Commonly known as DWI; driving while impaired due to the effects of alcohol. Drunk driving offense charged in some states, also see DUI or driving under the influence. … [Read more...]
DROFDEN, OR DROFDENNE.
A grove or woody place where cattle are kept Jacob. … [Read more...]
DOWER
The provision which the law makes for a widow out of the lands or tenements of her husband, for her support and the nurture of her children. Co. Litt. 30a;"2 Bl. Comm. 130; 4 Kent, Comm. 35: 1 Washb. Real Prop. 146 ; Chapin v. Hill, 1 R. I. 452; Hill v. Mitchell, 5 Ark. 610; Smith v. Hines, 10 Fla. 258; Hoy v. Varner, 100 Va. 600, 42 S. E. 690." Dower is an estate for the life … [Read more...]
DRAGOMAN
An interpreter employed in the east and particularly at the Turkish court. … [Read more...]
DREDD SCOTT V. SANFORD
U.S. Supreme Court decision in 1857 which was a basis for starting the Civil War deciding that a slave removed to a free state still was considered a slave. … [Read more...]