A writ or commission for the hearing and determining any outrage or misdemeanor. … [Read more...] about DE TRANSGRESSIONE, AD AUDIENDUM ET TERMINANDUM
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DEAD LETTERS
Letters which the postal department has not been able to deliver to the persons for whom they were intended. They are sent to the "dead-letter office," where they are opened, and returned to the writer if his address can be ascertained. … [Read more...] about DEAD LETTERS
DE SE BENE GERENDO
For behaving himself well; for his good behavior. Yelv. 90, 154. … [Read more...] about DE SE BENE GERENDO
DE UNA PARTE
A deed de una parte, is one where only one party grants, gives, or binds himself to do a thing to another. It differs from a deed inter partes. … [Read more...] about DE UNA PARTE
DEAD MANS PART
(Dead Man's Part) English law. By the custom of London, when a deceased freeman of the city left a widow and children, after deducting what was called the widow's chamber, his personal property was divided into three parts; one of which belonged to the widow, another tot he children, and the third to the administrator. When there was only a widow, or only children, in either … [Read more...] about DEAD MANS PART