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de apostata capiendo (dee <<schwa>>-pos-t<<schwa>>-t<<schwa>> kap-ee-en-doh), n.[Law Latin “of the taking of an apostate”] Hist. A writ ordering a sheriff to apprehend and return to a monastery a person who had entered the monastery, professed the religious order, and then left and wandered around the country. [Blacks Law 8th]

Dean of the Arches.English law. The presiding judge of the Court of Arches. See COURT OF ARCHES. [Blacks Law 8th]

Dean of Guild Court.Scots law. The court presided over by the Dean of Guild. • In  modern times  the  court  dealt  with  municipal  affairs,  esp.  building  regulations.  All  such  courts  were abolished in 1975. [Blacks Law 8th]

Dean  of  Guild.Scot’s  law.  In  certain  burghs,  the  head  of  the  Guild  or  Merchant  Company, with jurisdiction in maritime and mercantile disputes. [Blacks Law 8th]

de annuo reditu (dee an-yoo-oh red-i-tyoo), n.[Law Latin “for a yearly rent”] Hist. A writ to recover an annuity payable in goods or money. [Blacks Law 8th]

de  annua  pensione  (dee  an-yoo-<<schwa>>  pen-shee-oh-nee),  n.[Law  Latin  “of  annual pension”] Hist. A royal writ demanding payment from an abbey or prior, of a yearly pension for the king’s chaplain named in the writ. [Blacks Law 8th]

de anno bissextili (dee an-oh bis-sek-stI-lI), n.[Law Latin “of the bissextile year”] Hist. A law of Henry III advising the justices of the bench that in a case requiring something to be done within a year, the leap-year day and the day before should be counted as one day. [Blacks Law 8th]

dean. 1.Eccles. law. An officer who leads a chapter, parish, or other subdivision of a diocese, usu. upon a bishop’s request or appointment. “A dean and chapter are the council of the bishop, to assist him with their advice in affairs of religion,  and  also  in  the  temporal  concerns  of  his  see  ….  All  ancient …

de ampliori gratia (dee am-plI-or-Igray-shee-<<schwa>>). [Latin] Of more abundant or more full grace.[Blacks Law 8th]

de  ambitu  (dee  am-bi-tyoo).  [Latin  “of  going  around”]  Of  devious  methods  of  securing  a position, as through bribery. • Several Roman laws (such as the Lex Julia de Ambitu) dealt with these methods, such as prohibiting electoral bribery. [Blacks Law 8th]