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Deviation






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

Carrier
One who engages to transport persons or property.

Without
Pleading. This word is adopted in formal traverses, and is a negative signifying "and not for;" accordingly the language of the elder entries sometimes is, It et nemy pur tiel cause.

Consent
Agreement; voluntary acceptance of the wish of another.

Cargo
Maritim law. The entire load of a ship or other vessel.

Common
marriage law. a marriage in which no formal ceremony took place and no license exists.

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.

Insurance
Contracts. It is defined to be a contract of indemnity from loss or damage arising upon an uncertain event.

Insurer
Contracts. One who has obliged himself to insure the safety of another's property, in consideration of a premium paid, or secured to be paid, to him.



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Devisavit vel non
Practice. The name of an issue sent out of a court of chancery, or one which exercises chancery jurisdiction, to a court of law, to try the validity of a paper asserted and denied to be a will, to ascertain whether or not the testator did devise, or whether or not that paper was his will.

Devise
The transfer or conveyance of real property by will.

Devisee
A person to whom a devise has been made.



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Determination
The end, the conclusion, of a right or authority.

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

Devisavit vel non
Practice. The name of an issue sent out of a court of chancery, or one which exercises chancery jurisdiction, to a court of law, to try the validity of a paper asserted and denied to be a will, to ascertain whether or not the testator did devise, or whether or not that paper was his will.

Devise
The transfer or conveyance of real property by will.

Devisee
A person to whom a devise has been made.

Devoir
Duty.

Devolution
Ecclesiastical law. The transfer, by forfeiture, of a right and power which a person has to another, on account of some act or negligence of the person who is vested with such right or power.

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