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d.b.n.c.t.a.abbr.See    administration    de    bonis    non    cum    testamento    annexo    under ADMINISTRATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

d.b.n.abbr.See administration de bonis non under ADMINISTRATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

d.b.e.abbr.DE BENE ESSE. [Blacks Law 8th]

d/b/a.abbr.Doing  business  as.  •  The  abbreviation  usu.  precedes  a  person’s  or  business’s assumed name <Paul Smith d/b/a Paul’s Dry Cleaners>.  [Blacks Law 8th]

D.B.abbr.DOMESDAY BOOK.[Blacks Law 8th]

day  writ.English  law.  A  Queen’s  Bench  writ allowing  a  prisoner  to  leave prison  to  conduct business (such as attending trial at the Court of Assizes), as long as the prisoner returns by 9 p.m. — Also termed day rule. [Blacks Law 8th]

daywork drilling contract.See DRILLING CONTRACT. [Blacks Law 8th]

daywork. 1. Short-term employment that is intended to last only for a day, or for a few days. 2.Hist. In England, a measure of land being the amount of arable land that can be plowed in a day. — Also termed daywere. [Blacks Law 8th]

day trading.See TRADING. [Blacks Law 8th]

daytime.1.DAY(2); 2.DAY(3); 3.DAY(4). [Blacks Law 8th]