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DISSEISIN

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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

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Unique. Clearly different from others. … [Read more...]

DISPUNISHABLE

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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...]

DISPUTATIO FORI

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In the civil law. Discussion or argument before a court Mackeld. Rom. Law, … [Read more...]

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