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disparagare  (di-spar-<<schwa>>-gair-ee),  vb.[Law  Latin  fr.  Law  French  disparager  “to disparage”] Hist. 1.To disparage. 2. To bring together unequal persons, as in a marriage between persons of unequal lineage. Cf. PARAGE. [Blacks Law 8th]

disorderly person. 1. A person guilty of disorderly conduct. [Cases: Disorderly Conduct    3. C.J.S. Disorderly Conduct § 7.] 2. A person who breaches the peace, order, decency, or safety of the public, as defined by statute. “Ordinarily, a person who is guilty of disorderly conduct is a ‘disorderly person,’ but where statutes  define  ‘a  disorderly …

disorderly house.  1.  A  dwelling where  people  carry  on  activities that  are  a  nuisance  to  the neighborhood. [Cases: Disorderly House    1. C.J.S. Disorderly Houses § 2.] 2. A dwelling where people conduct criminal or immoral activities. • Examples are brothels and drug houses. — Also termed  (more  narrowly)  bawdy  house;  house  of  prostitution;  house  of …

disorderly conduct.See CONDUCT. [Blacks Law 8th]

disorder.  1.  A  lack  of  proper  arrangement  <disorder  of  the  files>.2.  An  irregularity  <a disorder  in  the  proceedings>.3.  A  public  disturbance; a  riot <civil  disorder>.4.  A  disturbance in mental or physical health <an emotional disorder> <a liver disorder>. [Blacks Law 8th]

disobedient child.See incorrigible child under CHILD. [Blacks Law 8th]

Disneyland parent.See PARENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

dismortgage. See REDEMPTION(4). [Blacks Law 8th]

dismission.Archaic. 1. An act of dismissing <dismission of the jury>.2. A removal, esp. from office  or  position  <dismission  of  the  employee>.3.  A  decision  that  a  suit  cannot  be  maintained <dismission of the case>. [Blacks Law 8th]

dismissed with prejudice.(Of a case) removed from the court’s docket in such a way that the plaintiff  is  foreclosed  from  filing  a  suit  again  on  the  same  claim  or  claims.  See  dismissal  with prejudice  under  DISMISSAL(1);  WITH  PREJUDICE  .  [Cases:  Federal  Civil  Procedure    1713, 1837.1; Pretrial Procedure    690. C.J.S. Dismissal and Nonsuit § 80.] [Blacks Law…