(While he was within age.) In old English practice. A writ of entry whichformerly lay for an infant after he had attained his full age. to recover lands which hehad […]

The name of a writ which the heirs of a person who was non compos mentis , and who aliened his lands, might pave sued out to restore him to […]

While the offense was fresh. A term employed in the old law of appeal of rape. Bract, fol. 147.

While sole, or single. Dum sola fucrit, while she shallremain sole. Dum sola et casta vix- crit. while she lives single and chaste. Words oflimitation in old conveyances. Co. Litt. […]

One who cannot speak; a person who is mute.

In sales at auction, when the minimum amount which the ownerwill take for the article is written on a piece of paper, and placed by the owner under acandlestick, or […]

Provided; provided that. A word of limitation In the Latin forms ofconveyances, of frequent use in introducing a reservation ; as in reserving a rent

This term is given to a company that functions as a legal enterprise but really has nor purpose at all in the corporation .

A mountain or high open place. The names of places ending in dun or donwere either built on hills or near them in open places.

In old records. A bank of earth cast up; the side of a ditch. Cowell.

Such an under-ground prison or cell as was formerly placed in thestrongest part of a fortress; a dark or subterraneous prison.

A double; a kind of base coin less than a farthing.

Pieces of wood placed against the sides and bottom of the hold of avessel, to preserve the cargo from the effect of leakage, according to its nature andquality. Abb. Shipp. […]

People that dwell o:i hilly places or mountains. Jacob.Duo non possunt in solido unam rem possidere. Two cannot possess one thing inentirety. Co. Litt. 30S.Duo sunt instrument a ad omnes […]

The trial by twelve men, or by jury. Applied to juries de medietate Ungues. Mol. de Jure Mar. 448.

Twelve hands. The oaths of twelve men, including himself, bywhom the defendant was allowed to make his law. 3 Bl. Comm. 343.

In old records. A Jury ot twelve men. Cowell.

A dozen hands, i. e., twelve witnesses to purge a criminal of an offense.Duorum in solidum dominium vel pos- essio esse non potest. Ownership or possessionin entirety cannot be in […]

A market that only features two buyers of goods or services, suggesting the buyers have an ability to influence the prices paid to suppliers. See also DUOPOLY, MONOPSONY, OLIGOPSONY.

In the civil law . Double the price of a thing. Dig. 21, 2, 2.

A double complaint. An ecclesiastical proceeding, which is in thenature of an appeal from an ordinary’s refusal to institute, to his next immediatesuperior; as from a bishop to the archbishop. […]

When two written documents are substantially alike, so that each mightbe a copy or transcript from the other, while both stand on the same footing as originalinstruments, they are called […]

The same as “double” taxation. See DOUBLE.

A term used in England, where a testator executes two copies of his will, one to keephimself, and the other to be deposited with another person. Upon application forprobate of […]

In the civil law . The defendant’s answer to the plaintiff’s replication ;corresponding to the rejoinder of the common law.Duplicationem possibilitatis lex non patitnr. The law does not allow the […]