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Determination
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DeterminationThe end, the conclusion, of a right or authority.
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Conclusion
1) Practice. Making the last argument or address to the court or jury. 2) remedies. An estoppel; a bar; the act of a man by which he has confessed a matter or thing which he can no longer deny.
Right
1) Sometimes it signifies a law, as when we say that natural right requires us to keep our promises, or that it commands restitution, or that it forbids murder. In our language it is seldom used in this sense. 2) It sometimes means that quality in our actions by which they are denominated just ones. This is usually denominated rectitude. 3) It is that quality in a person by which he can do certain actions, or possess certain things which belong to him by virtue of some title. In this sense, we use it when we say that a man has a right to his estate or a right to defend himself.
Authority
Government. The right and power which an officer has in the exercise of a public function to compel obedience to his lawful commands.
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Determinable
What may come to an end, by the happening of a contingency; as a determnable fee.
Determinable fee
Also called a qualified or base fee, is one which has a quality subjoined to it, and which must be determined whenever the qualification annexed to it is at in end.
Determinate
That which is ascertained; what is particularly designated.
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Destination
Common law. The port at which a ship is to end her voyage is called her port of destination.
Desuetude
This term is applied to laws which have become obsolete.
Determinable
What may come to an end, by the happening of a contingency; as a determnable fee.
Determinable fee
Also called a qualified or base fee, is one which has a quality subjoined to it, and which must be determined whenever the qualification annexed to it is at in end.
Determinate
That which is ascertained; what is particularly designated.
Determination
Detinet
He detains.
Detinue
A common law action similar to conversion and also involving the possession of property by the defendant but belonging to the plaintiff but in which the plaintiff asks the court for the return of the property, although the plaintiff may also ask for damages for the duration of the possession.
Detinuit
Practice. He detained.
Devastavit
Latin for "he has wasted." This is the technical word referring to a personal representative who has mismanaged the estate and allowed an avoidable loss to occur. This action opens the personal representative to personal liability for the loss.
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.
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Conclusion
1) Practice. Making the last argument or address to the court or jury. 2) remedies. An estoppel; a bar; the act of a man by which he has confessed a matter or thing which he can no longer deny.
Right
1) Sometimes it signifies a law, as when we say that natural right requires us to keep our promises, or that it commands restitution, or that it forbids murder. In our language it is seldom used in this sense. 2) It sometimes means that quality in our actions by which they are denominated just ones. This is usually denominated rectitude. 3) It is that quality in a person by which he can do certain actions, or possess certain things which belong to him by virtue of some title. In this sense, we use it when we say that a man has a right to his estate or a right to defend himself.
Authority
Government. The right and power which an officer has in the exercise of a public function to compel obedience to his lawful commands.
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Determinable
What may come to an end, by the happening of a contingency; as a determnable fee.
Determinable fee
Also called a qualified or base fee, is one which has a quality subjoined to it, and which must be determined whenever the qualification annexed to it is at in end.
Determinate
That which is ascertained; what is particularly designated.
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Destination
Common law. The port at which a ship is to end her voyage is called her port of destination.
Desuetude
This term is applied to laws which have become obsolete.
Determinable
What may come to an end, by the happening of a contingency; as a determnable fee.
Determinable fee
Also called a qualified or base fee, is one which has a quality subjoined to it, and which must be determined whenever the qualification annexed to it is at in end.
Determinate
That which is ascertained; what is particularly designated.
Determination
Detinet
He detains.
Detinue
A common law action similar to conversion and also involving the possession of property by the defendant but belonging to the plaintiff but in which the plaintiff asks the court for the return of the property, although the plaintiff may also ask for damages for the duration of the possession.
Detinuit
Practice. He detained.
Devastavit
Latin for "he has wasted." This is the technical word referring to a personal representative who has mismanaged the estate and allowed an avoidable loss to occur. This action opens the personal representative to personal liability for the loss.
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.
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