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Day

of the sun round the earth, but , in its popular acceptation, that part of the twenty-four hours when it is

Debt

Debt [fr. debitum, Lat.], a sum of money due from one person to another. An action of debt lay where...

Deed

with any exceptions or reservations. This word has also a popular sense, meaning the property granted by the deed. In Scotland

Defence

Defence [fr. defensio, Lat.], popularly a justification, protection, or guard; in law, a denial by

Design

Act, 2000 (16 of 2000), s. 2 (d)] Design in popular parlance is used as a synonym with plan and includes

Double or treble costs

and Costs Act, 1842 (5 & 6 Vict. c. 97), popularly called 'Pollock's Act,' which enacted that the successful party should

Doctor and student

English in 1530. The book consists of two dialogues, in popular style between a Doctor of Divinity and a Student of

Dole

boundary mark, e.g., a post or mound of earth; also popularly employed to denote sums to which unemployed persons are entitled

Double taxation

strict legal sense of direct double taxation and in its popular sense of indirect double taxation. Double taxation in the strict

Drunkenness

DRUNKARD]. Black List.--The 'black list' above spoken of is the popular term for the list which a licensed person would, probably

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