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In Saxon law. The actual perpetrator of a homicide. … [Read more...] about DOED-BANA

(verb) - To abstract and enter in a book. 3 Bl. Comm. 397, 398. To make a brief entry of any proceeding in a court of justice in the docket.(noun) - n. A minute, abstract or brief entry; or the book containing such entries. A small piece of paper or parchment having the effect of a larger. Blount. In practice. A formal record, entered in brief, of the proceedings In a court of … [Read more...] about DOCKET

In Scotch law. An agent or attorney. 1 Karnes, Eq. 325. … [Read more...] about DOER

A learned man; one qualified to give instruction of the higher order in a science or art; particularly, one who has received the highest academical degree in his art or faculty, as, a doctor of laws, medicine, or theology. In colloquial language, however, the term is practically restricted to practitioners of medicine. Harrison v. State, 102 Ala. 170, 15 South. 563; State v. … [Read more...] about DOCTOR

State laws that determine liability for dog owners whose dogs bite a person. Many states make dog owners liable for dog bites even without knowledge that their dog had a propensity to bite a person. (See also the one bite rule regarding dogs.) … [Read more...] about DOG BITE STATUTE