Posts by admin

dedimus potestatem (ded-<<schwa>>-m<<schwa>>s poh-tes-tay-t<<schwa>>m). [Law Latin “we have given power”] 1. A commission issuing from the court before which a case is pending, authorizing a person  named in the commission to compel the attendance  of certain  witnesses, to take  their  testimony  on  the  written  interrogatories  and  cross-interrogatories  attached  to  the commission,  to  reduce  the  answers …

dedimus   et   concessimus   (ded-<<schwa>>-m<<schwa>>s   et   k<<schwa>>n-ses-i-m<< schwa>>s). [Law Latin]  We  have  given  and  granted.  • These  words were used  in  a  conveyance when there was more than one grantor or when the grant was from the Crown. [Blacks Law 8th]

dedi et  concessi (dee-dI et  k<<schwa>>n-ses-I).  [Law Latin]  I  have given  and  conveyed.  • These were the words generally used to convey a gift. [Blacks Law 8th]

de die in diem (dee dI-ee in dI-<<schwa>>m). [Law Latin] From day to day; daily. [Blacks Law 8th]

dedication day.See DAY. [Blacks Law 8th]

dedication  and  reservation.A  dedication  made  with  reasonable  conditions,  restrictions,  and limitations. [Blacks Law 8th]

dedication,n. Property. The donation of land or creation of an easement for public use. [Cases: Dedication    1–28. C.J.S. Dedication §§ 1–12, 14–30, 56–64.] — dedicate,vb. — dedicatory,adj. common-law  dedication.A  dedication  made  without  a  statute,  consisting  in  the  owner’s appropriation of land, or an easement in it, for the benefit or use of the public, and…

dedi  (dee-dI).  [Latin]  Hist.  I  have  given.  •  Dedi  is  a  conveyancing  term  that  implies  a warranty of title. Cf. CONCESSI. “Dedi is a warranty in law to the feoffee and  his heirs: as if it be said in a feoffment A. B. hath given and granted, & c. it is a warranty.” Termes de…

de    deoneranda    pro    rata    portionis    (dee    dee-on-<<schwa>>-ran-d<<schwa>>    proh ray-t<<schwa>> por-shee-oh-nis), n.[Law Latin “of the disburdening of a pro rata share”] Hist. A writ  for  someone  who  is  forced  to  pay  rent  that  others  are  supposed  to  contribute  to proportionately. [Blacks Law 8th]

de deceptione (dee di-sep-shee-oh-nee), n.[Law Latin “of deceit”] Hist. A writ available to a party who was deceived and damaged by someone acting in the party’s name. [Blacks Law 8th]