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See AUCTION. … [Read more...] about DUTCH AUCTION

To die without children. At common law this phrase imports an indefinite failure of issue and not a dying without issue surviving at the time of the death of the first taker. But this rule has been changed in some of the states by statute or decisions. At common law this phrase imports an indefinite failure of issue, and not a dying without issue surviving at the time of the … [Read more...] about DYING WITHOUT ISSUE

In its most usual signification this word is the synonym of imposts or customs ; but it is sometimes used in a broader sense, as including all manner of taxes, charges, or governmental impositions. Duties of detraction. Taxes levied upon the removal from one state to another of property acquired by succession or testamentary disposition. Frederickson v. Louisiana, 23 How. 445, … [Read more...] about DUTIES

An officer who has the care and oversight of the dykes and drains in fenny counties. … [Read more...] about DYKE-REED, OR DYKE-REEVE

The law may be harsh, but such is the law. … [Read more...] about DURA LEX SED LEX