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degree of relationship.See DEGREE(5). [Blacks Law 8th]

degree of proof.1.BURDEN OF PROOF. 2.BURDEN OF PRODUCTION. [Blacks Law 8th]

degree  of  negligence.One  of  the  varying  levels  of  negligence  typically  designated  as  slight negligence,  ordinary  negligence, and  gross  negligence.  See  NEGLIGENCE. [Cases:  Negligence 272–276. C.J.S. Negligence §§ 88–113.] “Although  the  common  law  concept  of  degrees  of  negligence  has  been  criticized  or repudiated  in  many  jurisdictions,  the  usefulness  of  the  view  at  common  law  that  degrees …

degree of kin.See DEGREE(5). [Blacks Law 8th]

degree of descent.See DEGREE(5). [Blacks Law 8th]

degree of crime. 1. A division or classification of a single crime into several grades of guilt, according to the circumstances surrounding the crime’s  commission, such as aggravating factors present or the type of injury suffered. [Cases: Criminal Law    28. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 9, 13.] 2. A  division  of  crimes  generally,  such  as  felonies …

degree  of  care.A  standard  of  care  to  be  exercised  in  a  given  situation.  See  CARE.  [Cases: Negligence    230. C.J.S. Negligence §§ 34, 59, 114, 116–117.] [Blacks Law 8th]

degree.  1.  Generally,  a  classification  or  specification  <degrees of  proof>.2. An  incremental measure of guilt or negligence; a level based on the seriousness of an offense <murder in the first degree>. See DEGREE OF CRIME.3. A stage in a process; a step in a series of steps toward an end  <the  statute  went  through  several …

de gratia (dee gray-shee-<<schwa>>). [Latin] Of favor; by grace, as in de speciali gratia (“of special grace or favor”). [Blacks Law 8th]

degradation (deg-r<<schwa>>-day-sh<<schwa>>n).1. A reduction in rank, degree, or dignity; specif., censure of a clergy member by divestiture of holy orders, either by word or by a solemn divestiture  of  robes  and  other  insignia.  Cf.  DEPOSITION(4);  DEPRIVATION(4).2.  A  moral  or intellectual  decadence  or  degeneration;  a  lessening  of  a  person’s  or  thing’s  character  or  quality <degradation of…