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DYSNOMY

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Bad legislation; the enactment of bad laws. … [Read more...]

DUTY TO MITIGATE DAMAGES

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The duty that arises upon a plaintiff to minimize the amount of damages that result from a breach of contract. … [Read more...]

DYSPAREUNIA

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In medical jurisprudence. Incapacity of a woman to sustain the act of sexual intercourse except with great difficulty and pain. … [Read more...]

DUTY TO RETREAT

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The duty that if a person is under attack, they should first seek retreat as preferred alternative to using force to act in self-defense. … [Read more...]

DYSPEPSIA

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med. jur., contracts. A state of the stomach in which its functions are disturbed, without the presence of other diseases; or when, if other diseases are present, they are of minor importance. Dunglison's Med. Dict. h. t. 2. Dyspepsia is not, in general, considered as a disease which tends to shorten life, so as to make a life uninsurable; unless the complaint has become … [Read more...]

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