A sham plea ; one alleging as facts things which are obviously false on the face of the plea. Gray v. Gidiere, 4 Strob. (S. C.) 4 13.
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DECEM TALES
(Ten such; or ten tales, jurors.) In practice . The name of a writ which issues in England, where, on a trial at bar, ten jurors are necessary to make […]
DECEMVIRI LITIBUS JUDICANDIS
Lat. In tlie Roman law. Ten persons (five senators and five cquitcs) who acted as the council or assistants of the praetor, when he decided on matters of law. Ilallifax, […]
DECENNA
In old English law . A tithing or decennary; the precinct of a frankpledge; consisting of ten freeholders with their families. Spelman.
DECENNARIU5
Lat. One who held one-lialf a virgate of land. Du Cange. One of the ten freeholders in a decennary. Id.; Calvin. Deccnnier. One of the dceennarii, or ten freeholders making […]
DECENNARY
A tithing, composed of ten neighboring families. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 13; 1 Bl. Comm. 114.
DECENTRALIZATION
Transfering the power and responsibility to get better results. Delegation about authority in the organization and its small departments is done at this time.
DECEPTIS NON DECIPIENTIBUS, JURA SUB- VENIUNT
The laws help persons who are deceived, not those deceiving. Tray. Lat. Max-. 149.
DECEPTIVE ADVERTISING
A way to promote a buyer to buy with lies or false claims.
DECEPTIVE PACKAGING
When a product’s package is made to mislead the buyer. It may show that they will get more than they are or that the item is better than it is.
DECERN
In Scotch law. To decree. “Decernit and ordainit.” 1 IIow. State Tr. 927. “Decerns.” Shaw, 16.
DECERTIFICATION
When employees disassociate from a union or when a firm denies a union’s recognition to represent the employees.
DECESSUS
In the civil and old English law. Death; departure.
DECET TAMEN PRINCIPEM SERVARE LEGES QUIBUS IPSE SERVATUS EST
It behoves, Indeed, the prince to keep the laws by which he himself Is preserved.
DECIBAR
The way pressure is measured in a metric subunit. One decibar=.10 bar=10kpascals=1.45psi. It increases one decibar to one meter of sea depth.
DECIBEL (DB)
The measure of loudness or signal strength. 70db at 3 feet is normal. 90db is ok for workers for eight hours. It is named in honor of Alexander Graham Bell. […]
DECIDE
To decide Includes the power and right to deliberate, to weigh the reasons for and against, to see which preponderate, and to be governed by that preponderance . Darden v. […]
DECIES TANTUM
(Ten times as much.) The name of an ancient writ that was used against a juror who had taken a bribe In money for his verdict. The injured party could […]
DECIMATION
The punishing every tenth soldier by lot, for mutiny or other failure of duty, was termed “decimatio Iciiio- nis” by the Romans. Sometimes only the twentieth man was punished, (viccsimatio,) […]
DECIME
A French coin of the value of the tenth part of a franc, or nearly two cents.
DECIMiE
In ecclesiastical law . Tenths, or tithes. The tenth part of the annual prof- It of each living, payable formerly to the pope. There were several valuations made of these […]
DECIMSE DE DEEIMATIS SOLVI NON DEBENT
Tithes are not to be paid from that which is given for tithes.
DECIMSE DE JURE DIVINO ET CANONICA IN- STITUTIONE PERTINENT AD PERSONAM
Dal. 50. Tithes belong to the parson by divine right and canonical institution .
DECIMSE DEBENTUR PAROCBO
Tithes are due to the parish priest.
DECIMSE NON DEBENT SOLVI, NBI NON EST ANNUA RENOVATIO; ET EX ANNUATIS RENOVANTIBUS SIMUL SEMEL
Cro. Jac. 42. Tithes ought not to be paid where there is not an annual renovation, and from annual renovations once only.