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Demurrer
Demurrer [fr. demoror, Lat.; or demorrer, Fr., to wait or stay], a pleading which admits the facts as stated in the pleading of the opponent, and referring the law arising thereon to the judgment of the...
Imperial preference
Imperial preference. Preferential customs, rates and other trade advantages agreed to be conceded by the British Government of the United Kingdom on goods consigned from and grown, produced or manufactured in the British Empire, i.e. (for...
Denizen
Denizen [fr. donaison, donison, O.Fr., a gift], an alien born who has obtained, ex donatione regis, letters-patent to make him (either permanently or for a time) an English subject. The granting of such letters-patent is a...
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Dentist
Dentist. The (English) Medical Act, 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. 90), s. 48, enabled Her Majesty, by charter, to grant to the Royal College of Surgeons of England power to institute examinations, etc., for dentists,...
Discharge
Discharge, to relieve of a duty. A sheriff is said to be discharged of his prisoner; a prisoner discharged from custody; a jury discharged from the cause. See next title. A rule nisi is discharged when...
Discharge of a jury
Discharge of a jury takes place (1) either by the act of God, as the death of one of the jury; or (2) in due course on the termination of the trial by verdict (or sentence);...
Discontinuance
Discontinuance, an interruption or breaking off. This happened when he who had an estate-tail made a larger estate of the land than by law he was entitled to do; in which case the estate was good,...
District Registry
District Registry. By the (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 84, replacing the (English) Judicature Act, 1873, s. 60, it is provided that to facilitate proceedings in country districts the Crown may, from time to time, by...
Eat inde sine die
Eat inde sine die, words used on the acquittal of a defendant, 'that he may go thence without a day,' i.e., be dismissed without any further trial or adjournment.
Education
Education. Mr. Forster's Elementary Education Act, 1870 (English) (33 & 34 Vict. c. 75), is the starting point in the history of the provision by legislation of a general system of education. Before this date education...
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