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DIVERT

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To turn aside; to turn out of the way; to alter the course of things. Usually applied to water-courses. … [Read more...]

DISTRIBUTIVE

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Exercising or accomplishing distribution; apportioning, dividing, and assigning in separate Items or shares. Distributive finding of the issue. The jury are bound to give their verdict for that party who, upon the evidence, appears to them to have succeeded in establishing his side of the issue. But there are cases in which an issue may be found distributively, i.e., in part … [Read more...]

DISTINGUISH

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To be able to differentiate between two items, usually used when comparing to reported cases where one case appears to have a similar ruling on a similar issue but is, in fact, not the same and distinguished from another case. To point out an essential difference; to prove a case cited as applicable, inapplicable. … [Read more...]

DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE

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That virtue, whose object it is to distribute rewards and punishments to every one according to his merits or demerits. … [Read more...]

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