Equivalent to devest, (q. v.) … [Read more...] about DIVEST
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DITCH
The words "ditch" and "drain" have no technical or exact meaning. They both may mean a hollow space in the grouud, natural or artificial, where water is collected or passes off. Goldthwalt v. East Bridgewater, 5 Gray (Mass.) 04; Wetmore v. Fiske, 15 R. L 354, 5 Atl. 375. … [Read more...] about DITCH
DIVESTITIVE FACT
A fact by means of which a right is divested, terminated, or extinguished; as the right of a tenant terminates with the expiration of his lease, and the right of a creditor is at an end when his debt has been paid. Holl. Jur. 132. Divide et impera, earn radix et vertex, imperii in obedlentinm consensu rata sunt. 4 Inst 35. Divide and govern, since the foundation and crown of … [Read more...] about DIVESTITIVE FACT
DITES OUSTER
L. Fr. Say over. The form of awarding a respondes ouster, in the Year Books, M. 0 Edw. III. 49. … [Read more...] about DITES OUSTER
DIVESTITURE
The process of the disposition of an asset, voluntarily or involuntarily. … [Read more...] about DIVESTITURE