Date of Birth. … [Read more...] about DOB
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DODRANS
Lat. In Roman law. A subdivision of the as, containing nine "uncice; the proportion of nine-twelfths, or three-fourths. 2 Bl. Comm. 462, note. … [Read more...] about DODRANS
DOCIMASIA PULMONUM
In medical jurisprudence. The hydrostatic test used chiefly in cases of alleged infanticide to determine whether the child was born alive or dead, which consists in immersion of the foetal lungs in water. If they have never been inflated they will sink, but will float If the child has breathed. … [Read more...] about DOCIMASIA PULMONUM
DOE, JOHN
The name of the fictitioup plaintiff In the action of ejectment. 3 Steph. Comm. 618. … [Read more...] about DOE, JOHN
DOCK
Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition(verb) - To curtail or diminish, as to dock an entail.(noun) - The cage or inclosed space in a criminal court where prisoners stand when brought in for trial. The space, in a river or harbor. Inclosed between two wharves. City of Boston v. Lecraw, 17 How. 434, 15 L. Ed. 118; Bingham v. Doane, 9 Ohio, 167."A dock is an artificial … [Read more...] about DOCK