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deductible,adj. Capable of being subtracted, esp. from taxable income. See DEDUCTION(2). deductible,n.1. Under an insurance policy, the portion of the loss to be borne by the insured before  the  insurer  becomes  liable  for  payment.  Cf.  SELF-INSURED  RETENTION  N.  [Cases: Insurance    2106, 2523.] straight deductible.A deductible that is a specified, fixed amount. 2. The insurance-policy clause…

This is a writ of right in its nature …. It must be brought by the widow as demandant, against the tenant of the freehold, that is, the heir or his alienee, and its effect is to enable the former to recover from the latter the seisin of a third part of the tenements in…

de  dote  unde  nil habet (dee  doh-tee  <<schwa>>n-dee  nil hay-bet), n.[Law  Latin  “of  dower whereof  she  has  none”]  A  writ  ordering  a  tenant  interfering  with  a  widow’s  right  to  dower  to provide a reasonable dower. — Also termed writ of dower. [Blacks Law 8th]

de dote assignanda (dee doh-tee as-ig-nan-d<<schwa>>), n.[Law Latin “for assigning dower”] Hist. A writ ordering a royal escheater to provide dower to a widow of a tenant holding an estate directly from the Crown. [Blacks Law 8th]

De   Donis   Conditionalibus   (dee    doh-nis    k<<schwa>>n-dish-ee-<<schwa>>-nal-i-b<< schwa>>s). An English statute, enacted in 1285, that gave rise to the ability to create a fee tail. — Often shortened to De Donis. — Sometimes written de donis conditionalibus. “[T]he statute  de donis of 13 Edw. I…. was intended to check the judicial construction, that had,  in  a …

de domo reparanda (dee doh-moh rep-<<schwa>>-ran-d<<schwa>>), n.[Law Latin “to repair a house”] Hist. A writ ordering a cotenant to contribute  to the expenses of  maintaining  common property. [Blacks Law 8th]

de  dolo  malo  (dee  doh-loh  mal-oh).  [Latin]  Of  or  based  on  fraud.  See  ACTIO  DE  DOLO MALO . [Blacks Law 8th]

de   diversis   regulis   juris   antiqui   (dee   di-v<<schwa>>r-sis   reg-y<<schwa>>-lis   joor-is an-tI-kwI).  [Latin  “of  various  rules  of  ancient  law”]  Roman  law.  The  last  title  in  the  Digest, containing 211 maxims. See DIGEST(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

dedition  (di-dish-<<schwa>>n),  n.[fr.  Latin  deditio  “give  up”]  A  surrender  of  something, such as property. [Blacks Law 8th]

dediticii  (ded-i-tish-ee-Ior  dee-di-tI-shee-I),  n.  pl.[Latin  “those  who  have  surrendered”] Roman law. The lowest class of freemen whose members were ineligible for Roman citizenship, including  enemies  granted  freedom  in  exchange  for  surrender,  or,  under  the  Lex  Aelia  Sentia, manumitted  slaves  convicted  of  a  crime  in  a  court,  or  branded  or  put in  chains by  their  former…