torts. The privation of seisin. It takes the seisin or estate from one man and places it in another. It is an ouster of the rightful owner from the seisinor estate in the land, and the coinmencement of a new estate in the wrong doer. It may be by abatement, intrusion, discontinuance, or deforcement, as well as by disseisin, properly so called. Every dispossession is not a … [Read more...]
DISTINCT
Unique. Clearly different from others. … [Read more...]
DISPUNISHABLE
In old English law. Not answerable. Co. Litt 27b, 53. 1 Steph. Comm. 245. Not punishable. "This murder is dispunishable." 1 Leon. 270. … [Read more...]
DISPERSONARE
To scandalize or disparage. Blount … [Read more...]
DISPUTATIO FORI
In the civil law. Discussion or argument before a court Mackeld. Rom. Law, … [Read more...]