D

A certain measure of land; such narrow slips of pasture as are left between the plowed furrows in arable land. Cowell. . … [Read more...] about DALUS, DAILUS, DAILIA

Lat. In the civil law. Damage; the loss or diminution of what is a man's own, either by fraud, carelessness, or accident. In pleading and old English law. Damage; loss. Damnum fatale. Fatal damage; damage from fate; loss happening from a cause beyond human control, {quod ex fato contingit,) or an act of God, and for which bailees are not liable; such as shipwreck, lightning, … [Read more...] about DAMNUM

A construction of wood, stone, or other materials, made across a stream fof the purpose of penning back the waters. This word is used In two different senses. It properly means the work or structure, raised to obstruct the flow of the water in a river; but, by a well-settled usage, it is often applied to designate the pond of water creatT ed by this obstruction. … [Read more...] about DAM

Loss, hurt, or harm without injury in the legal sense, that Is, without such an invasion of rights as is redressihle by an action. A loss which does not give rise to an action of damages against the person causing it; as where a person blocks up the windows of a new house overlooking his land, or injures a person's trade by setting up an establishment of the same kind in the … [Read more...] about DAMNUM ABSQUE INJURIA

torts. The loss caused by one person to another, or to his property, either with the design of injuring him, with negligence and carelessness, or by inevitable accident. 2. He who has caused the damage is bound to repair it and, if he has done it maliciously, he may be. compelled to pay beyond the actual loss. When damage occurs by accident, without blame to anyone, the loss is … [Read more...] about DAMAGE