A signed statement that states that an item has been mailed to a party involved in a lawsuit. … [Read more...] about DECLARATION OF MAILING
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DECLINING BALANCE
The balance of a loan which declines with every payment. Can also refer to appreciation or any other gradual reduction. … [Read more...] about DECLINING BALANCE
DECESSTUS
In the civil and old English law. Death; departure. Decet tamen. principem servare leges quibus ipse servatus est. It behoves, indeed, the prince to keep the laws by which he himself Is preserved. … [Read more...] about DECESSTUS
DECLARATION OF TRUST
The act by which an individual acknowledges that a property, the title of which he holds, does in fact belong to another, for whose use he holds the same. The instrument in which the acknowledgment is made, is also called a declaration of trust; but such a declaration is not always in writing, though it is highly proper it should be so. … [Read more...] about DECLARATION OF TRUST
DECIDE
To make a decision, to reach a conclusion in a legal matter after analyzing the facts and circumstances as to who is right and who is wrong. To decide includes the power and right to deliberate, to weigh the reasons for and against, to see which preponderate, and to be governed by that preponderance. … [Read more...] about DECIDE