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DEFINITE SENTENCE
A sentence clearly set forth by law for a period of time that is not modifiable of subject to the discretion of the judge. … [Read more...] about DEFINITE SENTENCE
DEGASTER
L. Fr. To waste. … [Read more...] about DEGASTER
DEFINITIO
Lat. Definition, or, more strictly, limiting or bounding; as in the maxim of the civil law: Omnia definitio periculosa est, parum est enim ut non subverti possit, (Dig. 50, 17, 202;) i.e., the attempt to bring the law within the boundaries of precise definitions is hazardous, as there are hut few cases in which such a limitation cannot be subverted. … [Read more...] about DEFINITIO
DEGRADATION
A deprivation of dignity; dismission from office. An ecclesiastical censure, whereby a clergyman is divested of his holy orders. There are two sorts by the canon law, one summary, by word only; the other solemn, by stripping the party degraded of those ornaments and rights which are the ensigns of his degree. Degradation is otherwise called "deposition," but the canonists have … [Read more...] about DEGRADATION