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demand in reconvention.See reconventional demand under DEMAND. [Blacks Law 8th]

demand for relief.See PRAYER FOR RELIEF. [Blacks Law 8th]

demand for document inspection.See REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION. [Blacks Law 8th]

demand draft.See sight draft under DRAFT. [Blacks Law 8th]

demand deposit.See DEPOSIT(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

demand clause.A provision in a note allowing the holder to compel full payment if the maker fails to  meet an  installment.  Cf.  ACCELERATION  CLAUSE. [Cases:  Bills  and  Notes    129(3). C.J.S. Bills and Notes; Letters of Credit§ 90.] [Blacks Law 8th]

demandant.Archaic. The plaintiff  in a real action (the defendant being called a tenant).  See real action under ACTION(4). [Blacks Law 8th]

demand,n.1. The assertion of a legal or procedural right. contingent demand.A demand that cannot be fixed because it depends on the occurrence of a cross-demand.    A    party’s    demand    opposing    an    adverse    party’s    demand.    See COUNTERCLAIM; CROSS-CLAIM. demand in reconvention.See reconventional demand. incidental demand.Civil law. A plea by which a party other than the plaintiff asserts…

de malo (dee mal-oh). [Law Latin] Of illness. • This term defined certain legal excuses, such as de malo lecti (“of illness in bed”), de malo veniendi (“of illness or misfortune in coming where the court is”), and de malo villae (“of illness in town where the court is”). [Blacks Law 8th]

de     magna     assisa     eligenda     (dee     mag-n<<schwa>>     <<schwa>>-sI-z<<schwa>> el-i-jen-d<<schwa>>), n.[Law Latin “of choosing the grand assize”] Hist. A writ ordering a sheriff to summon 4 knights to give oaths before the justices of assize and then choose 12 more knights to form a grand assize to determine who had the right in a writ of right. [Blacks…