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digest,n.1.  An index of legal propositions showing which  cases support  each proposition; a collection of summaries of reported cases, arranged by subject and subdivided by jurisdiction and court. • The chief purpose of a digest is to make the contents of reports available and to separate, from the great mass of caselaw, those cases bearing…

digamy (dig-<<schwa>>-mee). See DEUTEROGAMY. [Blacks Law 8th]

digama (dig-<<schwa>>-m<<schwa>>). See DEUTEROGAMY. [Blacks Law 8th]

DIF system.See DISCRIMINANT FUNCTION. [Blacks Law 8th]

diffused surface water.See WATER. [Blacks Law 8th]

difforciare  (di-for-shee-air-ee),  vb.[Law  Latin  “to  deny”]  Hist.  To  keep  (something)  from someone; to deny (something) to someone. [Blacks Law 8th]

differential  pricing.The  setting  of  the  price  of  a  product  or  service  differently  for  different customers. See PRICE DISCRIMINATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

different-department rule.A doctrine holding that people who work for the same employer are not fellow servants if they do not do the same work or do not work in the same department. • This rule,  which  creates  an  exception  to  the  fellow-servant  doctrine,  has  been  rejected  by  many jurisdictions. See FELLOW-SERVANT DOCTRINE E; fellow servant…

diffacere (di-fay-s<<schwa>>-ree), vb.[fr. Old French deffacer] Hist. To deface; to mutilate. — Also termed disfacere; defacere. [Blacks Law 8th]

Dieu son acte (dyuu  sawnakt), n.[Law Latin “an act of  God”] Hist. An act of God, beyond human control. [Blacks Law 8th]