Expenses that may be deducted for tax purposes from personal income taxes. … [Read more...] about DEDUCTIBLE EXPENSES
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DEER-HAYES
Engines or great nets made of cord to catch deer. 19 Hen. VIII. c. 11. … [Read more...] about DEER-HAYES
DEFEASIBLE FEE
An estate in fee but which is liable to be defeated by some future contingency; e.g. a vested remainder which might be defeated by the death of the remainderman before the time fixed for the taking effect of the devise. … [Read more...] about DEFEASIBLE FEE
DEDUCTION
(1) Tax term, an amount you can subtract from the income upon which you owe taxes, for example, charitable contributions. (2) By "deduction" is understood a portion or thing which an heir has a right to take from the mass of the succession before any partition takes place. … [Read more...] about DEDUCTION
DEFACE
To mar or destroy the face (that is, the physical appearance of written or inscribed characters as expressive of a definite meaning) of a written instrument signature, inscription, etc., by obliteration, erasure, cancellation, or superinscriptlon, so as to render it illegible or unrecognizable. Linney v. State, 6 Tex. 1, 55 Am. Dec. 756. See CANCEL. … [Read more...] about DEFACE