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  • DEVOIR
    Fr. Duty. It Is used in the statute of 2 Rich. II. c. 3, in the sense of duties or customs.
  • DEVOLUTION
    The transfer or transition from one person to another of a right, liability, title, estate, or office. Francisco v. Aguirre, 94 Cal. 180, 29 Pac. 495; Owen v. Insurance Co., 56 Hun, 455, 10 N. Y. Supp. 75. In ecclesiastical law. The forfeiture of a right or power (as the More...
  • DEVOLUTIVE APPEAL
    In the law of Louisiana, one which does not suspend the execution of the judgment appealed from. State v. Allen, 51 La, Ann. 1842, 26 South. 434.
  • DEVOLVE
    To pass or be transferred from one person to another; to fall on, or accrue to, one person as the successor of another; as, a title, right, office, liability. The term is said to be peculiarly appropriate to the passing of an estate from a person dying to a person More...
  • DEVY
    L. Fr. Dies; deceases. Bend-loe, 5.
  • DEXTANS
    Lat. In Roman law. A division of the as, consisting of ten uncice; ten-twelfths, or five-sixths. 2 Bl. Comm. 462, note m.
  • DEXTRARIUS
    One at the right hand of another.
  • DEXTRAS DARE
    To shake hands in token of friendship; or to give up oneself to the power of another person.
  • DI COLONNA
    In maritime law. The contract which takes place between the owner of a ship, the captain, and the mariners, who agree that the voyage shall be for the benefit of all. The term is used in the Italian law. Emerig. Mar. Loans, ? 5.
  • DI. ET FI
    L. Lat In old writs. An abbreviation of dilecto et fideli, (to his beloved and faithful.)
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