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  • DETRACTARI
    To be torn in pieces by horses. Fleta, 1. 1, c 37.
  • DETRACTION
    The removal of property from one state to another upon a transfer of the title to it by will or inheritance. Frederickson v. Louisiana, 23 How. 445, 16 L. Ed. 577.
  • DETRIMENT
    Any loss or harm suffered in person or property; e. g" the consideration for a contract may consist not only in a payment or other thing of value given, but also in loss or "detriment" suffered by the* party. Civ. Code Mont. 1895, f 4271; Civ. Code S. D. 1903, More...
  • DETUNICARI
    To discover or lay open to the world. Matt. Westm. 1240.
  • DEUNX, PL. DEUNCES
    Lat. In the Roman law. A division of tbe as, containing eleven unciaz or duodecimal parts; the proportion of eleven-twelfths. 2 Bl. Comm. 462, note. See As. Dens selns nssredem faeere potest, non homo. God alone, and not man, can make an heir. Co. Litt lb; Broom, Max. 516.
  • DEUTEROGAMY
    The act, or condition, of one who marries a wife after the death of a former wife.
  • DEVADIATUS, OR DIVADIATUS
    An offender without sureties or pledges. Cowell.
  • DEVASTATION
    Wasteful use of the property of a deceased person, as for extravagant funeral or other unnecessary expenses. 2 Bl. Comm. 508.
  • DEVASTAVERUNT
    They have wasted. A term applied in old English law to waste by executors and administrators, and to the process issued against them therefor. Cowell. See DEVASTAVIT.
  • DEVASTAVIT
    Lat He has wasted. The act of an executor or administrator in wasting the goods of the deceased; mismanagement of the estate by which a loss occurs ; a breach of trust or misappropriation of assets held in a fiduciary character; any violation or neglect of duty by an executor More...
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