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detentio (di-ten-shee-oh), n.[Latin] 1.Roman law. See possessio naturalis under POSSESSIO. 2.Hist. Detention; detainment, as opposed to captio (“taking”). [Blacks Law 8th]

détente (day-tahnt). [French] 1. The relaxation of tensions between two or more parties, esp. nations.  2.  A  policy  promoting  such  a  relaxation  of  tensions.  3.  A  period  during  which  such tensions are relaxed. Cf. ENTENTE; ALLIANCE. [Blacks Law 8th]

de temps dont memorie ne court (d<<schwa>> tahn dawnmem-<<schwa>>-ree n<< schwa>> koor). [Law French] From time whereof memory does not run; time out of human memory. • This Law  French  phrasing  was  a  forerunner  of  Blackstone’s  classic  formulation:  “time  whereof  the memory of man does not run to the contrary.” 1 William Blackstone, Commentaries on…

de tempore in tempus et ad omnia tempora (dee tem-p<<schwa>>-ree in tem-p<< schwa>>s et ad  om-nee-<<schwa>>  tem-p<<schwa>>-r<<schwa>>).  [Latin]  From  time  to  time,  and  at  all times. [Blacks Law 8th]

detection.  The  act  of  discovering  or  revealing  something  that  was  hidden,  esp.  to  solve  a “There is a clear distinction between inducing a person  to  do an  unlawful act and setting a trap  to  catch  him  in  the  execution  of  a  criminal  plan  of  his  own  conception.  There  is  also  a distinction  between  the  terms …

de  tempore  cujus  contrarium  memoria  hominum  non  existit  (dee  tem-p<<schwa>>-ree k[y]oo-j<<schwa>>s   k<<schwa>>n-trair-ee-<<schwa>>m   m<<schwa>>-mor-ee-<<   schwa>> hom-<<schwa>>-n<<schwa>>m  non  eg-zis-tit).  [Latin] From  time  whereof  the  memory  of  man does not exist to the contrary. See LEGAL MEMORY. [Blacks Law 8th]

detainer. 1. The action of detaining, withholding, or keeping something in one’s custody. forcible detainer.See FORCIBLE DETAINER. unlawful detainer.The unjustifiable retention of the possession of real property by one whose original entry was lawful, as when a tenant holds over after lease termination despite the landlord’s demand for possession. [Cases: Forcible Entry and Detainer    5.]…

detachiare  (di-tak-ee-air-ee  or  di-tash-ee-air-ee),  vb.[Law  Latin]  Hist.  To  seize  a  person  or property by a writ of attachment or other legal remedy. [Blacks Law 8th]

de  tabulis  exhibendis  (dee  tab-y<<schwa>>-lis  ek-si-ben-dis).  [Latin]  Roman  law.  Of producing  the  tablets  of  a  will. • This  was  a  subject  covered  under  Roman  exhibitory  interdicts governing  the  production  of  documents.  A  will  of  a  deceased  person  had  to  be  produced  and opened to determine whether the applicant had rights under it. [Blacks Law 8th]

desuetude  (des-w<<schwa>>-t[y]ood).1.  Lack  of  use;  obsolescence  through  disuse.  2.  The doctrine holding that if a statute or treaty is left unenforced long enough, the courts will no longer regard it as having any legal effect even though it has not been repealed. [Cases: Statutes    173. C.J.S. Statutes § 292.] “[T]he  doctrine  of  desuetude  has  had …