practice. According to the English law, when double costs are given by the statute, the term is not to be understood, according to its literal import, twice the amount of single costs, but in such case the costs are thus calculated. 1. the common costs; and, 2. Half of the common costs. Bac. Ab. Costs, E; 2 Str. 1048. This is not the rule in New York, nor in Pennsylvania. 2 … [Read more...]

L. Fr. A gift Otherwise written "don" and "done." The thirty-fourth chapter of Britton is entitled "De Donna." … [Read more...]

Twice the amount of actual damages as found by the verdict of a jury allowed bv statute in some cases of injuries by negligence fraud or trespass. … [Read more...]

The name of a well known bird. 2. Doves are animals ferae naturae, and not the subject of larceny, unless they are in the owner's custody; as, for example, in a dove-house, or when in the nest before they can fly. 9 Pick. 15. See Whelp. … [Read more...]

Where one fraudulently obtains double benefits, e.g. where a commission may be taken from both the seller and purchaser when only one commission is actually earned. … [Read more...]