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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

See uncontested divorce. … [Read more...] about DEFAULT DIVORCE

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

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

See default it is a judgment awarded by the court against one of the parties because that party failed to make a court appearance at the hearing. … [Read more...] about DEFAULT JUDGMENT