See DE DONIS, THE STATUTE. … [Read more...]
DOT
(A French word, adopted in Louisiana.) The fortune, portion, or dowry which a woman brings to her husband by the marriage. … [Read more...]
DONNEUR D'AVAL
In French law. Guarantor of negotiable paper other than by indorsement … [Read more...]
DOTAGE
Dotage is that feebleness of the mental faculties which proceeds from old age. It is a diminution or decay of that intellectual power which was once possessed. It is the slow approach of death; of that irrevocable cessation without hurt or disease ofall the functions which once belonged to the living animal. The external functions gradually cease; the senses waste away by … [Read more...]
DONOR
He who makes a gift. In old English law. He by whom lands were given to another; the party making a donation. In later law. He who gives lands or tenements to another in tail. Litt … [Read more...]