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diocesan (dI-os-<<schwa>>-s<<schwa>>n), adj. Of or belonging to a diocese; of or relating to the relationship between a bishop and the clergy within the diocese. [Blacks Law 8th]

dimpled chad.See CHAD. [Blacks Law 8th]

dimissory letters (dim-<<schwa>>-sor-ee).1.Hist. Eccles. law. Documents allowing a clergy member  to  leave  one  diocese  for  another.  2.Eccles.  law.  Documents  provided  by  one  bishop  to enable another bishop to ordain a candidate already ordained in the former bishop’s diocese. [Blacks Law 8th]

dimissoriae   litterae   (dim-<<schwa>>-sor-ee-ee   lit-<<schwa>>r-ee),   n.[Latin   “dimissory letters”] Eccles. law. See DIMISSORY LETTERS. [Blacks Law 8th]

diminution-in-value method.A way of calculating damages for breach of contract based on a reduction in market value that is caused by the breach. [Cases: Damages    123. C.J.S. Damages § 112.] [Blacks Law 8th]

diminution (dim-<<schwa>>-n[y]oo-sh<<schwa>>n), n.1. The act or  process of  decreasing, lessening, or taking away. 2. An incompleteness or lack of certification in a court record sent from a lower court to a higher one for review. 3.Trademarks. BLURRING. — diminish (for sense 1), vb. [Blacks Law 8th]

diminutio. See DEMINUTIO. [Blacks Law 8th]

diminished responsibility.See diminished capacity under CAPACITY(3). [Blacks Law 8th]

diminished capacity.See CAPACITY(3). [Blacks Law 8th]

dimidius  (di-mid-ee-<<schwa>>s),  adj.[Latin  “half”]  Hist.  1.Half;  doubled.  2.  Loosely, incomplete. [Blacks Law 8th]