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In the civil law. Guile; deceitfulness; malicious fraud. A fraudulent address or trick used to deceive some one; a fraud. Dig. 4, 3, 1. Any subtle contrivance by words or acts with a design to circumvent. 2 Kent, Comm. 560; Code, 2, 21. Such acts or omissions as operate as a deception upon the other party, or violate the just confidence reposed by him, whether there be a … [Read more...] about DOLUS

PROC. An abbreviation of Domus Procem or Dome Procerum; the house of lords in England. Sometimes expressed by the letters D. P. … [Read more...] about DOM

See Defense of Marriage Act. … [Read more...] about DOMA

It signifies sometimes, dominion, territory governed sometimes, possession, estate and sometimes, land about the mansion house of a lord. By domain is also understood the right to dispose at our pleasure of what belongs to us. 2. A distinction, has been made between property and domain. The former is said to be that quality which is conceived to be in the thing itself, … [Read more...] about DOMAIN

To write down, to record with physical evidence, to make physical notation of a fact occurring. An instrument on which is recorded, by means of letters, figures, or marks, matter which may be evidentially used. In this sense the term "document" applies to writings; to words printed, lithographed, or photographed; to seals, plates, or stones on which inscriptions are cut or … [Read more...] about DOCUMENT