An accuser; an informer; a sycophant … [Read more...] about DELATOR
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DEGRADING
Reviling; holding one np to public obloquy; lowering a person in the estimation of the public … [Read more...] about DEGRADING
DELATURA
In old English law. The reward of an informer. Whishaw. … [Read more...] about DELATURA
DEGREE
In the law of descent and family relations. A step or grade, i.e., the distance, or number of removes, which separates two persons who are related by consanguinity. Thus we speak of cousins in the "second degree." In criminal law. The term "degree" denotes a division or classification of one specific crime into several grades or stadia of guilt, according to the circumstances … [Read more...] about DEGREE
DELAWARE
The name of one of the original states of the United States of America. … [Read more...] about DELAWARE