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doubt, reasonable.See REASONABLE DOUBT.[Blacks Law 8th]

double will.See mutual will under WILL. [Blacks Law 8th]

double waste.See WASTE(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

double voucher.In a common-recovery suit, a voucher first by the fictitious tenant to the real tenant, and then by the real tenant to the common vouchee. See COMMON RECOVERY. “The  recovery,  here  described,  is  with  a  single  voucher  only;  but  sometimes  it  is  with double… or farther voucher, as the exigency of the case may…

double  value.Twice  the  value  of  something;  specif.,  a  penalty  payable  by  a  tenant  to  a landlord  of  twice  the  yearly  value  of  lands  held  by  the  tenant,  who  refused  to  leave  when  the landlord  provided  written  notice  of  intent  to  possess  the  property.  •  The  penalty  was  provided under the Landlord and Tenant Act (1730).…

double use.See USE(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

double taxation.See TAXATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

double standard.A set of principles permitting greater opportunity or greater lenience for one class  of  people  than  for  another,  usu.  based  on  a  difference  such  as  gender  or  race.  See DISCRIMINATION. [Cases: Civil Rights    1007, 1033(3). C.J.S. Civil Rights §§ 2–5, 7–9, 11–13, 18, 20, 23–24, 44.] [Blacks Law 8th]

double rent.See RENT(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

double recovery.See RECOVERY. [Blacks Law 8th]