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document,n.1. Something tangible on which words, symbols, or marks are recorded. See Fed. R.  Civ.  P.  34(a).  2.  (pl.)  The  deeds,  agreements,  title  papers,  letters,  receipts,  and  other  written instruments used to prove a fact. ancient document.Evidence. A document that is presumed to be authentic because its physical condition  strongly  suggests  authenticity,  it  has  existed …

doctrine of worthier title.See WORTHIER-TITLE DOCTRINE. [Blacks Law 8th]

doctrine of vested rights.See VESTED-RIGHTS DOCTRINE. [Blacks Law 8th]

doctrine    of    unconstitutional    conditions.See    UNCONSTITUTIONAL-CONDITIONS DOCTRINE .[Blacks Law 8th]

doctrine of the last preceding antecedent. RULE OF THE LAST ANTECEDENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

doctrine of the last antecedent.See RULE OF THE LAST ANTECEDENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

doctrine of the conclusiveness of the judgment.See judicial estoppel under ESTOPPEL. [Blacks Law 8th]

doctrine  of  tenures.Hist.  The  rule  that  all  land  is  held  of  the  Crown,  either  directly  or indirectly, on some type of tenure. • This doctrine answers the question of the manner in which an estate is held. — Also termed doctrine of tenure. Cf. DOCTRINE OF ESTATES. [Blacks Law 8th]

doctrine of superior equities.Insurance. A rule by which an insurer is unable to recover from anyone whose equities are equal or superior to the insurer’s; esp., a rule that a right of subrogation may be invoked against another party only if that party’s guilty conduct renders the party’s equity inferior  to  that  of  the  insured. …

doctrine of substituted judgment.See SUBSTITUTED-JUDGMENT DOCTRINE. [Blacks Law 8th]