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DROP DEAD DATE

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A final date, a contractual provision which sets forth the final date a payment is due before consequences of nonpayment will occur. … [Read more...]

DRINKING-SHOP

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A place where intoxicating liquors are sold, bartered, or delivered to be drunk on the premises. Portland v. Schmidt, 13 Or. 17, 6 Pac. 221. … [Read more...]

DROP-LETTER

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A letter addressed for delivery in the same city or district in which it is posted. … [Read more...]

DRIP

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The right of drip is an easement by which the water which falls on one house is allowed to fall upon the land of another. 2. Unless the owner has acquired the right by grant or prescription, he has no right so to construct his house as to let the water drip over his neighbor's land. … [Read more...]

DROVE

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A number of animals collected and driven together in a body; a flock or herd of cattle In process of being driven; indefinite as to number, but including at least several. Caldwell v. State, 2 Tex. App. 54; McConvill Jersey City, 39 N. J. Law, 43. Drove-road. In Scotch law. A road for driving cattle. 7 Bell. App. Cas. 43, 53, 57. A drift-road. Lord Brougham, Id. Drove-stance. … [Read more...]

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