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DURANTE

Lat. During. A word of limitation in old conveyances. Co. Litt 234b. Durante absentia. During absence. In some jurisdictions, administration of a decedent’s estate is said to be granted durante absentia in cases where the absence of the proper proponents of the will, or of an executor, delays or imperils the settlement of the estate. Durante bene placito. During good pleasure. The ancient tenure of English judges was durante bene plaeito. 1 Bl. Comm. 267, 342. Durante mlnore setate. During minority. 2 Bl. Comm. 03; 5 Coke, 29, 30. Words taken from the old form of letters of administration. 5 Coke, ubi supra. Durante viduitate. During widowhood. 2 Bl. Comm. 124. Durante casta viduitate, during chaste widowhood. 10 East 520. Durante vlrginitate. During virginity, (so long as she remains unmarried.) Durante vita. During life.

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