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DefunctA term used for one that is deceased or dead. In some acts of assembly in Pennsylvania, such deceased person is called a decedent.
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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.
Dead
Something which has no life; figuratively, something of no value.
Assembly
The union of a number of persons in the same place.
Pennsylvania
The name of one of the original states of the United States of America. Pennsylvania was occupied by planters of various nations, Dutch Swedes, English, and others; but obtained no separate name until the year 1681, when Charles II. granted a charter to William Penn, by which he became its proprietary, saving, however, allegiance to the crown, which retained the sovereignty of the country.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Decedent
In the acts of descent and distribution in Pennsylvania, this word is frequently used for a deceased person, testate or intestate.
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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.
Deforciare
To withhold lands or tenements from the right owner.
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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.
Degree
1) Descents. This word is derived from the French degre, which is itself taken from the Latin gradus, and signifies literally, a step in a stairway, or the round of a ladder. 2) measures. In angular measures, a degree is equal to sixty minutes, or the thirtieth part of a sine. 3) persons. By degree, is understood the state or condition of a person.
Degrees
Academical. Marks of distinction conferred on students, in testimony of their proficiency in arts and sciences.
Dehors
Out of; without. By this word is understood something out of the record, agreement, will, or other thing spoken of; something foreign to the matter in question.
Dei judicium
The judgment of God.
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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.
Dead
Something which has no life; figuratively, something of no value.
Assembly
The union of a number of persons in the same place.
Pennsylvania
The name of one of the original states of the United States of America. Pennsylvania was occupied by planters of various nations, Dutch Swedes, English, and others; but obtained no separate name until the year 1681, when Charles II. granted a charter to William Penn, by which he became its proprietary, saving, however, allegiance to the crown, which retained the sovereignty of the country.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Decedent
In the acts of descent and distribution in Pennsylvania, this word is frequently used for a deceased person, testate or intestate.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
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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.
Deforciare
To withhold lands or tenements from the right owner.
Defunct
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.
Degree
1) Descents. This word is derived from the French degre, which is itself taken from the Latin gradus, and signifies literally, a step in a stairway, or the round of a ladder. 2) measures. In angular measures, a degree is equal to sixty minutes, or the thirtieth part of a sine. 3) persons. By degree, is understood the state or condition of a person.
Degrees
Academical. Marks of distinction conferred on students, in testimony of their proficiency in arts and sciences.
Dehors
Out of; without. By this word is understood something out of the record, agreement, will, or other thing spoken of; something foreign to the matter in question.
Dei judicium
The judgment of God.
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