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DEATH TRAP

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A structure which seriously endangers the lives of those who occupy or enter the premises or may use the object. … [Read more...] about DEATH TRAP

DEAL

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1. To conduct business. 2. An agreement between parties. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition To traffic; to transact business; to trade. Makers of an accommodation note are deemed dealers with whoever discounts it. Vernon v, Manhattan Co., 17 Wend. (N. Y.) 524. Dealer. A dealer, in the popular, and therefore in the statutory, sense of the word, is not one who buys to … [Read more...] about DEAL

DEATH WARRANT

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A judicial or official order that calls for the death or execution of a person. … [Read more...] about DEATH WARRANT

DEALER

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A person who deals with a specific set of goods. Some dealers may require special licenses to operate. … [Read more...] about DEALER

DEATH-BED

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In Scotch law. A state of sickness which ends in death. Ersk. Inst. 3, 8, 95. Death-bed deed. In Scotch law. A deed made by a person while laboring under a distemper of which he afterwards died. Ersk. Inst 3, 8, 96. A deed is understood to be in death-bed, if, before signing and delivery thereof, the grantor was sick, and never convalesced thereafter. 1 Forbes, Inst. pt. 3, b. … [Read more...] about DEATH-BED

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