A writ which lay for a person who was prevented from taking toll. Reg. Orig. 103. … [Read more...] about DE THEOLONIO
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DEAD BORN
descent, persons. Children dead-born are considered, in law, as if they had never been conceived, so that no one can claim a title, by descent, through such dead-born child. This is the doctrine of the civil law. Dig. 50, 16, 129. Non nasci, et natum mori, pare, sunt. Mortuus exitus, non est exitus. Civil Code of Louis. art. 28. A child in ventre sa mere is considered in being, … [Read more...] about DEAD BORN
DE SCACCARIO
Of or concerning the exchequer. The title of a statute passed in the fifty-first year of Henry III. 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 61. … [Read more...] about DE SCACCARIO
DE TRANSGRESSIONE
A writ of trespass. Reg. Orig. 92. … [Read more...] about DE TRANSGRESSIONE
DEAD FREIGHT
contracts. When the charterer of a vessel has shipped part of the goods on board, and is not ready to ship the remainder, the master, unless restrained by his special contract, may take other goods on board, and the amount which is not supplied, required to complete the cargo, is called dead freight. 2. The dead freight is to be calculated according to the actual capacity of … [Read more...] about DEAD FREIGHT