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duplicatio (d[y]oo-pli-kay-shee-oh), n.[fr. Latin duplicare “to double”] 1.Roman & civil law. A defendant’s answer to the plaintiff’s replication, similar to a rejoinder in common law. — Also termed (in Scots law) duply. See REPLICATION. 2. The fourth in a series. 3. A duplication of a transaction. [Blacks Law 8th]

duplicate will.See WILL. [Blacks Law 8th]

duplicate taxation.See double taxation under TAXATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

duplicate-claiming rejection.See REJECTION. [Blacks Law 8th]

duplicate  (d[y]oo-pli-kit),  n.1.  A  reproduction  of  an  original  document  having  the  same particulars and effect as the original. See Fed. R. Evid. 101(4). 2. A new original, made to replace an  instrument  that  is  lost  or  destroyed.  —  Also  termed  (in  sense  2)  duplicate  original.  [Cases: Criminal   Law      399;   Evidence      173.   C.J.S.   Evidence   §§   1074,  …

      duplex  valor  maritagii  (d[y]oo-pleks  val-<<schwa>>r  mar-<<schwa>>-tay-jee-I),  n.[Law Latin “double the value of a marriage”] Hist. A ward’s forfeiture of double the value of a marriage made  without  the  guardian’s  consent.  •  In  the  quotation  that  follows,  Blackstone  uses  the accusative form (duplicem valorem maritagii) because the phrase follows the verb forfeited. “For, …

duplex querela (d[y]oo-pleks kw<<schwa>>-ree-l<<schwa>>).1.Hist. Eccles. law. An appeal by  a  clerk  to  the  archbishop  in  response  to  the  bishop’s  delaying  or  wrongfully  refusing  to  do justice. 2.Eccles. law. An appeal to a person’s immediate superior, as when a bishop appeals to an archbishop. — Also termed double quarrel; double complaint. [Blacks Law 8th]

duoviri (d[y]oo-oh-v<<schwa>>-rIor d[y]oo-oh vI-rI). See DUUMVIRI(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

duopsony  (d[y]oo-op-s<<schwa>>-nee).  A  market  in which  there are  only  two  buyers  of  a product. [Blacks Law 8th]

duopoly  (d[y]oo-op-<<schwa>>-lee).  A  market  in  which  there  are  only  two  sellers  of  a product. [Blacks Law 8th]