Tending or intended to cause delay or to gain time or to put off a decision.

In chancery practice . One the object of which is to dismiss,suspend, or obstruct the suit, without touching the merits, until the impediment orobstacle insisted on shall be removed. 3 […]

A class of defenses at common law , founded on some matter of fact not connected with themerits of the case, but such as might exist without impeaching the right […]

an answer for a complaint not touching on or that considers the merits of a case. See dilatory defence.

Prudence; vigilant activity; attentiveness; or care, of which there areinfinite shades, from the sligHtest momentary thought to the most vigilant anxiety; butthe law recognizes only three degrees of diligence: (1) […]

a word that means to be concerned, eager to carry out a responsible act, untiring

In old English law . Pottage formerly made for the king’s table on thecoronation day. There was a tenure in serjeantry, by which lands were held of the kingby the […]

The act of reducing the proportion of ownership held by current investors through issuance of new shares of COMMON STOCK (or through the exercise of outstanding stock OPTIONS or the […]

A silver coin of the United States , of the value of ten cents, or one-tenth of the dollar.

Half; a half; the half.

The moiety or half of a thing

In the civil law . Diminution; a taking away; loss or deprivation .Diminutio capitis, loss of status or condition. See CAPITIS DIMINUTIO .

Incompleteness. A word signifying that the record sent up from anInferior to a superior court for review is incomplete, or not fully certified. In such casethe party may suggest a […]

In old conveyancing . I have demised. Dimisi, concessi, et ad flrmam tradidi,have demised, granted, and to farm let. The usual words of operation in a lease. 2Bl. Comm. 317, […]

In old conveyancing . [He] has demised. See DIMISI.

In the civil law . Letters dimissory or dismissory. commonlycalled “apostles,” (qua; viilgo apovtoli dicuntur.) Dig. 50, 10, 100. See ArosTOLi, APOSTI.ES.

Where a candidate for holy orders has a title of ordination inone diocese in England, and is to be ordained in another, the bishop of the formerdiocese gives letters dimissory […]

A government of two persons.

In Spanish law. Money. Dincro contado, money counted. White, NewRecop. b. 2. tit. 13, c. 1,

Belonging to a diocese; a bishop, as he stands related to his own clergy or flock.

In English law . The consistorial courts of each diocese, exercisinggeneral jurisdiction of all matters arising locally within their respective limits, withthe exception of places subject to peculiar Jurisdiction; deciding […]

The territorial extent of a bishop’s jurisdiction . The circuit of everybishop’s jurisdiction. Co. Litt 94; 1 Bl. Comm. 111.

The district over which a bishop exercised his spiritual functions.

In mining law. The line of declination of strata; the angle which measures thedeviation of a mineralized vein or lode from the vertical plane; the slope or slant of avein, […]

In the civil law . A royal charter; letters patent granted by a prince orsovereign. Calvin.An instrument given by colleges and societies on the conferring of any degrees.State v. Gregory, […]