L. Fr. Twelve; a person twelve years of age. St 18 Edw. II.; Barring. Ob. St. 208. … [Read more...] about DOZEIN
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DRAM-SHOP
A drinking saloon where liquors are sold to be drunk on the premises. … [Read more...] about DRAM-SHOP
DOZEN PEERS
Twelve peers assembled at the instance of the barons, in the reign of Henry III., to be privy counselors, or rather conservators of the kingdom. … [Read more...] about DOZEN PEERS
DRAW
To withdraw funds from, e.g. to draw money from a bank account, to withdraw profits from a partnership or LLC. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition n. 1. A movable section of a bridge, which may be raised up or turned to one side, so as to admit the passage of vessels. 2. A depression in the surface of the earth, in the nature of a shallow ravine or gulch, sometimes … [Read more...] about DRAW
DR.
An abbreviation for "doctor;" also, in commercial usage, for "debtor," indicating the items or particulars in a bill or in an account-book chargeable against the person to whom the bill is rendered or in whose name the account stands, as opposed to "Cr." ("credit" or "creditor"), which indicates the items for which he is given credit Jaqua v. Shewalter, 10 Ind. App. 234, 37 N. … [Read more...] about DR.