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DIXIEME

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Fr. Tenth; the tenth part Ord. Mar. liv. 1, tit. 1, art 9. In old French law. An income tax payable to the crown. Steph. Lect. 359. … [Read more...]

DJ

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Abbreviation for "District Judge." … [Read more...]

DIVINARE

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Lat. To divine; to conjecture or guess; to foretell. Divinatio, a conjecturing or guessing. Divinatio, non interpretmtio est, qusa omnino reeedit a litera. That is guessing, not interpretation, which altogether departs from the letter. Bac. Max. 18, (in reg. 3,) citing Yearb. 3 Hen. VI. 20. … [Read more...]

DJIA

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Dow Jones Industrial Average. An average of the stock price of 30 large companies. … [Read more...]

DIVINE LAWS

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As distinguished from those of human origin, divine laws are those of which the authorship js ascribed to God, being either positive or revealed laws or the laws of nature. Mayer v. Frohe, 40 W. Va. 246, 22 S. E. 58; Borden v. State, 11 Ark. 527, 44 Am. Dec. 217. … [Read more...]

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