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disabled person.See PERSON(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

disable,vb.1.  To  deprive  (someone  or  something)  of  the  ability  to  function;  to  weaken  the capability of (someone or something).2. To impair; to diminish. 3. To legally disqualify (someone); to render (someone) legally incapable. [Blacks Law 8th]

disability insurance.See INSURANCE. DISABILITY RETIREMENT PLAN disability retirement plan.See EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN. [Blacks Law 8th]

disability  compensation.Payments  from  public  or  private  funds  to  a  disabled  person  who cannot work, such as social-security or workers’-compensation benefits. — Also termed disability benefits.  [Cases:  Social  Security  and  Public  Welfare    140.5–140.40;  Workers’  Compensation 836–902.C.J.S.   Social   Security   and   Public   Welfare   §§   48–55,   58–59,   61;   Workmen’s Compensation §§ 545–591.] [Blacks Law 8th]

disability  clause.Insurance.  A  life-insurance-policy  provision  providing  for  a  waiver  of premiums  during  the  policyholder’s  period  of  disability,  and  sometimes  providing  for  monthly payments  equal  to  a  percentage  of  the  policy’s  face  value.  [Cases:  Insurance    2035.  C.J.S. Insurance §§ 452–453, 556, 732–733, 773, 817, 832–833.] [Blacks Law 8th]

disability benefits.See DISABILITY COMPENSATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

disability. 1. The inability to perform some function; esp., the inability of one person to alter a  given  relation  with  another  person.  2.  An  objectively  measurable  condition  of  impairment, physical or mental <his disability entitled him to workers’-compensation benefits>. — Also termed incapacity.  [Cases:  Civil  Rights    1019,  1218;  Workers’  Compensation    802.C.J.S.  Civil  Rights §§ 2,…

DISA.abbr.DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY. [Blacks Law 8th]

dirt-for-debt transfer.A transaction in which a bankrupt debtor satisfies all or part of a secured debt by transferring the collateral to the creditor. [Cases: Bankruptcy    3564. C.J.S. Bankruptcy § 397.] [Blacks Law 8th]

diritto d’ autore.[Italian] AUTHOR’S RIGHT. [Blacks Law 8th]