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de  cautione  admittenda  (dee  kaw-shee-oh-nee  ad-mi-ten-d<<schwa>>),  n.[Law  Latin  “of security to  be  taken”]  Hist.  A  writ commanding  a  bishop  who  had  ordered  an  excommunicated person  held  for  contempt,  even  though  the  prisoner  had  offered  bail  and  promised  to  obey  the church in the future, to take the offered security and order the prisoner’s release.[Blacks Law…

de  catallis  reddendis  (dee  k<<schwa>>-tal-is  ri-den-dis),  n.[Law  Latin  “of  chattels  to  be restored”]  Hist.  A  writ  ordering  a  bailee  to  deliver  chattels  kept  from  the  owner.  •  This  was replaced by the writ of detinue. See DETINUE. [Blacks Law 8th]

de  cartis  reddendis  (dee  kahr-tis  ri-den-dis),  n.[Law  Latin  “for  restoring  charters”]  Hist.  A writ ordering redelivery of a charter or deed; a writ of detinue. See DETINUE. [Blacks Law 8th]

decarceration. See DISIMPRISONMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

de  capite  minutis  (dee  kap-<<schwa>>-tee  mi-n[y]oo-tis).  [Latin  “of  those  who  have  lost their status”] Roman law. A title in the Digest, referring to people who lost their civil status. See CAPITIS DEMINUTIO.

decapitation (dee-kap-<<schwa>>-tay-sh<<schwa>>n).Hist. The act of cutting off a head; a beheading. • This was once a common method of capital punishment. [Blacks Law 8th]

decanus  (di-kay-n<<schwa>>s),  n.[fr.  Greek  dekanos  “a  dean”]  1.Roman  law.  An  officer commanding ten soldiers. 2.Eccles. & civil law. A leader of ten people, as in decanus monasticus (“dean of ten monks”).3. The dean of a cathedral. DE CAPITALIBUS DOMINUS FEODI de    capitalibus    dominus    feodi    (dee    kap-<<schwa>>-tay-l<<schwa>>-b<<schwa>>s dom-<<schwa>>-n<<schwa>>s  fee-<<schwa>>-dI).  [Law  Latin]  Hist.  From  the  highest  lord …

decania (di-kay-nee-<<schwa>>), n.[Law Latin] Hist. A dean’s office; a dean’s territory. [Blacks Law 8th]

decanatus (dek-<<schwa>>-nay-t<<schwa>>s), n.[Law Latin] Hist. A group of ten people; a decenary. See DECANUS. [Blacks Law 8th]

decalvatio  (dee-kal-vay-shee-oh).Hist.  The  act  of  cutting  off  a  person’s  hair  to symbolize  a total  loss of  honor.  • Although  some  early  legal  historians interpreted  this Germanic  practice  as scalping, a leading historian of the early 20th century insisted that it referred only to the cutting of hair. See Munroe Smith, The Development of European Law…