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devastaverunt (di-vas-t<<schwa>>-veer-<<schwa>>nt). [Latin pl. of devastavit “he (or she) has  wasted”]  They  have  wasted.  •  This  word  usu.  referred  to  both  an  executor’s  waste  of  a decedent’s property and the action against the executor for that waste.[Blacks Law 8th]

devastation. 1. An executor’s squandering or mismanagement of the deceased’s estate. 2. An act of destruction. 3.WASTE(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

devaluation,n. The reduction in the value of one currency in relation to another currency. Cf. REVALUATION. — devalue,vb. [Blacks Law 8th]

devadiatus (di-vad-ee-ay-t<<schwa>>s), n.[Law Latin] Hist. A defendant without a surety. — Also termed divadiatus. [Blacks Law 8th]

de    uxore   rapta   et   abducta   (dee   <<schwa>>k-sor-ee   rap-t<<schwa>>   et   ab-d<< schwa>>k-t<<schwa>>), n.[Law Latin “of seizing and carrying away a man’s wife”] Hist. A writ of trespass for a man whose wife had been raped and carried away. [Blacks Law 8th]

deuterogamy (d[y]oo-t<<schwa>>r-og-<<schwa>>-mee), n.[fr. Greek deuterogamia “second marriage”]  A  second  marriage  after  the  death  of  or  divorce  from  the  first  spouse,  or  after  an annulment of a first marriage. — Also termed digama; digamy. [Blacks Law 8th]

de  una  parte  (dee  yoo-n<<schwa>>  pahr-tee),  adj.[Latin]  Of one  party.  •  A  deed is  de  una parte when only one party grants something to another, as distinguished from a deed inter partes. See INTER PARTES. [Blacks Law 8th]

detunicari (di-tyoo-ni-kair-I), vb.[Latin “to be revealed”] To discover; to lay open. [Blacks Law 8th]

detrimental reliance.See RELIANCE. [Blacks Law 8th]

detriment.  1.  Any  loss  or  harm  suffered  by  a  person  or  property.  2.Contracts.  The relinquishment of some legal right that a promisee would have otherwise been entitled to exercise. — Also termed legal detriment. Cf. BENEFIT(2). “A promise or an act may be a detriment although on balance the promisor is making a good bargain. …