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De  Conflictu  Legum  (dee  k<<schwa>>n-flik-too  lee-g<<schwa>>m),  n.[Latin]  Concerning the conflict of laws. • This is a title to several works on the conflict of laws. [Blacks Law 8th]

de  concilio  curiae  (dee  k<<schwa>>n-sil-ee-oh  kyoor-ee-ee).  [Law Latin]  By  the  advice of the court; by the direction of the court. — Also spelled de consillio curiae. [Blacks Law 8th]

de computo (dee kom-py<<schwa>>-toh), n.[Law Latin “of account”] Hist. A writ ordering a defendant to either give a reasonable accounting to the plaintiff or explain why such an accounting should not be required. • This was the foundation for an action of account. See ACCOUNT(3), (4). [Blacks Law 8th]

de comon droit (d<<schwa>> kah-m<<schwa>>n droyt). [Law French] Hist. By the common law; of common right. See COMMON LAW. [Blacks Law 8th]

de communi dividundo.See actio de communi dividundo under ACTIO. [Blacks Law 8th]

decolonization.Int’l law. The process by which a colonial power divests itself of sovereignty over  a  colony  —  whether  a  territory,  a  protectorate,  or  a  trust territory  —  so  that  the  colony  is granted autonomy and eventually attains independence. [Blacks Law 8th]

decollatio (dee-kah-lay-shee-oh), n.[fr. Latin de “off” + collum “neck”] Hist. In England and Scotland, an act of beheading. See DECAPITATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

de  coelo  usque  ad  inferos (dee  see-loh  <<schwa>>s-kwee  ad  in-f<<schwa>>r-ohs).  [Latin] From heaven to the center of the earth. • This phrase expressed a common-law maxim about the extent of a real-property owner’s ownership interest in the property. [Blacks Law 8th]

decoctor  (di-kok-t<<schwa>>r  or  -tor),  n.[fr.  Latin  deciquere  “to  waste”]  Roman  law.  A bankrupt; a defaulting debtor. [Blacks Law 8th]

declining-balance depreciation method.See DEPRECIATION METHOD. [Blacks Law 8th]