In Scotch law. To accuse. Delated, accused. Delatit off arte and parte, accused of being accessary to. 3 How. St. Tr. 425, 440. … [Read more...] about DELATE
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DEGRADATIONS
A term for waste in the French law. … [Read more...] about DEGRADATIONS
DELATIO
In the civil law. An accusation or information. … [Read more...] about DELATIO
DEGRADE or DEGRADING
To sink or lower a person in the estimation of the public. 2. As a man's character is of great importance to him, and it is his interest to retain the good opinion of all mankind, when he is a witness, he cannot be compelled to disclose any matter which would tend to disgrace or degrade him, 13 How. St. Tr. 17, 334, 16 How. St. Tr. 161. A question having that tendency, however, … [Read more...] about DEGRADE or DEGRADING
DELATOR
An accuser; an informer; a sycophant … [Read more...] about DELATOR