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de advisamento consilii nostri (dee ad-vI-z<<schwa>>-men-toh k<<schwa>>n-sil-ee-Inos-trI). [Law Latin] With or by the advice of our council. • This phrase was formerly used in writs of summons to Parliament. [Blacks Law 8th]

dead use.A future use. [Blacks Law 8th]

dead time.See TIME. [Blacks Law 8th]

dead storage.The stowage of goods, esp.  motor vehicles, for a long time in a public storage area,  as  opposed  to  the  daily  or  regular  stowage  of  goods  in  active  use.  Cf.  LIVE  STORAGE. [Cases: Insurance    2278(13). C.J.S. Insurance § 938.] [Blacks Law 8th]

dead stock.Goods that remain in inventory because there is no market for them. [Blacks Law 8th]

dead’s part.See DEAD MAN’S PART. [Blacks Law 8th]

dead-ship  doctrine.Maritime  law.  The  rule  that  admiralty  law  no  longer  applies  to  a  ship when  its  purpose  has  been  so  changed  that  it  is  no  longer  a  vessel  because  it  has  no  further navigation function. [Cases: Admiralty    6.C.J.S. Admiralty §§ 26–32.] [Blacks Law 8th]

dead rent.A mining-lease payment, either in addition to or as part of the royalty, that must be made whether or not the mine is working. • The purpose of the provision is to secure the working of the mine. See delay rental under RENTAL. [Cases: Mines and Minerals    70. C.J.S. Mines and Minerals §§ 218,…

dead pledge.Archaic. See MORTGAGE(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

dead person’s statute.See DEAD MAN’S STATUTE. [Blacks Law 8th]