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Lat. In old English law. Decrease of the sea; the receding of the sea from the land. Callis, Sewers, . (53,) 65. See RELICTION. … [Read more...] about DECREMENTUM MARIS

I have given and granted. The operative words of conveyance in ancient charters of feoffment, and deeds of gift and grant; the English "given and granted" being still the most proper, though not the essential, words by which such conveyances are made. 2 Bl. Comm. 53, 316, 317; 1 Steph. Comm. 164, 177, 473, 474. … [Read more...] about DEDI ET CONCESSI

The act of boiling a substance in water, for extracting its virtues. Also the liquor in which a substance has been boiled; water impregnated with the principles of any animal or vegetable substance boiled in it Webster; Sykes v. Magone (C. C.) 38 Fed. 497. In an indictment "decoction" and "infusion" are ejusdem generis; and if one is alleged to have been administered, instead … [Read more...] about DECOCTION

This term designates a person who is disabled, incapable, or incompetent, either from physical or mental weakness or detects, whether produced by age or other causes, to such an extent as to render the individual comparatively helpless in a personal conflict with one possessed of ordinary health and strength. Hall v. State, 16 Tex. App. 11, 49 Am. Rep. 824. … [Read more...] about DECREPIT

To set aside specifically for a purpose. To appropriate. To appropriate and set apart one's private property to some public use; as to make a private way public by acts evincing an intention to do so. … [Read more...] about DEDICATE