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DE. A preposition used in many Latin phrases - as, de bone esse, de bonis non.DE ARBITRATIONE FACTA, WRIT. In the ancient English law, when an action ...

DAY BOOK, mer. law. An account book, in which merchants and others make entries of their daily transactions. This is generally a book of original entr...

DATION EN PAIEMFNT, civil law. This term is used in Louisiana; it signifies that, when instead of paying a sum of money due on a pre-existing debt, th...

DANGERS OF THE SEA, mar. law. This phrase is sometimes put in bills of lading, the master of the ship agreeing to deliver the goods therein mentioned ...

DAMNIFY. To cause damage, injury or loss.DAMNOSA HAEREDITAS. A name given by Lord Kenyon to that species of property of a bankrupt, which, so far from...

DAMAGES, SPECIAL, torts. Special damages are such as are in fact sustained, and are not implied by law; these are either superadded to general damages...

DAMAGES, DOUBLE or TREBLE, practice. In cases where a statute gives a party double or treble damages, the jury are to find single damages, and the cou...

DAMAGES, EXCESSIVE. Such damages as are unreasonably great, and not warranted by law.2. The damages are excessive in the following cases: 1. When they...

DAMAGED GOODS. In the language of the customs, are goods subject to duties, which have received some injury either in the voyage home, or while bonded...

DAM. A construction of wood, stone, or other materials, made across a stream of water for the purpose of confining it; a mole.2. The owner of a stream...