the determination as to negligence and whether it was slight, moderate or wilful. The more wilful means a greater penalty will be imposed.
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DEGREE OF PROOF
the measure and the extent of evidence in a case and is the major factor in determining guilty or not guilty .
DEGREE OF RISK
The uncertainty in a situation that the result will differ from the estimate. Refer to law of large numbers , odds, and probability .
DEGREES OF FREEDOM
The independent units of information in a sample that estimate parameters on statistics.
DEGRESSIVE TAX
The amount taxes go down in relation to the amount being taxed increasing.
DEHIRE
A tactful way to rightsize a firm done by firing employees.
DEHORS
L. Fr. Out of; without; beyond ; foreign to; unconnected with. Dehors the record; foreign to the record. 3 Bl. Comm. 387.
DEHYDRATION
1. taking water from a mix. 2. when the body has too little water in it causing electrolyte imbalance. Excessive loss of water or not enough intake is the cause. […]
DEI GRATIA
Lat. By the grace of God. A phrase used in the formal title of a king orqueen, importing a claim of sovereignty by the favor or commission of God. In […]
DEI JUDICIUM
The judgment of God. The old Saxon trial by ordeal, so called becauseit was thought to be an appeal to God for the justice of a cause, and it wasbelieved […]
DEINDUSTRIALIZATION
Changing due to less capacity in a country’s industry.
DEIONIZATION
Taking atoms from liquid. Water is passed through two resins to get rid of positive ions and other negative ones.
DEIONIZED WATER
Water that has no atoms and is used in cleaning chemicals.
DEJACION
In Spanish law. Surrender ; release; abandonment ; e. g., the act of anInsolvent in surrendering his property for the benefit of his creditors, of an heir in renouncingthe succession, […]
DEJERATION
A taking of a solemn oath
DEKA (DA)
The metric prefix of 10. It is also spelled as deca.
DEKATHERM (DTH)
Energy that is 10 therms, 1 gigajoule, or 1,000,000 Btu. It is also spelled decatherm.
DEKITTING
Taking kits apart and returning them to stores.
DEL CREDERE AGENT
An agent that ensures a buyer’s trustworthy if they should default. A higher fee is charged for commission.
DELATE
In Scotch law. To accuse. Delated, accused. Dclatit off arte and parte, accused of being accessary to. 3 How. St Tr. 425, 440.
DELATIO
In the civil law . An accusation or information .
DELATOR
An accuser; an informer; a sycophant.
DELATURA
In old English law . The reward of an informer. Whishaw.
DELAWARE CORPORATION
Corporations registered in Delaware. That sate has flexible laws about interest and corporations.
DELAY
To retard; obstruct; put off; hinder; interpose obstacles; as, when it is saidthat a conveyance was made to ” hinder and delay creditors.” Mercantile Co. v. Arnold,108 Ga. 449. 34 […]