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The office, jurisdiction, territory, or command of a decanus, or dean. Spelman. … [Read more...] about DECANIA

A debt or obligation complete when contracted, but of which the performance cannot be required till some future period. … [Read more...] about DEBITUM IN PRAESENTI SOLVENDUM IN FUTURO

In ecclesiastical and old European law. An officer having supervision over ten; a dean. A term applied not only to ecclesiastical, but to civil and military, officers. Decanus monasticus; a monastic dean, or dean of a monastery; an officer over ten monks. Decanus in majori ecclesice; dean of a cathedral church, presiding over ten prebendaries. Decanus epis copi; a bishop's or … [Read more...] about DECANUS

L. Lat. Debt without writ; debt without a declaration. In old practice, this term denoted an action toegun by original bill, instead of by writ In modern usage, it is sometimes applied to a debt evidenced by confession of judgment without suit The equivalent Norman-French phrase was "debit sons breve." Both are abbreviated to d. s. b. … [Read more...] about DEBITUM SINE BREVI

The act of beheading. A mode of capital punishment by cutting off the head. … [Read more...] about DECAPITATION