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DROIT DE QUINT

DRUNKENNESS

DROIT DE QUINT. In French feudal law. A relief payable by a noble vassal to the king as his seigneur, on every change in the ownership of his fief. Steph. Lect. 350. DROIT DE SUITE. In French law. The right of a creditor to pursue the debtor's property into the hands of third persons for the enforcement of his claim. DROIT-DROIT. A double right; that is, the right of possession and the right of property. These two rights were, by the theory of our ancient law, distinct; and the above phrase was used to indicate the con currence of both in one person, which concur rence was necessary to constitute a complete title to land. Mozley & Whitley. DROIT ECRIT. In French law. (The written law.) The Roman civil law, or Cor pus Juris Civilis. Steph. Lect. 130. Droit ne done pluis que soit de maunde. The law gives not more than is demanded. 2 Inst. 286. Droit ne poet pas morier. Right can not die. Jenk. Cent. 100, case 95. DROITS CIVILS. This phrase in French law denotes private rights, the exer cise of which is independent of the status (qualite) of citizen. Foreigners enjoy them; and the extent of that enjoyment is deter mined by the principle of reciprocity. Con versely, foreigners may be sued on contracts made by them in France. Brown. DROITS OF ADMIRALTY. Rights or perquisites of the admiralty. A term ap plied to goods found derelict at sea. Applied also to property captured in time of war by non-commissioned vessels of a belligerent na tion. 1 Kent, Comm. 96. DROITURAL. What belongs of right; relating to right; as real actions are either droitural or possessory,— droitural when the plaintiff seeks to recover the property. Finch, Law, 257. DROMONES, DROMOS, DRO MUNDA. These were at first high ships of great burden, but afterwards those which we now call "men-of-war." Jacob. DROP. In English practice. When the members of a court are equally divided on the argument showing cause against a rule nisi, no order is made, i. e., the rule is nei ther discharged nor made absolute, and the rule is said to drop. In practice, there be ing a right to appeal, it has been usual to

make an order in one way, the junior judge withdrawing his judgment. Wharton. DROP-LETTER. A letter addressed for delivery in the same city or district in which it is posted. DROVE-ROAD. In Scotch law. A road for driving cattle. 7 Bell, App. Cas. 43, 53, 57. A drift-road. Lord Brougham, Id. DROVE-STANCE. In Scotch law. A place adjoining a drove-road, for resting and refreshing sheep and cattle on their journey. 7 Bell, App. Cas. 53, 57. DROWN. To merge or sink. "In some cases a right of freehold shall drown in a chattel." Co. Litt. 266a, 321a. DRU. A thicket of wood in a valley. Domesday. DRUG. The general name of substances used in medicine; any substance, vegetable, animal, or mineral, used in the composition or preparation of medicines. The term is also applied to materials used in dyeing and in chemistry. See 79 N. C. 281; 53 Vt. 426. DRUGGIST. A dealer in drugs; one whose business is to sell drugs and medicines. In strict usage, this term is to be distin guished from "apothecary." A druggist deals in the uncompounded medicinal substances; the business of an apothecary is to mix and compound them. But in America the two words are used interchangeably, as the same persons usually discharge both functions. DRUMMER. A term applied to com mercial agents who travel for wholesale merchants and supply the retail trade with goods, or take orders for goods to be shipped to the retail dealer. 4 Lea, 96; 34 Ark. 557. DRUNGARIUS. In old European law. The commander of a drungus, or band of soldiers. Applied also to a naval commander. Spelman. DRUNGUS. In old European law. A band of soldiers, (globus militum.) Spelman. DRUNKARD. He is a drunkard whose habit it is to get drunk; whose ebriety has be come habitual. The terms "drunkard" and "habitual drunkard" mean the same thing. 5 Gray, 85. DRUNKENNESS. In medical jurispru dence. The condition of a man whose mind is affected by the immediate use of intoxicat ing drinks.

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