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Descriptio personae
Descriptio personaeDescription of the person. In wills, it frequently happens, that the word heir is used as a descriptio personae; it is then a sufficient designation of the person. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Description A written account of the state and condition of personal property, titles, papers, and the like. It is a kind of inventory, but is more particular in ascertaining the exact condition of the property, and is without any appraisement of it. Person This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons. Word Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech. Heir One born in lawful matrimony, who succeeds by descent, and right of blood, to lands, tenements or hereditaments, being an estate of inheritance. It is an established rule of law, that God alone can make an heir. According to many authorities, heir may be nomen collectivuum, as well in a deed as in a will, and operate in both in the same mannar, as heirs in the plural number. Designation Wills. The expression used by a testator, instead of the name of the person or the thing he is desirous to name. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- Descanso Detention Facility A detention center in California. Descendant Those person who are born of, or from children of, another are called that person's descendants. Grandchildren are descendants of their grandfather as children are descendants of their natural parents. The law also distinguishes between collateral descendants and lineal descendants. Descendants Those who have issued from an individual, and include his children, grandchildren, and their children to the remotest degree. Descender In the descent; as formedon in the descender. Description A written account of the state and condition of personal property, titles, papers, and the like. It is a kind of inventory, but is more particular in ascertaining the exact condition of the property, and is without any appraisement of it. PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Derivative power An authority by which one person enables another to do an act for him. Derogation Civil law. The partial abrogation of a law; to derogate from a law is to enact something which is contrary to it. Descendant Those person who are born of, or from children of, another are called that person's descendants. Grandchildren are descendants of their grandfather as children are descendants of their natural parents. The law also distinguishes between collateral descendants and lineal descendants. Descendants Those who have issued from an individual, and include his children, grandchildren, and their children to the remotest degree. Descender In the descent; as formedon in the descender. Descriptio personae Description A written account of the state and condition of personal property, titles, papers, and the like. It is a kind of inventory, but is more particular in ascertaining the exact condition of the property, and is without any appraisement of it. Deserter One who abandons his post. Desertion "1) Criminal law. An offence which consists in the abandonment of the public service, in the army or navy, without leave. 2) Torts. The act by which a man abandons his wife and children, or either of them. Desertion of seamen Contracts. The abandonment, by a sailor, of a ship or vessel, in which he engaged to perform a voyage, before the expiration of his time, and without leave. Desertion, malicious The act of a hushand or wife, in leaving a consort, without just cause, for the purpose of causing a perpetual separation. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Descriptio personae. If you have a better definition for Descriptio personae than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Descriptio personae may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Descriptio personae and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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