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Span. law. The property which the wife gives to the husband on account of marriage. 2. It is divided into adventitia and profectitia; the former is the dote which the father or grandfather, or other of the ascendants in the direct paternal line, give of their own property to the husband; the latter (adventitia) is that property which the wife gives to the husband, or that which … [Read more...] about DOTE

The place of usual entrance in a house, or into a room in the house. 2. To authorize the breach of an outer door in order to serve process, the process must be of a criminal nature; and even then a demand of admittance must first have been refused. The outer door may also be broken open for the purpose of executing a writ of habere facias. 3. An outer door cannot in general be … [Read more...] about DOOR

Literally, sleeping; hence inactive; in abeyance; unknown; concealed. Dormant claim. One which is in abeyance. Dormant execution. One which a creditor delivers to the sheriff with directions to levy only, and not to sell until further orders, or until a junior execution is received. Dormant judgment. One which has not been satisfied, nor extinguished by lapse of time, but which … [Read more...] about DORMANT

One which is in abeyance. A claim that is not live or being acted upon. … [Read more...] about DORMANT CLAIM

One which has not been satisfied nor extinguished by lapse of time but which has remained so long unexecuted that execution cannot now be issued upon it without first reviving the judgment or one which has lost its lien on land from the failure to issue execution on it or takeother steps to enforce it within the time limited by statute. … [Read more...] about DORMANT JUDGMENT