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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...]

DWELLING-PLACE

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This term is not synonymous with a "place of pauper settlement" Lisbon v. Lyman, 49 N. H. 553. Dwelling-place, or home, means some permanent abode or residence, with Intention to remain; and is not synonymous with "domicile," as used in international law, but has a more limited and restricted meaning. Jefferson v. Washington, 19 Me. 293. … [Read more...]

DURHAM

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A county palatine In England, the jurisdiction of which was vested in the Bishop of Durham until the statute 6 & 7 Wm. IV. c 19, vested it as a separate franchise and royalty in the crown. The Jurisdiction of the Durham court of pleas was transferred to the supreme court of Judicature by the judicature act of 1873. … [Read more...]

DWI

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Abbreviation for driving while intoxicated. See that definition and driving under the influence. … [Read more...]

DUPLICITY

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pleading. Duplicity of pleading consists in multiplicity of distinct matter to one and the same thing, whereunto several answers are required. Duplicity may occur in one and the same pleading. Double pleading consists in alleging, for one single purpose or object, two or more distinct grounds of defence, when one of them would be as effectual in law, as both or all. 2. This the … [Read more...]

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