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disfigurement   (dis-fig-y<<schwa>>r-m<<schwa>>nt).   An   impairment   or   injury   to   the appearance of a person or thing. [Blacks Law 8th]

disfacere. See DIFFACERE. [Blacks Law 8th]

disentailing   statute   (dis-<<schwa>>n-tayl-ing).    A   statute   regulating    or    prohibiting disentailing deeds. See disentailing deed under DEED. [Cases: Deeds    127. C.J.S. Deeds § 247.] [Blacks Law 8th]

disentailing deed.See DEED. [Blacks Law 8th]

disentailing assurance.See DISENTAILMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

disenfranchisement      (dis-<<schwa>>n-fran-chiz-m<<schwa>>nt      or      -fran-chIz-m<< schwa>>nt).1. The act of depriving a member of a corporation or other organization of a right, as by expulsion. 2. The act of taking away the right to vote in public elections from a citizen or class of citizens. — Also termed disfranchisement. [Cases: Elections    87. C.J.S. Elections § 32.] [Blacks Law…

disenfranchise (dis-<<schwa>>n-fran-chIz), vb. To deprive (a person) of the right to exercise a franchise or privilege, esp. to vote. — Also termed disfranchise.[Blacks Law 8th]

disembodied technology.Intellectual property. Know-how or knowledge that is in the form of information  only.  • Disembodied  technology  includes  proprietary  technology  and  information  in the public domain. Cf. EMBODIED TECHNOLOGY. [Blacks Law 8th]

disembarrass,vb.  To  free  from  embarrassment;  to  extricate  or  disentangle  one  thing  from another. [Blacks Law 8th]

disease. 1. A deviation from the healthy and normal functioning of the body < the drug could not be linked to his disease>.2. (pl.) Special classes of pathological conditions with similar traits, such  as  having  similar  causes and  affecting  similar  organs <respiratory  diseases> <occupational diseases>.3. Any disorder; any depraved condition. functional  disease.A  disease  that  prevents, …