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...] about DIXIEME
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DJ
Abbreviation for "District Judge." … [Read more...] about DJ
DIVINARE
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...] about DIVINARE
DJIA
Dow Jones Industrial Average. An average of the stock price of 30 large companies. … [Read more...] about DJIA
DIVERSITE DES COURTS
A treatise on courts and their jurisdiction, written in French in the reign of Edward III. as is supposed, and by some attributed to Fitzherbert It was first printed in 1525, and again in 1534. Crabb, Eng. Law, 330, 483. … [Read more...] about DIVERSITE DES COURTS