DEBT

debt. 1.  Liability  on a claim; a specific sum  of  money  due by agreement  or otherwise <the debt amounted to $2,500>.2. The aggregate of all existing claims against a person, entity, or state <the  bank  denied  the  loan  application  after  analyzing  the  applicant’s  outstanding  debt>.3.  A nonmonetary  thing  that  one  person  owes  another,  such  as…

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DE BONO GESTU

de bono gestu (dee boh-noh jes-t[y]oo). [Law Latin] For good behavior. [Blacks Law 8th]

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DE BONO ET MALO

de bono et malo (dee boh-noh et mal-oh), n.[Law Latin “for good and evil”] Hist1.For good and evil. • A criminal defendant indicated full submission to the jury’s verdict by placing himself or herself at the jury’s mercy de bono et malo. — Also termed de bien et de mal. 2. A special writ of…

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DE BONNE MEMOIRE

de bonne  memoire (d<<schwa>> bawn  mem-wahr). [Law French] Of sound  mind; of  good memory. — Also spelled de bone memorie. See MIND AND MEMORY; COMPOS MENTIS .

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