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Departure






Departure

Maritime law. A deviation from the course of the voyage insured.

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Maritime
That which belongs to or is connected with the sea.

Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.

Deviation
A departure by the carrier of goods by sea from the agreed or customary geographic route, done without the consent of the cargo interests. At common law, a deviation deprived cargo of its insurance coverage, so that the carrier was treated as the insurer of the goods.

Course
The direction in which a line runs in surveying.

Insured
Contracts. The person who procures an insurance on his property.



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Department
A portion of a country.

Department of Justice
The United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation) was created in 1870.

Department of the navy
Government. An executive department, under the denomination of the department of the navy, the chief officer of which shall be called the secretary of the navy.

Department of the treasury of the united states
Government. The department of the treasury is constituted of the following officers, namely: the secretary of the treasury, the head of the department, two comptrollers, five auditors, a treasurer, a register, and a commissioner of the land office.

Department of war
Government. An executive department, to be denominated the department of war; and there shall be a principal officer therein, to be called the secretary for the department of war.

Departure under safeguards
The departure of an illegal alien from the United States which is physically observed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official.



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Deodand
English law. This word is derived from Deo dandum, to be given to God; and is used to designate the instrument, whether it be an animal or inanimate thing, which has caused the death of a man.

Department
A portion of a country.

Department of the navy
Government. An executive department, under the denomination of the department of the navy, the chief officer of which shall be called the secretary of the navy.

Department of the treasury of the united states
Government. The department of the treasury is constituted of the following officers, namely: the secretary of the treasury, the head of the department, two comptrollers, five auditors, a treasurer, a register, and a commissioner of the land office.

Department of war
Government. An executive department, to be denominated the department of war; and there shall be a principal officer therein, to be called the secretary for the department of war.

Departure

Departure under safeguards
The departure of an illegal alien from the United States which is physically observed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official.

Depecage
A French term referring to the application to a conflict of laws problem of different laws, each of which is properly applicable to a different legal issues arising in the problem.

Dependency
A territory distinct from the country in which the supreme sovereign, power resides, but belonging rightfully to it, and subject to the laws and regulations which the sovereign may think proper to prescribe.

Dependent
One who derives existence and support from another.

Dependent contract
One which it is not the duty of the contractor to perform, until some obligation contained in the same agreement has been performed by the other party.

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