The duty that if a person is under attack, they should first seek retreat as preferred alternative to using force to act in self-defense. … [Read more...]

med. jur., contracts. A state of the stomach in which its functions are disturbed, without the presence of other diseases; or when, if other diseases are present, they are of minor importance. Dunglison's Med. Dict. h. t. 2. Dyspepsia is not, in general, considered as a disease which tends to shorten life, so as to make a life uninsurable; unless the complaint has become … [Read more...]

(From duo, two, and viri, men.) A general appellation among the ancient Romans, given to any magistrates elected in pairs to fill any office, or perform any function. Brande. Duumviri municipales were two annual magistrates in the towns and colonies, having judicial powers. Calvin. Duumviri navales were officers appointed to man, equip, and refit the navy. Id. … [Read more...]

In Roman law. A leader or military commander. The commander of an army. Dig. 3, 2, 2, pr. In feudal and old European law. Duke; a title of honor, or order of nobility. 1 Bl. Comm. 997; Crabb, Eng. Law, 236. In later law. A military governor of a province. See Cod. 1, 27, 2. A military officer having charge of the borders or frontiers of the empire, called "dux limitis.'9 Cod. … [Read more...]

The double of anything. 2. It is usually applied to agreements, letters, receipts, and the like, when two originals are made of either of them. Each copy has the same effect. The term duplicate means a document, which is essentially the same as some other instrument. 7 Mann. & Gr. 93. In the English law, it also signifies the certificate of discharge given to an insolvent … [Read more...]