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Dote unde nihil habet
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Dote unde nihil habetThe name of a writ of dower which a widow sues against the tenant, who bought land of her hushand in his lifetime, and in which her dower remains, of which he was seised solely in fee simple or fee tail.
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Name
One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin.
Writ
An official court document, signed by a judge or bearing an official court seal, which commands the person to whom it is addressed, to do something specific. That "person" is typically either a sheriff (who may be instructed to seize property, for example) or a defendant (for whom the writ is the first notice of formal legal action. In these cases, the writ would command the person to answer the charges laid out in the suit, or else judgment may be made against them in their absence).
Dower
A wife's common law right to inherit from her husband.
Widow
An unmarried woman whose husband is dead.
Tenant
Estates. One who holds or possesses lands or tenements by any kind of title, either in fee, for life, for years, or at will
Simple
Not compounded, alone; as, simple interest, which is interest on the principal sum lent only and not interest on the interest; simple contract, &c.
Tail
An estate tail is an estate of inheritance, to a man or a woman and his or her heirs of his or her body, or heirs of his body of a particular description, or to several persons and the heirs of their bodies, or the heirs generally or specially of the body or bodies of one person, or several bodies.
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Dote
Spanish law. The property which the wife gives to the hushand on account of marriage.
Dote assignando
English law. The name of a writ which lay in favor of a widow, when it was found by office that the king's tenant was seised of tenements in fee or fee tail at the time of his death, and that he held of the king in chief.
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Dot
This French word is adopted in Louisiana. It signifies the fortune, portion, or dowry, which a woman brings to her hushand by the marriage.
Dotal property
By the civil law, and in Louisiana, by this term is understood that property, which the wife brings to the hushand to assist him in bearing the expenses of the marriage establishment.
Dotation
French law. The act by which the founder of a hospital, or other charity, endows it with property to fulfil its destination.
Dote
Spanish law. The property which the wife gives to the hushand on account of marriage.
Dote assignando
English law. The name of a writ which lay in favor of a widow, when it was found by office that the king's tenant was seised of tenements in fee or fee tail at the time of his death, and that he held of the king in chief.
Dote unde nihil habet
Double
Twofold.
Double actionability
The former English common law rule of conflict of laws in tort, whereby a suit could only be maintained in England for an alleged wrong committed abroad (1) if the wrong would have been actionable had it been committed in England and (2) if it was also civilly actionable in the place where it was committed.
Double costs
Practice. According to the English law, when double costs are given by the statute, the term is not to be understood, according to its literal import, twice the amount of single costs, but in such case the costs are thus calculated. 1) The common costs; and, 2) Half of the common costs.
Double insurance
Contracts. Where the insured makes, two insurances on the same risk, and the same interest.
Double jeopardy
Putting a person on trial more than once for the same crime. It is forbidden by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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Name
One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin.
Writ
An official court document, signed by a judge or bearing an official court seal, which commands the person to whom it is addressed, to do something specific. That "person" is typically either a sheriff (who may be instructed to seize property, for example) or a defendant (for whom the writ is the first notice of formal legal action. In these cases, the writ would command the person to answer the charges laid out in the suit, or else judgment may be made against them in their absence).
Dower
A wife's common law right to inherit from her husband.
Widow
An unmarried woman whose husband is dead.
Tenant
Estates. One who holds or possesses lands or tenements by any kind of title, either in fee, for life, for years, or at will
Simple
Not compounded, alone; as, simple interest, which is interest on the principal sum lent only and not interest on the interest; simple contract, &c.
Tail
An estate tail is an estate of inheritance, to a man or a woman and his or her heirs of his or her body, or heirs of his body of a particular description, or to several persons and the heirs of their bodies, or the heirs generally or specially of the body or bodies of one person, or several bodies.
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Dote
Spanish law. The property which the wife gives to the hushand on account of marriage.
Dote assignando
English law. The name of a writ which lay in favor of a widow, when it was found by office that the king's tenant was seised of tenements in fee or fee tail at the time of his death, and that he held of the king in chief.
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Dot
This French word is adopted in Louisiana. It signifies the fortune, portion, or dowry, which a woman brings to her hushand by the marriage.
Dotal property
By the civil law, and in Louisiana, by this term is understood that property, which the wife brings to the hushand to assist him in bearing the expenses of the marriage establishment.
Dotation
French law. The act by which the founder of a hospital, or other charity, endows it with property to fulfil its destination.
Dote
Spanish law. The property which the wife gives to the hushand on account of marriage.
Dote assignando
English law. The name of a writ which lay in favor of a widow, when it was found by office that the king's tenant was seised of tenements in fee or fee tail at the time of his death, and that he held of the king in chief.
Dote unde nihil habet
Double
Twofold.
Double actionability
The former English common law rule of conflict of laws in tort, whereby a suit could only be maintained in England for an alleged wrong committed abroad (1) if the wrong would have been actionable had it been committed in England and (2) if it was also civilly actionable in the place where it was committed.
Double costs
Practice. According to the English law, when double costs are given by the statute, the term is not to be understood, according to its literal import, twice the amount of single costs, but in such case the costs are thus calculated. 1) The common costs; and, 2) Half of the common costs.
Double insurance
Contracts. Where the insured makes, two insurances on the same risk, and the same interest.
Double jeopardy
Putting a person on trial more than once for the same crime. It is forbidden by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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