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Dismes






Dismes

Another name for tithes. Dime, a piece of federal money, is sometimes improperly written disme.

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Name
One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin.

Tithes
English law. A right to the tenth part of the produce of, lands, the stocks upon lands, and the personal industry of the inhabitants. These tithes are raised for the support of the clergy.

Dime
Money. A silver coin of the United States, of the value of one-tenth part of a dollar or ten cents.

Federal
Government. This term is commonly used to express a league or compact between two or more states.

Money
Gold, silver, and some other less precious metals, in the progress of civilization and commerce, have become the common standards of value; in order to avoid the delay and inconvenience of regulating their weight and quality whenever passed, the governments of the civilized world have caused them to be manufactured in certain portions, and marked with a Stamp which attests their value; this is called money.



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Dismiss
The termination of a case without a final disposition of the matter.

Dismissal
Dismissal may take place if the employer terminates the contract of employment, or if a fixed contract of employment expires. It also occurs in cases of constructive dismissal (breach of contract by the employer leading to the employee's resignation); or deemed dismissal in the case of refusal to allow a woman back to work after maternity leave. It may be contrasted with resignation (at the employee's instance) which does not amount to dismissal



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Disherison
Obsolete. Disinheritance; depriving one of an inheritance.

Disheritor
Obsolete.One who disinherits, or puts another out of his freehold.

Disinheritance
The act by which a person deprives his heir of an inheritance, who, without such act, would inherit.

Disinterested witness
One who has no interest in the cause or matter in is-sue, and who is lawfully competent to testify.

Disjunctive term
One which is placed between two contraries, by the affirming of one of which, the other is taken away.

Dismes

Dismiss
The termination of a case without a final disposition of the matter.

Dismissal
Dismissal may take place if the employer terminates the contract of employment, or if a fixed contract of employment expires. It also occurs in cases of constructive dismissal (breach of contract by the employer leading to the employee's resignation); or deemed dismissal in the case of refusal to allow a woman back to work after maternity leave. It may be contrasted with resignation (at the employee's instance) which does not amount to dismissal

Disobedience
The want of submission to the orders of a superior.

Disorderly house
Criminal law. A house, the inmates of which believe so badly as to become a nuisance to the neighborhood.

Disparagement
An injury by union or comparison with some person or thing of inferior rank or excellence.

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