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Deposition
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DepositionEcclesiastical. law. The act of depriving a clergyman, by a competent tribunal, of his clerical orders, to punish him for some offence, and to prevent his acting in future in his clerical character.
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Ecclesiastical
Belonging to, or set apart for the church.
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.
Tribunal
An assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business.
Orders
1) Rules made by a court or other competent jurisdiction. The formula is generally in those words: It is ordered, &c. 2) Orders also signify the instructions given by the owner to the captain or commander of a ship which he is to follow in the course of the vovage.
Offence
Crimes. The doing that which a penal law forbids to be done, or omitting to do what it commands; in this sense it is nearly synonymous with crime. In a more confined sense, it may be considered as having the same meaning with misdemeanor, but it differs from it in this, that it is not indictable, but punishable summarily by the forfeiture of a penalty.
Character
The qualities impressed by nature or habit on a person, which distinguish him from other persons. These constitute his real character; while the qualities he is supposed to possess constitute his estimated character or reputation. "Reputation" may be evidence of character, but is not character itself. 8 Barb. 608 (1850). That which a person really is, in distinction from that which he may be reputed to be.
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Depo provera lawsuit
A lawsuit on the grounds that injury or damage has been produced by Depo-Provera.
Deponent
Witness. One who gives information, on oath or affirmation, respecting some facts known to him, before a magistrate he who makes a deposition.
Depopulation
In its most proper signification, is the destruction of the people of a country or place.
Deportable alien
An alien in and admitted to the United States subject to any grounds of removal specified in the Immigration and Nationality Act. This includes any alien illegally in the United States, regardless of whether the alien entered the country by fraud or misrepresentation or entered legally but subsequently violated the terms of his or her nonimmigrant classification or status.
Deportation
Civil law. Among the Romans a perpetual banishment, depriving the banished of his rights as a citizen; it differed from relegation and exile.
Depositor
Contracts. He who makes a deposit.
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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.
Deponent
Witness. One who gives information, on oath or affirmation, respecting some facts known to him, before a magistrate he who makes a deposition.
Depopulation
In its most proper signification, is the destruction of the people of a country or place.
Deportable alien
An alien in and admitted to the United States subject to any grounds of removal specified in the Immigration and Nationality Act. This includes any alien illegally in the United States, regardless of whether the alien entered the country by fraud or misrepresentation or entered legally but subsequently violated the terms of his or her nonimmigrant classification or status.
Deportation
Civil law. Among the Romans a perpetual banishment, depriving the banished of his rights as a citizen; it differed from relegation and exile.
Deposition
Depositor
Contracts. He who makes a deposit.
Depreciation
In appraising, a loss in property value from any cause. in regard to improvements, deterioration and obsolescence. in accounting, an allowance made against the loss in value of an asset for a defined purpose and computed using a specified method.
Depredation
French law. The pillage which is made of the goods of a decedent.
Deprivation
Ecclesiastical punishment. A censure by which a clergyman is deprived of his parsonage, vicarage, or other ecclesiastical promotion or dignity.
Deprive
Referring to property taken under the power of eminent domain, means the same as "take". While the Fourteenth Amendment ordains that no state shall "deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law", no definition of the word "deprive" is found in the Constitution.
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Ecclesiastical
Belonging to, or set apart for the church.
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.
Tribunal
An assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business.
Orders
1) Rules made by a court or other competent jurisdiction. The formula is generally in those words: It is ordered, &c. 2) Orders also signify the instructions given by the owner to the captain or commander of a ship which he is to follow in the course of the vovage.
Offence
Crimes. The doing that which a penal law forbids to be done, or omitting to do what it commands; in this sense it is nearly synonymous with crime. In a more confined sense, it may be considered as having the same meaning with misdemeanor, but it differs from it in this, that it is not indictable, but punishable summarily by the forfeiture of a penalty.
Character
The qualities impressed by nature or habit on a person, which distinguish him from other persons. These constitute his real character; while the qualities he is supposed to possess constitute his estimated character or reputation. "Reputation" may be evidence of character, but is not character itself. 8 Barb. 608 (1850). That which a person really is, in distinction from that which he may be reputed to be.
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Depo provera lawsuit
A lawsuit on the grounds that injury or damage has been produced by Depo-Provera.
Deponent
Witness. One who gives information, on oath or affirmation, respecting some facts known to him, before a magistrate he who makes a deposition.
Depopulation
In its most proper signification, is the destruction of the people of a country or place.
Deportable alien
An alien in and admitted to the United States subject to any grounds of removal specified in the Immigration and Nationality Act. This includes any alien illegally in the United States, regardless of whether the alien entered the country by fraud or misrepresentation or entered legally but subsequently violated the terms of his or her nonimmigrant classification or status.
Deportation
Civil law. Among the Romans a perpetual banishment, depriving the banished of his rights as a citizen; it differed from relegation and exile.
Depositor
Contracts. He who makes a deposit.
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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.
Deponent
Witness. One who gives information, on oath or affirmation, respecting some facts known to him, before a magistrate he who makes a deposition.
Depopulation
In its most proper signification, is the destruction of the people of a country or place.
Deportable alien
An alien in and admitted to the United States subject to any grounds of removal specified in the Immigration and Nationality Act. This includes any alien illegally in the United States, regardless of whether the alien entered the country by fraud or misrepresentation or entered legally but subsequently violated the terms of his or her nonimmigrant classification or status.
Deportation
Civil law. Among the Romans a perpetual banishment, depriving the banished of his rights as a citizen; it differed from relegation and exile.
Deposition
Depositor
Contracts. He who makes a deposit.
Depreciation
In appraising, a loss in property value from any cause. in regard to improvements, deterioration and obsolescence. in accounting, an allowance made against the loss in value of an asset for a defined purpose and computed using a specified method.
Depredation
French law. The pillage which is made of the goods of a decedent.
Deprivation
Ecclesiastical punishment. A censure by which a clergyman is deprived of his parsonage, vicarage, or other ecclesiastical promotion or dignity.
Deprive
Referring to property taken under the power of eminent domain, means the same as "take". While the Fourteenth Amendment ordains that no state shall "deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law", no definition of the word "deprive" is found in the Constitution.
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