In ecclesiastical law . Letters of the pope, written at the suit or instance of one or more persons, determining some point or question in ecclesiastical law, and possessing the […]

In Spanish colonial law. An order emanating from some superior tribunal, promulgated in the name and by the authority of the sovereign, in relation to ecclesiastical matters. Schm. Civil Law, […]

In the civil law . A species of imperial constitution , being a judgment or sentence given by the emperor upon hearing of a cause, (quod impcrator cog- noscens decrevit.) […]

Gratian’s decree, or deeretum. A collection of ecclesiastical law in three books or parts, made in the year 1151, by Gratian, a Benedictine monk of Bologna, being the oldest as […]

The act of depriving of a crown.

To cry down; to deprive of credit. “The king may at any time decry or cry down any coin of the kingdom, and make it no longer current.” 1 BL […]

Lat. A decurion. In the provincial administration of the Roman empire, the decurious were the chief men or otiicial personages of the large towns. Taken as a body, the decurious […]

In Saxon law. An actual homicide or manslaughter .

(Lat. I have given.) A word used in deeds and other instruments of conveyance when such instruments were made in Latin, and anciently held to imply a warranty of title. […]

I have given and granted. The operative words of conveyance in ancient charters of feoffment, and deeds of gift and grant; the English “given and granted” being still the most […]

To appropriate and set apart one’s private property to some public use; as to make a private way public by acts evincing an intention to do so.

Anything made for a purpose or used to do a specific function.

The stock listed by par value. It is treasury stock .

Revenue from the government used for a specific purpose.

A telephone line used for one function or device AKA dedicated circuit. Refer to leased line .

In real property law . An appropriation of land to some public use,made by the owner, and accepted for such use by or on behalf of the public; a deliberate […]

This term applies to land that has been put aside for a public use by a deed which states exactly what the property will be used for.

The feast of dedication of churches, or rather the feast day of the saint and patron of a church, which was celebrated not only by the inhabitants of the place, […]

(Lat. We have given and granted.) Words used by the king, or where there were more grantors than one, instead of (Ictli ct cuncasxi.

(We have given power.) Iu English practice. A writ or commission issuing out of chancery, empowering the persons named therein to perform certain acts, as to administer oaths to defendants […]

In old English practice. A writ, issued by royal authority, empowering an attorney to appear for a defendant Prior to the statute of Westminster 2, a party could not appear […]

The act of yielding up anything; surrender.

In Roman law. Criminals who had been marked in the face or on the body with lire or an iron, so that the mark could not lie erased, and subsequently […]

The amount or percent of an insurance claim that the insured is responsible for and the company deducts for payment. It can be voluntary but is usually given to the […]

Charges from October to December that go on the next years deductible. It is no matter if the previous year’s deductible was met.