contracts. A term invented for disguising and covering usury; in which something, was pretended to pass on both sides, when in truth nothing passed on one side, whence it was called dry. Stat. 3 Hen. VII. c. 5 Wolff, Ins. Nat. Section 657. … [Read more...] about DRY EXCHANGE
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DRY RENT
contracts. Rent-seek, was a rent reserved without a clause of distress. … [Read more...] about DRY RENT
DRY-CRAEFT
Witchcraft; magic. Anc. Inst. Eng. … [Read more...] about DRY-CRAEFT
DRU
A thicket of wood in a valley. Domesday. … [Read more...] about DRU
DUAL CITIZENSHIP
A person who can have legal status as a citizen in two countries simultaneously. … [Read more...] about DUAL CITIZENSHIP