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Definitive
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DefinitiveThat which terminates a suit a definitive sentence or judgment is put in opposition to an interlocutory judgment; final.
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Suit
An action. The word suit in the 25th section of the judiciary act of 1789, applies to any proceeding in a court of justice, in which the plaintiff pursues, in such court, the remedy which the law affords him. An application for a prohibition is therefore a suit.
Definitive
That which terminates a suit a definitive sentence or judgment is put in opposition to an interlocutory judgment; final.
Sentence
A judgment, or judicial declaration made by a judge in a cause. The term judgment is more usually applied to civil, and sentence to criminal proceedings.
Judgment
Practice. The decision or sentence of the law, given by a court of justice or other competent tribunal, as the result of proceedings instituted therein, for the redress of an injury.
Opposition
practice. The act of a creditor who, declares his dissent to a debtor's being discharged under the insolvent laws.
Interlocutory
This word is applied to signify something which is done between the commencement and the end of a suit or action which decides some point or matter, which however is not a final decision of the matter in issue.
Final
That which puts an end to anything.
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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.
Definite number
An ascertained number; the term is usually applied in opposition to an indefinite 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.
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Define
To set bounds to, mark the limits of.
Definite
Bounded, fixed, certain. Opposed, indefinite.
Definite number
An ascertained number; the term is usually applied in opposition to an indefinite 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
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.
Deforciare
To withhold lands or tenements from the right owner.
Defunct
A term used for one that is deceased or dead. In some acts of assembly in Pennsylvania, such deceased person is called a decedent.
Degradation
Punishment, ecclesiastical law. A censure by which a clergy man is deprived of his holy orders, which he had as a priest or deacon.
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Suit
An action. The word suit in the 25th section of the judiciary act of 1789, applies to any proceeding in a court of justice, in which the plaintiff pursues, in such court, the remedy which the law affords him. An application for a prohibition is therefore a suit.
Definitive
That which terminates a suit a definitive sentence or judgment is put in opposition to an interlocutory judgment; final.
Sentence
A judgment, or judicial declaration made by a judge in a cause. The term judgment is more usually applied to civil, and sentence to criminal proceedings.
Judgment
Practice. The decision or sentence of the law, given by a court of justice or other competent tribunal, as the result of proceedings instituted therein, for the redress of an injury.
Opposition
practice. The act of a creditor who, declares his dissent to a debtor's being discharged under the insolvent laws.
Interlocutory
This word is applied to signify something which is done between the commencement and the end of a suit or action which decides some point or matter, which however is not a final decision of the matter in issue.
Final
That which puts an end to anything.
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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.
Definite number
An ascertained number; the term is usually applied in opposition to an indefinite 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.
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Define
To set bounds to, mark the limits of.
Definite
Bounded, fixed, certain. Opposed, indefinite.
Definite number
An ascertained number; the term is usually applied in opposition to an indefinite 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
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.
Deforciare
To withhold lands or tenements from the right owner.
Defunct
A term used for one that is deceased or dead. In some acts of assembly in Pennsylvania, such deceased person is called a decedent.
Degradation
Punishment, ecclesiastical law. A censure by which a clergy man is deprived of his holy orders, which he had as a priest or deacon.
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