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In old English law. A lodging or inn. Townsh. Pi. 38. … [Read more...] about DIVERSORIUM

Term used to denote a payment of profits to a member of a partnership or limited liability company. … [Read more...] about DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS

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...] about DISTRIBUTIVE

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...] about DISTINGUISH

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