Dis Proportionality - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: dis proportionalitydis
A prefix from the Latin whence F deacutes or sometimes deacute dis The Latin dis appears as di before b d g l m n r v becomes dif before f and either dis or di before j It is from the same root as bis twice and duo E two See Two and cf Bi Di Dia Dis denotes separation a parting from as in distribute disconnect hence it often has the force of a privative and negative as in disarm disoblige disagree Also intensive as in dissever...
Proportionable
Capable of being proportioned or made proportional also proportional proportionate...
Proportionately
In a proportionate manner with due proportion proportionally...
Proportionateness
The quality or state of being proportionate...
Procuratio est exhibitio sumptuum necessariorum facta pr'latis, qui di'ceses peragrando, ecclesias subjectas visitant
Procuratio est exhibitio sumptuum necessariorum facta pr'latis, qui di'ceses peragrando, ecclesias subjectas visitant. Dav. 1, (Procuration is the pro-viding necessaries for the bishops, who, intravell-ing through their dioceses, visit the churches subject to them.)...
Reckless disregard of the truth or reckless dis-regard for the truth
Reckless disregard of the truth or reckless dis-regard for the truth, means disregard of the truth or falsity of a defamatory statement by a person who is highly aware of its probable falsity or entertains serious doubts about its truth or when there are obvious reasons to doubt the veracity and accuracy of a source, Garrison v. Louisiana, 379 US 64 (1964)....
discount
discount : a reduction made from the gross amount or value of something: as a : a reduction made from a regular or list price or a proportionate deduction from a debt account usually made for prompt payment or for payment in cash b : a reduction made for interest in advancing money upon or purchasing a note not yet due c : a reduction in the price of a bond see also discount bond at bond d : the sale of securities that are issued below and redeemed at face value compare premium [dis-kant, dis-kant] vt 1 a : to make a deduction from usually for cash or prompt payment b : to sell or offer at a lowered price 2 : to lend money on after deducting a discount [banks negotiable instruments] 3 : to take into account (a future event or prospect) in making present calculations vi : to give or make discounts [dis-kant] adj 1 a : selling goods or services at a discount [a broker] b : offered or sold at a discount [ securities] 2 : reflecting a discount [the price] ...
benefit
benefit 1 : something that provides an advantage or gain ;specif : an enhancement of property value, enjoyment of facilities, or increase in general prosperity arising from a public improvement general benefit : a benefit to the community at large resulting from a public improvement special benefit : a benefit from a public improvement that directly enhances the value of particular property and is not shared by the community at large NOTE: In proceedings for a partial taking for the purpose of a public improvement, the condemning authority may use a special benefit to the remaining land as a set-off against the landowner's damages for the taking. 2 in the civil law of Louisiana : a right esp. that serves to limit a person's liability benefit of dis·cus·sion : the right of a surety being sued to compel the suing creditor to sue the principal first benefit of di·vi·sion : the right of a surety being sued to compel the suing creditor to also sue the cosureti...
Royalty
Royalty, a payment reserved by the grantor of a patent, lease of a mine or similar right, and payable proportionately to the use made of the right by the grantee. It is usually a payment of money, but may be a payment in kind, that is, of part of the produce of the exercise of the right, Jowitt's Dictionary of English Law, 2nd End., p. 1595.In the legal world, is known as the equivalent or translation of jura 'regalia' or 'jura regia'. Royal rights and prerogatives of a sovereign are covered thereunder. In its secondary sense, the word 'royalty' would signify, as in mining leases, that part of the reddendum, variable thought, payable in cash or kind, for rights and privileges obtained, Inderjeet Singh Sial v. Karam Chand Thapar, (1995) 6 SCC 166.Royalty, is not a tax. Simply because the royalty is levied by reference to the quantity of the minerals produced and the impugned cess too is quantified by taking into consideration the same quantity of the mineral produced, the latter does no...
disseise
disseise or dis·seize [dis-sēz] vt dis·seised or: dis·seized dis·seis·ing or: dis·seiz·ing [Anglo-French disseisir to dispossess, from Old French dessaisir, from des-, prefix marking reversal + saisir to put in possession of] : to deprive of seisin wrongfully : unjustly dispossess dis·sei·sor [-sē-zər] n ...
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