L. Fr. Say over. The form of awarding a respotideas ouster, in the l’ear Books, M. 6 Edw. III. 49.

In Scotch law. A technical term iu civil law, signifying the matter of chargeor ground of indictment against a person accused of crime. Talcing up dittay isobtaining informations and presentments […]

Various, several, sundry; a collective term grouping a number of unspecifiedpersons, objects, or acts. Com. v. Butts, 124 Mass. 452; State v. Hodgson, 66Vt. 134, 28 Atl. 1089; Munro v. […]

A RISK that is unique to a company, ASSET, or market, meaning that it can be reduced or eliminated by holding a PORTFOLIO of assets that are uncorrelated. Also known […]

A spreading or dispersion of RISK, achievable by combining ASSETS or exposures that are not CORRELATED with one another; the process of diversification helps minimize concentrations of exposure and creates […]

A turning aside or altering the natural course of a thing. The term ischiefly applied to the unauthorized changing the course of a water-course to the prejudiceof a lower proprietor. […]

A treatise on courts and their jurisdiction , written inFrench in the reign of Edward III. as is supposed, and by some attributed to Fitzherbert.It was first printed in 1525, […]

In criminal pleading. A plea by the prisoner in bar of execution, allegingthat he is not the same who was attainted, upon which a jury is immediately impaneledto try the […]

Lat. With a different vtow, purpose, or design; in a differentview or point of view; by a different course or process. 1 W. Bl. 89; 4 Kent, Comm. 211, note.

In old English law . A lodging or inn. Townsh. PI. 38.

To turn aside; to turn out of the way; to alter the course of things. Usuallyapplied to water-courses. Ang. Water- Courses,

In the practice of the English chancery division, “dives costs” are costs onthe ordinary scale, as opposed to the costs formerly allowed to a successful pauper suingor defending in forma […]

Equivalent to devest, (q. v.)

A fact by means of which a right is divested, terminated, orextinguished; as the right of a tenant terminates with the expiration of his lease, andthe right of a creditor […]

A CORPORATE FINANCE transaction where a company sells a subsidiary or a portion of its operations to a third party . A divestiture typically occurs when the company no longer […]

INSURANCE contracts on the same property and PERIL purchased by the INSURED from two or more INSURERS. The total SETTLEMENT will never exceed the amount of the loss, and will […]

This term applies when a divorced or separated couple share the custody of any children.

A fund to be divided. The share allotted to each of several persons entitledto share in a division of profits or property. Thus, dividend may denote a fund setapart by […]

A quantitative measure used to estimate the fair value of a COMMON STOCK based on the discounted value of projected future DIVIDENDS. The price of a firm

A DIVIDEND that has accumulated for one or more payment periods and is payable to the current holders of CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK . Dividends cannot be paid to COMMON STOCK […]

The effective YIELD of a share of COMMON STOCK , typically calculated as: where DiVj is the DIVIDEND paid in period i and Sj is the price of the stock […]

Eat To diviue; to conjecture or guess; to foretell. Divinatio, aconjecturing or guessing.Divinatio, non interpretatio est, quae oninino recedit a litera. That is guessing, notinterpretation, which altogether departs from the […]

As distinguished from those of human origin, divine laws are those ofwhich the authorship is ascribed to God, being either positive or revealed laws or thelaws of nature. Mayer v. […]

Divine service was the name of a feudal tenure, by which thetenants were obliged to do some special divine services in certain; as to sing so manymasses, to distribute such […]

In old English law . A device, award, or decree; also a devise; also boundsor limits of division of a parish or farm, etc. Cowell. Also a court held ou […]