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DISPOSSESSION

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Ouster; a wrong that carries with it the amotion of possession. Anact whereby the wrong-doer gets the actual occupation of the land or hereditament. It includes abatement intrusion disseisin discontinuance deforcement. … [Read more...] about DISPOSSESSION

DISPROVE

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To prove something is false and not accurate. To refute; to prove to be false or erroneous, not necessarily by mere denial but by affirmative evidence to the contrary. … [Read more...] about DISPROVE

DISORDER

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Without order, chaotic, unlawfully riot. Turbulent or riotous behavior; immoral or indecent conduct. The breach of the public decorum and morality. … [Read more...] about DISORDER

DISPENSATION

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An exemption from some laws; a permission to do something forbidden; an allowance to omit something commanded; the canonistic name for a license. Wharton; Baldwin v. Taylor, 166 Pa. 507, SI Atl. 250; Viele Insurance Co., 26 Iowa, 56, 06 Am. Dec. 83. A relaxation of law for the benefit or advantage of an individual. In the United States, no power exists, except in the … [Read more...] about DISPENSATION

DISORDERLY

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Contrary to the rules of good order and behavior; violative of the public peace or good order ; turbulent, riotous, or indecent. Disorderly conduct. A term of loose and indefinite meaning (except as occasionally defined in statutes), but signifying 'generally any behavior that is contrary to law, and; more particularly sueh as tends to disturb the public peace or decorum, … [Read more...] about DISORDERLY

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