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de scutagio habendo (dee skyoo-tay-jee-oh h<<schwa>>-ben-doh), n.[Law Latin “for having scutage”]  Hist.  1.A  writ  ordering  a  tenant-in-chief  by  knight’s  service  to  serve  in  a  war,  send  a substitute, or pay a sum of money. 2. A writ authorizing a lord who had served in the war or paid the required fine to recover the scutage…

descriptive  word.Trademarks.  A  term  that  portrays a  general characteristic  or  function  of  a product  or  service.  •  A  descriptive  word  may  not  be  registered  as  a  trademark  unless  it  has acquired secondary  meaning in the  minds of consumers  so that it is directly associated with one brand.   [Cases:   Trade   Regulation      164.   C.J.S.   Trade-Marks,   Trade-Names,   and  …

descriptive trademark.See TRADEMARK. [Blacks Law 8th]

descriptive mark.See descriptive trademark under TRADEMARK. [Blacks Law 8th]

descriptive comparative law.See COMPARATIVE LAW. [Blacks Law 8th]

descriptio personae (di-skrip-shee-oh p<<schwa>>r-soh-nee). [Law Latin] Description of the person. • This phrase, typically used to identify or describe a person in a contract or deed, is not essential to a document’s validity. Cf. DESIGNATIO PERSONAE. [Blacks Law 8th]

description.  1.  A  delineation  or  explanation  of  something  by  an  account  setting  forth  the subject’s  characteristics or  qualities <description  of  a  patentable  process>.2.  A  representation  by words  or  drawing  of  something  seen  or  heard  or  otherwise  experienced  <description  of  the criminal> <description of the accident>.3. An enumeration or specific identification of something <  description  of …

descent cast.Hist. The devolution of realty that has been acquired by disseisin, abatement, or intrusion, upon an heir whose ancestor died intestate. • This tolled the real owner’s right of entry until the owner brought a legal action. — Also termed descent which tolls entry. [Blacks Law 8th]

descent and distribution. 1. See intestate succession under SUCCESSION(2).2. Broadly, the rules  by  which  a  decedent’s  property  is  passed,  whether  by  intestate  succession  or  by  will.  See DISTRIBUTION(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

descent,n.1. The acquisition of real property by law, as by inheritance; the passing of intestate real  property  to  heirs.  See  SUCCESSION(2).  Cf.  DISTRIBUTION(1);  PURCHASE.  [Cases: Descent and Distribution    1–19.C.J.S. Conflict of  Laws §§ 71, 84; Descent and Distribution §§ 1–22; Right of Privacy and Publicity§ 42.] 2. The fact or process of originating from a…