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Disobedience






Disobedience

The want of submission to the orders of a superior.

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Submission
1) A yielding to authority. A citizen is bound to submit to the laws; a child to his parents; a servant to his master. A victor may enforce, the submission of his enemy. 2) Contracts. An agreement by which persons who have a law-suit or difference with one another, name arbitrators to decide the matter, and bind themselves reciprocally to perform what shall be arbitrated.

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.

Superior
One who has a right to command; one who holds a superior rank; as, a soldier is bound to obey his superior. 2. In estates, some are superior to others; an estate entitled to a servitude or easement over another estate, is called the superior or dominant, and the other the inferior or servient estate.



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



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

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

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.

Dispatch
In a voyage charterparty, an agreed amount payable by the shipowner if the vessel completes loading or discharging before the laytime has expired.

Dispensation
A relaxation of law for the benefit or advantage of an individual

Disponent owner
A person, such as a bareboat or time charterer, who, while not being the registered owner of a ship, nevertheless has the right to "dispose of it" (i.e. to control its commercial operation), notably by sub-chartering it to a third party. Although lacking title to the vessel, the disponent owner may have many of the rights and responsibilities of the owner.

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