … [Read more...] about DEMISSIO
DEMEMBRATION
In Scotch law. Maliciously cutting off or otherwise separating one limb from another. 1 Hume, 323; Bell. … [Read more...] about DEMEMBRATION
DEMOBILIZATION
In military law. The dismissal of an army or body of troops from active service. … [Read more...] about DEMOBILIZATION
DEMENCY
dementia, med. jur. A defect, hebetude, or imbecility of the under standing, general or partial, but confined to individual faculties of the mind, particularly those concerned in associating and comparing ideas, whence proceeds great, confusion and incapacity in arranging the thoughts. 2. Demency is attended with a general enfeeblement of the moral and intellectual faculties, … [Read more...] about DEMENCY