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descendible,adj.  (Of  property)  capable  of  passing  by  descent  or  being  inherited.  See HERITABLE. [Blacks Law 8th]

descendibility  of  future  interests.The  legal  possibility  that  a  future  interest  (such  as  a remainder or an executory interest) can legally pass by inheritance. [Blacks Law 8th]

descendant (di-sen-d<<schwa>>nt), n. One who follows in lineage, in direct (not collateral) descent  from  a  person.  •  Examples  are  children  and  grandchildren.  Cf.  ASCENDANT.  [Cases: Descent and Distribution    25. C.J.S. Descent and Distribution § 32.] — descendant,adj. collateral descendant.Loosely, a blood relative who is not strictly a descendant, like a niece or lineal descendant.A blood…

descend,vb. To pass (a decedent’s property) by intestate succession. [Blacks Law 8th]

de sa vie (d<<schwa>> sa vee). [Law French] Of one’s  own life, as distinguished  from  pur autre vie (“for another’s life”). [Blacks Law 8th]

de  salvo  conductu  (dee  sal-voh  k<<schwa>>n-d<<schwa>>k-t[y]oo).  [Law  Latin  “of  safe conduct”] A writ of safe conduct. [Blacks Law 8th]

de salva gardia (dee sal-v<<schwa>> gahr-dee-<<schwa>>), n.[Law Latin “of safeguard”] A writ issued to protect strangers from harm while pursuing their legal rights in England. [Blacks Law 8th]

DES.abbr.DELIVERED EX SHIP. [Blacks Law 8th]

derogatory clause. 1.  A statutory  or contractual  provision  proclaiming that the  document in which it appears, or a part of the document, cannot be repealed or amended. • Such provisions are considered ineffective. “The one thing a sovereign legislature cannot do is truncate its own sovereignty by restricting its successors. A parliament sovereign today must…

derogation  from  grant.A  provision  in  an  instrument  of  transfer  (such  as  a  deed)  that diminishes, avoids, or otherwise operates against the grant itself. [Blacks Law 8th]