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devil  on  the  neck.Hist. A  torture device  made  of  irons that  fastened  to  a  person’s  neck  and legs and then  wrenched  together to  either  gradually  or quickly break the  person’s back. • It was often used to coerce confessions. [Blacks Law 8th]

deviling (dev-<<schwa>>-ling).1. The act of a barrister’s handing a brief over to another to handle a case. 2. The practice  of a junior barrister (known as a “devil”) who  drafts pleadings or other  documents  for  a  senior  barrister  who  approves  them,  signs  them,  and  is  ultimately responsible for the work. — Also spelled devilling. [Blacks Law…

de  vi  laica  amovenda  (dee  vI  lay-<<schwa>>-k<<schwa>>  ay-moh-ven-d<<schwa>>),  n. [Law Latin “of removing a lay force”] Hist. A writ allowing a parson claiming rights to a church to order a sheriff to remove a group of laymen who, with another parson, had taken control of the church and prevented the new parson from entering. [Blacks Law…

de  vicineto  (dee  vi-sin-<<schwa>>-toh  or  -sI-n<<schwa>>-toh).  [Law  Latin]  From  a vicinage; from a neighborhood. • This term was generally used in reference to a jury pool. See DE CORPORE COMITATUS. [Blacks Law 8th]

device.  1.Patents.  A  mechanical  invention,  as  differentiated  in  patent  law  from  a  chemical discovery. • A device may be an apparatus or an article of manufacture. — Also termed machine. [Cases:  Patents    11.  C.J.S.  Patents  §§  20,  25.]  2.  A  scheme  to  trick  or  deceive;  a  stratagem  or artifice, as in the law relating to…

deviation-well survey.An examination to determine whether a well is bottomed under another person’s land. [Blacks Law 8th]

deviation  doctrine. 1.  A principle allowing  variation from a term  of a  will  or trust to avoid defeating the document’s purpose. 2. A principle allowing an agent’s activity to vary slightly from the scope of the principal’s permission. 3.Maritime law. The rule that a carrier loses the benefit of its  limitations  and  exemptions  under  the …

deviation.  1.  Generally,  a  change  from  a  customary  or  agreed-on  course  of  action. 2.Employment law.A departure from one’s course of employment to tend to a personal matter. • A deviation  from  the   course   of   employment   may  be   an  issue  in   disputes  about  workers’ compensation or about the employer’s tort liability to third parties based on…

deviance,n. The quality or state of departing from established norms, esp. in social customs. — deviate (dee-vee-ayt), vb. — deviant,adj. & n. — deviate (dee-vee-<<schwa>>t), n[Blacks Law 8th].

devest (di-vest), vb.1.Hist. To deprive (a person) of possession, title, or property. 2. To take; to draw away. — Also spelled divest. [Blacks Law 8th]