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In Saxon law. An actual homicide or manslaughter. … [Read more...] about DEDBANA

In Scotch law. The final judgment or sentence of a cour. Decreet absolvitor. A decree dismissing a claim, or acquitting a defendant 2 Karnes. Eq. 367. Decreet arbitral. An award of arbitrators. 1 Karnes, Eq. 312, 313; 2 Karnes Eq. 367. Decreet cognitlonis causa. When a creditor brings his action against the heir of his debtor in order to constitute the debt against him and … [Read more...] about DECREET

(Latin: l have given.) A word used in deeds and other instruments of conveyance when such Instruments were made in Latin, and anciently held to imply a warranty of title. conveyancing. I have given. This word amounts to a warranty in law, when it is in a deed; for example, if in a deed it be said, I have given, to A B, this is a warranty to him and his heirs. Yet the warranty … [Read more...] about DEDI

The punishment of every tenth soldier by lot, was, among the Romans, called decimation. … [Read more...] about DECMATION

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