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de  son  tort  demesne  (d<<schwa>>  sawn  tor[t]  di-mayn).  [Law  French]  Of  a  person’s  own wrong. • This is the law French equivalent of the Latin phrase de injuria. See DE INJURIA. [Blacks Law 8th]

de  son  tort  (d<<schwa>>  sawn  [or  son]  tor[t]).  [Law  French  “by  his  own  wrongdoing”] executor de son tort.See EXECUTOR. trustee de son tort.See TRUSTEE. [Blacks Law 8th]

de  solemnitate  (dee  s<<schwa>>-lem-ni-tay-tee).  [Law  Latin]  Scots  law.  As  a  solemnity.  • The phrase appeared in reference to certain deed requirements essential to the deed’s validity. Cf. EX SOLEMNITATE. [Blacks Law 8th]

desk audit.See AUDIT. [Blacks Law 8th]

desist. To stop or leave off. See CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER. [Blacks Law 8th]

design-specification contract.See build-to-print contract under CONTRACT. [Blacks Law 8th]

design specification.See STATEMENT OF WORK. [Blacks Law 8th]

design review.A process by which a building permit is not issued until the proposed building meets the architectural standards established by land-use regulations. — Also termed architectural review.  [Cases:  Zoning  and  Planning    431–446.  C.J.S.  Zoning  and  Land  Planning  §§  198, 204–211, 213–216.] [Blacks Law 8th]

design patent.See PATENT(3). [Blacks Law 8th]

designer drug.See DRUG. [Blacks Law 8th]