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  • DIMINUTION
    Incompleteness. A word signifying that the record sent up from an inferior to a superior court for review is incomplete, or not fully certified. In such case the party may suggest a "diminution of the record," which may be* rectified by a certiorari. 2 Tidd, Pr. 1109.
  • DIMISI
    In old conveyancing. I have demised. Dimisi, conccssi, et ad ftrmam tra* didi, have demised, granted, and to farm let. The usual words of operation in a lease. 2 Bl. Comm. 317, 318.
  • DIMISIT
    In old conveyancing. [He] has demised. See DIMISI.
  • DIMISSORIAE LITTERAE
    In the civil law. Letters dlmissory or diemissory, commonly called "apostles," (qua: vulgo apostoli dicuntur.) Dig. 50, 16, 106. See APOSTOLI, APOSTLES.
  • DIMISSORY LETTERS
    Where a candidate for holy orders has a title of ordination in one diocese in England, and is to be ordained in another, the bishop of the former diocese gives letters dlmissory to the bishop of the latter to enable him to ordain the candidate. Holtbouse.
  • DINARCHY
    A government of two persons.
  • DINERO
    In Spanish law. Money. Dinero contodo, money counted. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit. 13, c. 1, ? 1. In Roman law. A civil division of the Roman empire, embracing several provinces. Calvin.
  • DIOCESAN
    Belonging to a diocese; a bishop, as he stands related to his own clergy or flock.
  • DIOCESAN COURTS
    In English law. The consistorial courts of each diocese, exercising general jurisdiction of all matters arising locally within their respective limits, with the exception of places subject to peculiar jurisdiction; deciding all matters of spiritual discipline,-suspending or depriving clergymen,-and administering the other branches of the ecclesiastical law. 2 Steph. Comm. More...
  • DIOCESE
    The territorial extent of a bishop's jurisdiction. The circuit of every bishop's jurisdiction. Co. Litt. 94; 1 Bl. Comm. 111.
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