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discharging bond.See BOND(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

discharge  hearing.Bankruptcy. A  hearing at which the court informs the  debtor either that a discharge  has  been  granted  or  the  reasons  why  a  discharge  has  not  been  granted.  See [Blacks Law 8th]

discharged contract.See void contract under CONTRACT. [Blacks Law 8th]

dischargeable  claim.Bankruptcy.  A  claim  that  can  be  discharged  in  bankruptcy.  [Cases: Bankruptcy    3341–3362. C.J.S. Bankruptcy §§ 316–336, 344, 348.] [Blacks Law 8th]

dischargeability   proceeding.Bankruptcy.   A   hearing   to   determine   whether   a   debt   is dischargeable  or  is  subject  to  an  exception  to  discharge.  11  USCA  §  523.  [Cases:  Bankruptcy 3381. C.J.S. Bankruptcy §§ 18, 337, 340.] [Blacks Law 8th]

discharge in bankruptcy. 1. The release of a debtor from personal liability for prebankruptcy debts;  specif.,  discharge  under  the  United  States  Bankruptcy  Code.  [Cases:  Bankruptcy    3251. C.J.S.  Bankruptcy  §§  288–290.]  2.  A  bankruptcy  court’s  decree  releasing  a  debtor  from  that liability.[Blacks Law 8th]

  disceptatio causae (di-sep-tay-shee-oh  kaw-zee).  [Latin  “debate about a  case”]  Roman  law. The argument by the advocates of both sides of a dispute. [Blacks Law 8th]

discarcare (dis-kahr-kair-ee), vb.[fr. Latin dis- + carcare “to charge”] Hist. To unload (cargo), usu. from a ship. — Also termed discargare. [Blacks Law 8th]

disbocatio (dis-b<<schwa>>-kay-shee-oh), n.[fr. Law Latin dis- + boscus “wood”] Hist. The conversion of forest to pasture. [Blacks Law 8th]

disbarment,n. The action of expelling a lawyer from the bar or from the practice of law, usu. because of some disciplinary  violation. • One  who  has passed the bar, been  called to the bar, or been admitted to the bar is privileged to stand inside the wooden barrier that separates the gallery from the actual…