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Definite number






Definite number

An ascertained number; the term is usually applied in opposition to an indefinite number.

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Term
1) Construction. Word; expression speech. 2) Contracts. This word is used in the civil, law to denote the space of time granted to the debtor for discharging his obligation; there are express terms resulting from the positive stipulations of the agreement; as, where one undertakes to pay a certain sum on a certain day and also terms which tacitly result from the nature of the things which are the object of the engagement, or from the place where the act is agreed to be done. For instance, if a builder engage to construct a house for me, I must allow a reasonable time for fulfilling his engagement. 3) Estates. The limitation of an estate, as a term for years, for life, and the like. The word term does not merely signify the time specified in the lease, but the estate also and interest that passes by that lease; and therefore the term may expire during the continuance of the time, as by surrender, forfeiture and the like. 4) Practice. The space of time during which a court holds a session; sometimes the term is a monthly, at others it is a quarterly period, according to the constitution of the court.

Opposition
practice. The act of a creditor who, declares his dissent to a debtor's being discharged under the insolvent laws.

Indefinite
That which is undefined; uncertain.



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Deficient
Incomplete; defective; not sufficient in quantity or force.

Deficit
This Latin term signifies that something is wanting. It is used to express the deficiency which is discovered in the accounts of an accountant, or in the money in which he has received.

Define
To set bounds to, mark the limits of.

Definite
Bounded, fixed, certain. Opposed, indefinite.

Definitio
Latin. A bounding, limiting; defining, definition.

Definition
An enumeration of the particular acts included by or under a name: as, the definition of a crime.

Definitive
That which terminates a suit a definitive sentence or judgment is put in opposition to an interlocutory judgment; final.



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Deferred compensation package
This includes all retirement assets and any other saving or postponed income earned during the marriage.

Deficient
Incomplete; defective; not sufficient in quantity or force.

Deficit
This Latin term signifies that something is wanting. It is used to express the deficiency which is discovered in the accounts of an accountant, or in the money in which he has received.

Define
To set bounds to, mark the limits of.

Definite
Bounded, fixed, certain. Opposed, indefinite.

Definite number

Definitio
Latin. A bounding, limiting; defining, definition.

Definition
An enumeration of the particular acts included by or under a name: as, the definition of a crime.

Definitive
That which terminates a suit a definitive sentence or judgment is put in opposition to an interlocutory judgment; final.

Defloration
The act by which a woman is deprived of her virginity.

Deforcement
1) Scotch law. The opposition given, or resistance made, to messengers or other officers, while they are employed in executing the law. 2) Tort. In its most extensive sense it signifies the holding of any lands or tenements to which another person has a right, so that this includes, as well, an abatement, an intrusion, a disseisin, or a discontinuance, as any other species of wrong whatsoever, by which the owner of the freehold is kept out of possession.

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