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dutiable (d[y]oo-tee-<<schwa>>-b<<schwa>>l), adj. Subject to a duty <dutiable goods>. [Blacks Law 8th]

Dutch lottery.See LOTTERY. [Blacks Law 8th]

Dutch-auction tender method.See Dutch auction (3) under AUCTION.[Blacks Law 8th]

Dutch auction.See AUCTION. [Blacks Law 8th]

Durrett rule.Bankruptcy.  The  principle  that  a  transfer  of  property  in  exchange  for  less than 70% of the property’s value should be invalidated as a preferential transfer. Durrett v. Washington Nat’l Ins. Co., 621  F.2d 201 (5th Cir. 1980); 11 USCA § 548. • This rule  has been applied  most frequently to foreclosure sales. But it…

Durham  rule.Criminal  law.  A  test  for  the  insanity  defense,  holding  that  a  defendant  is  not criminally  responsible  for  an  act  that  was  the  product  of  mental  disease  or  defect  (Durham  v. United States, 214 F.2d 862 (D.C. Cir. 1954)). • Formerly used in New Hampshire and the District of Columbia, the Durham rule has been…

Durham  (d<<schwa>>r-<<schwa>>m).  One  of  the  three  remaining  county  palatines  in England,  the  others  being  Chester  and  Lancaster.  •  Its  jurisdiction  was  vested  in  the  Bishop  of Durham until the statute 6 & 7 Will. 4, ch. 19 vested it as a separate franchise and royalty in the Crown.  The jurisdiction  of  the  Durham  Court  of …

duressor  (d[y]<<schwa>>-res-<<schwa>>r).  A  person  who  coerces  another  person  to  do something against his or her will or judgment. [Blacks Law 8th]

duress  (d[y]uu-res).1.  Strictly,  the  physical  confinement  of  a  person  or  the  detention  of  a contracting party’s property. • In the field of torts, duress is considered a species of fraud in which compulsion takes the place of deceit in causing injury. “Duress consists in actual or threatened violence or imprisonment; the subject of it must…

Duren test.Constitutional law.  A test to  determine  whether a jury’s  composition  violates the fair-cross-section requirement and a criminal  defendant’s Sixth  Amendment right to an impartial jury. • Under the test, a constitutional violation  occurs if (1) a distinctive group is not fairly and reasonably  represented  in  the  jury  pool  in  relation  to  its  population  in …