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Disparagement
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DisparagementAn injury by union or comparison with some person or thing of inferior rank or excellence.
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Injury
Any legal harm, wrong or damage done to a person's body, property, rights or reputation, and that the law recognizes as deserving of redress.
Union
By this word is understood the United States of America; as, all good citizens will support the Union.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Inferior
One who in relation to another has less power and is below him; one who is bound to obey another. He who makes the law is the superior; he who is bound to obey it, the inferior.
Rank
The order or place in which certain officers are placed in the army and navy, in relation to others, is called their rank.
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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.
Disposition
French law. This word has several accept-ations; sometimes it signifies the effective marks of the will of some person; and at others the instrument containing those marks.
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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
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
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.
Disposition
French law. This word has several accept-ations; sometimes it signifies the effective marks of the will of some person; and at others the instrument containing those marks.
Disrate
A term of maritime law where an officer or other seaman is either demoted in rank or deprived of a promotion.
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Injury
Any legal harm, wrong or damage done to a person's body, property, rights or reputation, and that the law recognizes as deserving of redress.
Union
By this word is understood the United States of America; as, all good citizens will support the Union.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Inferior
One who in relation to another has less power and is below him; one who is bound to obey another. He who makes the law is the superior; he who is bound to obey it, the inferior.
Rank
The order or place in which certain officers are placed in the army and navy, in relation to others, is called their rank.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
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.
Disposition
French law. This word has several accept-ations; sometimes it signifies the effective marks of the will of some person; and at others the instrument containing those marks.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
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
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
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.
Disposition
French law. This word has several accept-ations; sometimes it signifies the effective marks of the will of some person; and at others the instrument containing those marks.
Disrate
A term of maritime law where an officer or other seaman is either demoted in rank or deprived of a promotion.
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