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Division
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DivisionEnglish law. A particular and ascertained part of a county.
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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.
County
Originally, a province governed by a count, - the earl or alderman to whom the government of the shire was entrusted. 1 Bl. Com. 116.
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Divided damages
The former method of apportioning damages from a ship collision under the general maritime law of civil law countries, as well as under English and American admiralty law, was that such damages were equally divided when ships involved in the collision were at fault, regardless of that fault. Divided damages differed from the traditional contributory negligence (supra) rule of apportionment of damages, which precluded a plaintiff from recovering any damages from a negligent defendant if the plaintiff himself was at fault in even the slightest degree.
Dividend
A portion of the principal, or profits, divided among several owners of a thing.
Divine law or revealed law
The law of nature imparted by God Himself.
Divisible
The susceptibility of being divided.
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Diversity of citizenship
The condition when the party on one side of a lawsuit is a citizen of one state and the other party is a citizen of another state; such cases are under the jurisdiction of federal courts.
Divided damages
The former method of apportioning damages from a ship collision under the general maritime law of civil law countries, as well as under English and American admiralty law, was that such damages were equally divided when ships involved in the collision were at fault, regardless of that fault. Divided damages differed from the traditional contributory negligence (supra) rule of apportionment of damages, which precluded a plaintiff from recovering any damages from a negligent defendant if the plaintiff himself was at fault in even the slightest degree.
Dividend
A portion of the principal, or profits, divided among several owners of a thing.
Divine law or revealed law
The law of nature imparted by God Himself.
Divisible
The susceptibility of being divided.
Division
Dna
Abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid. A chromosome molecule which carries genetic coding unique to each person with the only exception of identical twins (that is why it is also called "DNA fingerprinting"). Through laboratory process, DNA can be extracted from body tissue such a strand of hair, semen, blood and matched against DNA discovered at a crime scene or on a victim to scientifically implicate an accused. Can also be used to match DNA between parents in a paternity suit.
Dock receipt
A receipt issued by the carrier attesting to the delivery of the goods to the dock prior to their loading aboard the ship.
Docket
Practice. A formal record of judicial proceedings.
Docket control
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Servicesmechanism for tracking the case status of potentially removable aliens.
Docket number
The number assigned by a court to a civil or criminal case. it is used to identify all court actions and it appears on all documents filed with the court in a specific case.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
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.
County
Originally, a province governed by a count, - the earl or alderman to whom the government of the shire was entrusted. 1 Bl. Com. 116.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Divided damages
The former method of apportioning damages from a ship collision under the general maritime law of civil law countries, as well as under English and American admiralty law, was that such damages were equally divided when ships involved in the collision were at fault, regardless of that fault. Divided damages differed from the traditional contributory negligence (supra) rule of apportionment of damages, which precluded a plaintiff from recovering any damages from a negligent defendant if the plaintiff himself was at fault in even the slightest degree.
Dividend
A portion of the principal, or profits, divided among several owners of a thing.
Divine law or revealed law
The law of nature imparted by God Himself.
Divisible
The susceptibility of being divided.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Diversity of citizenship
The condition when the party on one side of a lawsuit is a citizen of one state and the other party is a citizen of another state; such cases are under the jurisdiction of federal courts.
Divided damages
The former method of apportioning damages from a ship collision under the general maritime law of civil law countries, as well as under English and American admiralty law, was that such damages were equally divided when ships involved in the collision were at fault, regardless of that fault. Divided damages differed from the traditional contributory negligence (supra) rule of apportionment of damages, which precluded a plaintiff from recovering any damages from a negligent defendant if the plaintiff himself was at fault in even the slightest degree.
Dividend
A portion of the principal, or profits, divided among several owners of a thing.
Divine law or revealed law
The law of nature imparted by God Himself.
Divisible
The susceptibility of being divided.
Division
Dna
Abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid. A chromosome molecule which carries genetic coding unique to each person with the only exception of identical twins (that is why it is also called "DNA fingerprinting"). Through laboratory process, DNA can be extracted from body tissue such a strand of hair, semen, blood and matched against DNA discovered at a crime scene or on a victim to scientifically implicate an accused. Can also be used to match DNA between parents in a paternity suit.
Dock receipt
A receipt issued by the carrier attesting to the delivery of the goods to the dock prior to their loading aboard the ship.
Docket
Practice. A formal record of judicial proceedings.
Docket control
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Servicesmechanism for tracking the case status of potentially removable aliens.
Docket number
The number assigned by a court to a civil or criminal case. it is used to identify all court actions and it appears on all documents filed with the court in a specific case.
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