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DURBAR

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In India. A court audience, or levee. Mozley A Whitley. … [Read more...]

DWELL

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To have an abode; to inhabit; to live in a place. Gardener v. Wagner, 9 Fed. Cas. 1,154; Ex parte Blumer, 27 Tex. 736; Putnam v. Johnson, 10 Mass. 502; Eatontown v. Shrewsbury, 49 N. J. Law, 188, 6 Atl. 319. … [Read more...]

DURESS

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An actual or a threatened violence or restraint of a man's person, contrary to law, to compel him to enter into a contract, or to discharge one. 1 Fairf. 325. 2. Sir William Blackstone divides duress into two sorts: First. Duress of imprisonment, where a man actually loses his liberty. If a man be illegally deprived of his liberty until he sign and seal a bond, or the like, he … [Read more...]

DWELLING HOUSE

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The house In which a man lives with his family; a residence; the apartment or building or group of buildings occupied by a family as a place of residence.In conveyancing. Includes all buildings attached to or connected with the house. In the law of burglary. A house in which the occupier and his family usually resideor in other words dwell and lie in. Law Dictionary - … [Read more...]

DURESSOR

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One who subjects another to duress; one who compels another to do a thing, as by menace. Bac. Max. 90, reg. 22. … [Read more...]

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