The act of yielding up anything ; surrender. … [Read more...] about DEDITION
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DEEM
To hold; consider; adjudge; condemn.. When, by statute, certain acts are "deemed" to be a crime of a particular nature, they are such crime, aud not a semblance of it nor a mere fanciful approximation to or designation of the offense. Com. v. Pratt 132 Mass. 247. … [Read more...] about DEEM
DEFAULT DIVORCE
See uncontested divorce. … [Read more...] about DEFAULT DIVORCE
DEDITITII
In Roman law. Criminals who had been marked in the face or on the body with fire or an iron, so that the mark could not be erased, and subsequently manumitted. Calvin. … [Read more...] about DEDITITII
DEEMSTERS
Judges in the Isle of Man, who decide all controversies without process, writings, or any charges. These judges are chosen by the people, and are said by Spelman to be two in number. Spelman. … [Read more...] about DEEMSTERS