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  • DRENCHES, OR DRENGES
    In Saxon law. Tenants in capite. They are said toi be such as, at the coming of William the Conqueror, being put out of their estates, were afterwards restored to them, on their, making it appear that they were the true owners thereof, and neither in auxilio on consilio against More...
  • DRENGAGE
    The tenure by which the drenches, or drenges, held their lands.
  • DRIFT
    In mining law. An underground passage driven horizontally along the course of a mineralized vein or approximately so. Distinguished from "shaft'' which is an opening made at the surface and extending downward into the earth vertically, or nearly so, upon the vein or intended to reach it; and from "tunnel," More...
  • DRIFT-STUFF
    This term signifies, not goods which are the subject of salvage, but matters floating at random, without any known or discoverable ownership, which, if cast ashore, will probably never be reclaimed, but will, as a matter of course, accrue to the riparian proprietor. Watson v. Knowles, 13 R. I. 041.
  • DRINCLEAN
    Sax. A contribution of tenants, in the time of the Saxons, towards a potation, or ale, provided to entertain the lord, or his steward. Cowell. See Csa-VISARII.
  • DRINKING-SHOP
    A place where intoxicating liquors are sold, bartered, or delivered to be drunk on the premises. Portland v. Schmidt, 13 Or. 17, 6 Pac. 221.
  • DRIP
    A species of easement or servitude obligating one man to permit the water falling from another man's house to fall upon his own land. 3 Kent, Comm. 436.
  • DRIVER
    One employed in conducting a coach, carriage, wagon, or other vehicle, with horses, mules, or other animals, or a bicycle, tricycle, or motor car, though not a street railroad car. See Davis v. Petrinovich, 112 Ala. 654, 21 South. 344, 36 L R A. 615; Gen. St! Conn. 1902, ? More...
  • DROFDEN, OR DROFDENNE.
    A grove or' Woody place where cattle are kept Jacob.
  • DROFLAND
    Sax. A quit rent or yearly payment formerly made by some tenants to the king, or their landlords, for driving their cattle through a manor to fairs or markets. Cowell; Blount.
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