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2481 Etymology dictionary, p. demurrer (n.).2
… as legal pleading to the effect that, even conceding the facts to be as alleged by the opponent, he is not entitled to legal relief, from Anglo-French demurrer …
2482 Etymology dictionary, p. denizen (n.).2
… ," especially "legally established inhabitant of a city or borough, a citizen as distinguished from a non-resident native or a foreigner," from Anglo-French …
2483 Etymology dictionary, p. designer (n.).2
… avoid legal restrictions, is attested by 1983.
2484 Etymology dictionary, p. detainer (n.).2
1530s, "one who detains," agent noun from detain. As a legal term, "a detaining in one's possession" (what belongs to another), 1610s, from Anglo-French detener, from Old French detenir (noun use of infinitive).
2485 Etymology dictionary, p. detain (v.).3
Legal sense of "to hold in custody" is from late 15c. (late 13c. in Anglo-French). Meaning "keep or restrain from proceeding" is from 1590s. Modern spelling is 17c., from influence of contain, retain, etc. Related: Detained; detaining .
2486 Etymology dictionary, p. detainee (n.).2
"person held in legal custody," 1914, from detain + -ee .
2487 Etymology dictionary, p. dictum (n.).2
… "). In legal use, a judge's expression of opinion without argument, which is not the formal resolution of a case or determination of the court.
2488 Etymology dictionary, p. dies non (n.).2
legal Latin phrase meaning "day in which courts are not held" (Sunday, etc.), short for dies non juridicus "not a court day."
2489 Etymology dictionary, p. digest (n.).2
… (literary, legal, scientific or historical) arranged under different heads" is from 1550s.
2490 Etymology dictionary, p. diligence (n.).3
… effort." Legal sense "attention and care due from a person in a given situation" is from 1620s. From the secondary French sense comes the old useage of diligence …
2491 Etymology dictionary, p. disabled (adj.).2
"incapacitated," 1630s, past-participle adjective from disable. Earlier it meant "legally disqualified" (mid-15c.).
2492 Etymology dictionary, p. disbar (v.).2
"deprive of the privileges of a barrister, expel from the bar," 1630s; see dis- + bar (n.3) in the legal sense. Related: Disbarred; disbarring; disbarment .
2493 Etymology dictionary, p. disclaim (v.).2
… a legal claim," originally in a feudal sense, from Anglo-French disclaimer (c. 1300), Old French desclamer "disclaim, disavow," from des- (see dis- ) + clamer "to claim," from …
2494 Etymology dictionary, p. discovery (n.).2
… the legal sense of "disclosure by a party to an action" (of facts, documents, etc.), attested from 1715.
2495 Etymology dictionary, p. discussion (n.).2
… , investigation, legal trial" and directly from Medieval Latin discussionem (nominative discussio ) "examination, discussion," in classical Latin, "a shaking …
2496 Etymology dictionary, p. dismiss (v.).2
… or legal charges;" late 15c., "remove from office, service, or employment," apparently from Latin dimissus, past participle of dimittere "send away, send different …
2497 Etymology dictionary, p. disorderly (adj.).2
… to legal authority, disposed to violate law;" see disorder (n.) + -ly (1). The meaning "untidy, being out of proper order" is attested from 1630s; the older senses are those …
2498 Etymology dictionary, p. disown (v.).2
1620s; see dis- + own (v.) in the sense "be responsible for, have legal authority over (and thus legal liability for)." Related: Disowned; disowning .
2499 Etymology dictionary, p. district (n.).2
… ) for legal reasons." It is a noun use of the past participle of Latin distringere "to draw apart, hinder," also in Medieval Latin "compel, coerce," from dis- "apart" (see …
2500 Etymology dictionary, p. divest (v.).3
… or legal process" is from 1570s. Economic sense "sell off (a subsidiary company, later an investment) is by 1961. Related: Divested; divesting .