Hopeless; worthless. This term is used In Inventories and schedules ofassets, particularly by executors, etc., to describe debts or claims which are consideredimpossible or hopeless of collection. See Schultz v. […]

A hopeless debt; an irrecoverable obligation .

Contempt. Despitz, contempts. Kelham.

Contempt. See DESPITE. A contemptible person. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 5.

the term that means to take property away illegally from its rightful owner.

This word involves, in its signification , violence or clandestine means bywhich one is deprived of that which he possesses. Its Spanish equivalent, dcspojar, is aterm used In Mexican law. […]

A possessory action of the Mexican law. It is brought to recover possessionof Immovable property, of which one bas been despoiled (despojado) byanother.

The act of betrothing persons to each other.

In Spanish law. Espousals ; mutual promises of future marriage. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit 6, c. 1,

This word, in its original and most simple acceptation, signifies master andsupreme lord; it is synonymous with monarch ; but taken in bad part, as it is usuallyemployed, it signifies […]

That abuse of government where the sovereign power is not divided, hutunited in the hands of a single man, whatever may be his official title. It is not,properly, a form […]

To act as a despot. Webster.

L. Fr. Unreasonable. Britt. C. 121.

In French law . When a person is declared bankrupt, he isImmediately deprived of the enjoyment and administration of all his property; this deprivation ,which extends to all his rights, […]

The purpose to which It Is intended an article or a fund shall beapplied. A testator gives a destination to a legacy when he prescribes the specific use to which […]

Contract for sale where a seller takes risk on until goods are delivered. Refer to shipment contract .

A retailer a customer seeks out due to their popularity.

A big retail store that combines stores. There is mass merchanise available and variety plus low prices. The customes travel to get there and shop.

A “destitute person” is one who has no money or other property availablefor Ills maintenance or support. Nor- ridgewock v. Solon, 49 Me. 385; Woods v.Perkins, 43 La. Ann. 347, […]

As used in policies of Insurance, leases, and in maritime law , this term Isoften applied to an act which renders the subject useless for its intended purpose,though it does […]

A term used in old English law , generally in connection with waste,and having, according to some, the same meaning. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 385; 3 Bl.Comm. 223. Britton, however, […]

When solid is heated with no contact to air to make coke, coal tar, or charcoal. The result is different from the starting product. Refer to fracitonal distillation.

Endurance testing under severe conditions until the product fails. It predicts lifetime and weaknesses. Refer to nondestructive testing.

To weary a person with continual barkings, and then to bite; spoken of dogs. Leg Alured. 26, cited in Cunningham’s Diet

Disuse; cessation or discontinuance of use. Applied to obsolete statutes. James v. Comm., 12 Serg. & It. (Pa.) 227.