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demise charter.See bareboat charter under CHARTER(8). [Blacks Law 8th]

demise  (di-mIz),  n.1.  The  conveyance  of  an  estate,  usu.  for  a  term  of  years;  a  lease  <the demise of the land for one year>.2. The instrument by which such a conveyance is accomplished <the demise set forth the terms of the transfer>.3. The passing of property by descent or bequest <a testator’s demise of $100,000…

demi-sangue (dem-ee-sang).  [Law  French]  Hist. Half-blood; blood  on  either  the  father’s  or the mother’s side. — Also termed demy-sangue. [Blacks Law 8th]

deminutio  (dee-mi-n[y]oo-shee-oh),  n.[fr.  Latin  deminuere  “taking  away”]  Roman  law.  A deprivation or loss. • The term appeared, for example, in the phrase capitis deminutio “the loss of civil  status.”  —  Also  spelled  diminutio.  Pl.  deminutiones  (dee-mi-n[y]oo-shee-oh-neez).  See CAPITIS DEMINUTIO. [Blacks Law 8th]

de minis (dee min-is), n.[Latin “of threats”] Hist. A writ ordering a person to keep the peace when the person has threatened another person with bodily harm or property destruction. [Blacks Law 8th]

de  minimis  test.Copyright.  A  judicial  test  for  determining  whether  a  contributor  to  a  joint work  is  an  author  for  legal  purposes,  based  on  whether  the  joint  effort  itself  is  an  original expression  that  qualifies  for  copyright  protection.  •  This  test  has  been  rejected  in  favor  of  the copyrightability  test  by  most  courts  that  have  addressed …

de minimis non curat lex (d<<schwa>> min-<<schwa>>-mis non kyoor-at leks). [Latin] The law does not concern itself with trifles. — Often shortened to de minimis. [Blacks Law 8th]

de  minimis  (d<<schwa>>  min-<<schwa>>-mis),  adj.[Latin  “of  the  least”]  1.  Trifling; minimal. 2. (Of a fact or thing) so insignificant that a court may overlook it in deciding an issue or case. 3.DE MINIMIS NON CURAT LEX.[Blacks Law 8th]

demimark.Hist.  Half  a  mark;  money  equal  to  six  shillings  and  eight  pence,  required  to  be tendered in a writ of right to force the demandant to prove seisin. — Also termed half-mark. [Blacks Law 8th]

demilitarized zone.Int’l law. A territorial area in a country or between countries in which no military forces or military installations are stationed or maintained. [Blacks Law 8th]