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dangeria,n. Hist. Payment by forest tenants to the lord so that they can plow and sow in then same season as pannage. See PANNAGE. [Blacks Law 8th]

danger-creation  doctrine.The  theory  that  if  a  state’s  affirmative  conduct  places  a  person  in jeopardy, then the state may be liable for the harm inflicted on that person by a third party. • This is an exception to the  general principle that the state is not liable for an injury that a third  party inflicts   on  …

danger. 1. Peril; exposure to harm, loss, pain, or other negative result. 2. A cause of peril; a apparent danger.  1.  Obvious  danger;  real  danger.  —  Also  termed  patent  danger.  2.Criminal law.  The  perceived  danger  in  one  person’s  actions toward  another,  as  a result of  which  it seems necessary  for  the  threatened  person  to  use …

danelaw (dayn-law).Hist. 1. A system of rules, introduced by the Danes during their invasions of England  primarily  in the  ninth  century and  maintained  principally in the  midland and  eastern counties where the invasions occurred. • Danelaw was the prevailing law in these regions from the reign  of  King  Edgar  to  Edward  the  Confessor,  who  compiled …

D & O liability insurance.See directors’ and officers’ liability insurance under INSURANCE. [Blacks Law 8th]

Dan  (dan),  n.[fr.  Latin  dominus]  Archaic.  In  England,  an  honorable  title  for  a  man;  the English equivalent of the Spanish Don. • The term was replaced by the terms Master, Mister, and Sir.[Blacks Law 8th]

damnum  sine  injuria  (dam-n<<schwa>>m  sI-nee  in-joor-ee-<<schwa>>  orsin-ay).  [Latin “damage  without  wrongful  act”]  Loss  or  harm  that  is  incurred  from  something  other  than  a wrongful act and occasions no legal remedy. • An example is a loss from fair trade competition. — Also  termed  damnum  absque  injuria;  absque  injuria  damnum;  absque  injuria.  Cf.  INJURIA ABSQUE DAMNO.…

damnum  injuria  datum  (dam-n<<schwa>>m  in-joor-ee-<<schwa>>  day-t<<schwa>>m). [Latin]  Roman  law.  Willful  or  negligent  damage  to  corporeal  property;  damage  for  which compensation  was  given  under  the  Aquilian  law.  •  In  this  phrase,  the  word  damnum  refers  to economic loss, not the physical damage (if any). See actio legis Aquiliae under ACTIO. [Blacks Law 8th]

damnum infectum (dam-n<<schwa>>m in-fek-t<<schwa>>m). [Latin] Roman law. Loss not yet suffered but threatened or apprehended, as when a neighbor’s building is likely to collapse onto one’s property. [Blacks Law 8th]

damnum  fatale  (dam-n<<schwa>>m  f<<schwa>>-tay-lee).  [Latin  “unavoidable  damage”] Roman law. Damage caused by an unavoidable circumstance, such as a storm or a shipwreck, for which bailees or others will not be held liable. • But an exception was made for damages resulting from theft. “The liability of innkeepers, carriers, and stable keepers, at Roman law, was…