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561 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISCONTINUANCE.4 (Noah Webster)
… , the legal estate of the heir in tail being discontinued, till a recovery can be had in law.
562 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISCOUNT.3 (Noah Webster)
… of legal interest paid by the borrower, and deducted from the sum borrowed, at the commencement of the credit.
563 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISQUALIFICATION.3 (Noah Webster)
2. The act of depriving of legal power or capacity; that which renders incapable; that which incapacitates in law; disability. Conviction of a crime is a disqualification for office.
564 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISQUALIFY.3 (Noah Webster)
2. To deprive of legal capacity, power or right; to disable. A conviction of perjury disqualifies a man for a witness. A direct interest in a suit disqualifies a person to be a juror in the cause.
565 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DIVORCE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. A legal dissolution of the bonds of matrimony, or the separation of husband and wife by a judicial sentence. This is properly called a divorce, and called technically, divorce a vinculo matrimonii.
566 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DUE.12 (Noah Webster)
3. That which law or custom requires; as toll, tribute, fees of office, or other legal perquisites.
567 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DURESS.2 (Noah Webster)
… a legal act, as to execute a deed; or to commit an offense; in which cases the act is voidable or excusable.
568 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DUTEOUS.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Performing that which is due, or that which law, justice or propriety requires; obedient; respectful to those who have natural or legal authority to require service or duty; as a duteous child or subject.
569 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DUTIFUL.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Performing the duties or obligations required by law, justice or propriety; obedient; submissive to natural or legal superiors; respectful; as a dutiful son or daughter; a dutiful ward or servant; a dutiful subject.
570 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DUTY.2 (Noah Webster)
… or legal obligation, to pay, do or perform. Obedience to princes, magistrates and the laws is the duty of every citizen and subject; obedience, respect and kindness …
571 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ELIGIBLE.5 (Noah Webster)
3. Legally qualified to be chosen; as, a man is or is not eligible to an office.
572 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EMPOWER.2 (Noah Webster)
… give legal or moral power or authority to; to authorize, either by law, commission, letter of attorney, natural right, or by verbal license. The supreme court …
573 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EMPOWERED.1 (Noah Webster)
EMPOWERED, pp. Authorized; having legal or moral right.
574 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ENABLE.4 (Noah Webster)
3. To furnish with legal ability or competency; to authorize. The law enables us to dispose of our property by will.
575 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ENABLED.1 (Noah Webster)
ENABLED, pp. Supplied with sufficient power, physical, moral or legal.
576 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ENCUMBRANCE.5 (Noah Webster)
2. Load or burden on an estate; a legal claim on an estate, for the discharge of which the estate is liable.
577 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ENJOIN.3 (Noah Webster)
2. In law, to forbid judicially; to issue or direct a legal injunction to stop proceedings.
578 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EQUITABLENESS.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Equity; the state of doing justice, or distributing to each according to his legal or just claims; as the equitableness of a decision or distribution of property.
579 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ESCAPE.15 (Noah Webster)
… of legal restraint or the custody of the sheriff, without due course of law. Escapes are voluntary or involuntary; voluntary, when an officer permits an offender …
580 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EVICT.2 (Noah Webster)
1. To dispossess by a judicial process, or course of legal proceedings; to recover lands or tenements by law.