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  • DETINUE OF GOODS IN FRANK MARRIAGE
    A writ formerly available to a wife after a divorce, for the recovery of the goods given with her in marriage Mozley A Whitley.
  • DETINUIT
    In pleading. An action of replevin is said to be in the detinuit when the plaintiff acquires possession of the property claimed by means of the writ. The right to retain is, of course, subject in such case to the judgment of the court upon his title to the property More...
  • 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.
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