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dummodo (d<<schwa>>m-<<schwa>>-doh). [Latin] So that; provided that. • This term was used    as    a    limitation    in    conveyances,    as    in    dummodo    solverit    talem    redditum (d<<schwa>>m-<<schwa>>-doh  sol-v<<schwa>>-rit  tay-lem  red-i-t<<  schwa>>m),  meaning “provided he shall pay such a rent.” [Blacks Law 8th]

dum  fuit in prisona (d<<schwa>>m  fyoo-it in priz-<<schwa>>-n<<schwa>>), n.[Law Latin “while he was in prison”] Hist. A writ restoring a man to his estate after he transferred the estate under duress of imprisonment. See duress of imprisonment under DURESS. [Blacks Law 8th]

dum  fuit  infra  aetatem  (d<<schwa>>m  fyoo-it  in-fr<<schwa>>  ee-tay-t<<schwa>>m), n.[Law  Latin  “while  he  was  within  age”]  Hist.  A  writ  allowing  a  person  of  full  age  to  recover lands feoffed while the person was an infant. • The remedy was also available to the person’s heirs. It was later replaced by the action of ejectment. See EJECTMENT.[Blacks…

dum  fervet  opus  (d<<schwa>>m  f<<schwa>>r-vet  oh-p<<schwa>>s).  [Latin]  While  the action is fresh; in the heat of action. • This term usu. referred to matters of testimony.[Blacks Law 8th]

dum (d<<schwa>>m). [Latin] While; provided that. [Blacks Law 8th]

duly,adv. In a proper manner; in accordance with legal requirements. [Blacks Law 8th]

dulocracy (d[y]oo-lok-r<<schwa>>-see), n.[fr. Greek doulos “servant” + kratein “to rule”] A government in which servants or slaves have so many privileges that they essentially rule. — Also spelled doulocracy. [Blacks Law 8th]

Duke  of York’s Laws.A body of laws compiled in 1665 by Governor Nicholls  for the  more orderly  government  of  the  New  York  colony.  •  The  laws  were  gradually  extended  to  the  entire province. [Blacks Law 8th]

Duke of Exeter’s Daughter.A torture rack in the Tower of London, named after the Duke of Exeter, Henry VI’s minister who assisted in introducing it to England. — Also termed brake. “The rack … to extort a confession from criminals, is a practice of a different nature …. And the trial by rack is utterly…

duke. 1. A sovereign prince; a ruler of a duchy. 2. The first order of nobility in Great Britain below the royal family. “But after the Norman conquest, which changed the  military policy of the  nation, the kings themselves  continuing  for  many  generations  dukes  of  Normandy,  they  would  not  honour  any subjects with  that  title, …