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delate  (di-layt),  vb.  To  accuse,  to  inform  against,  to  denounce  in  court,  esp.  a  Scottish ecclesiastical court. — delation,n. — delator,n. [Blacks Law 8th]

de la plus belle (d<<schwa>> lah ploo bel), adj.[Law French] Hist. Of the  most fair. • This term described a form of dower assigned out of the husband’s best tenements. The term was used in military tenures but was abolished by St. 12 Car. 2, ch. 24. — Also termed de la pluis beale. [Blacks Law…

delantal (di-lan-t<<schwa>>l). [Old English] Hist. See UTLAND. [Blacks Law 8th]

de  lana  caprina  (rixari)  (dee  lay-n<<schwa>>  k<<schwa>>-prI-n<<schwa>>  rik-sair-I). [Latin] Hist. To contend about a goat’s hair; to dispute about nothing. [Blacks Law 8th]

de jure segregation.See SEGREGATION.[Blacks Law 8th]

de jure officer.See officer de jure under OFFICER(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

de jure government.See GOVERNMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

de jure corporation.See CORPORATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

de jure (di juur-ee also dee or day), adj.[Law Latin “as a matter of law”] Existing by right or according to law <de jure segregation during the pre-Brown era>. Cf. DE FACTO; DE GRATIA. [Blacks Law 8th]

dejeration (dej-<<schwa>>-ray-sh<<schwa>>n). The act of taking a solemn oath. [Blacks Law 8th]