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der a candlestick, or other thing, and It is agreed that no bidding shall avail unless equal to that, this is called "dumb-bidding." Bab. Auct. 44. DUMMODO. Provided; provided that. A word of limitation in the Latin forms of conveyances, of frequent use in introducing a reservation; as in reserving a rent. DUN. A mountain or high open place. The names of places ending in dun or don were either built on hills or near them in open places. DUNA. In old records. A bank of earth cast up; the side of a ditch. Cowell. DUNGEON. Such an under-ground prison or cell as was formerly placed in the strongest part of a fortress; a dark or sub terraneous prison. DUNIO. A double; a kind of base coin less than a farthing. DUNNAGE. Pieces of wood placed against the sides and bottom of the hold of a vessel, to preserve the cargo from the effect of leakage, according to its nature and qual ity. Abb. Shipp. 227. There is considerable resemblance between dunnage and ballast. The latter is used for trimming the ship, and bringing it down to a draft of water proper and safe for sailing. Dunnage is placed under the cargo to keep it from being wetted by water getting into the hold, or between the different parcels to keep them from bruising and injuring each other. 13 Wall. 674. DUNSETS. People that dwell on hilly places or mountains. Jacob. Duo non possunt in solido unam rem possidere. Two cannot possess one thing in entirety. Co. Litt. 368. Duo sunt instruments ad omnes res aut conflrmandas aut impugnandas, ra tio et authoritas. There are two instru ments for confirming or impugning all things,—reason and authority. 8 Coke, 16. DUODECEMVIRALE JUDICIUM. The trial by twelve men, or by jury. Applied to juries de medietate lingua, Mol. de Jure Mar. 448. DUODECIMA MANUS. Twelve hands. The oaths of twelve men, including himself, by whom the defendant was allowed to make his law. 3 Bl. Comm. 34b.

as Regularly; upon a proper foundation, distinguished from mere form. DUM. Lat. While; as long as; until; upon condition that; provided that. DUM BENE SE GESSERIT. While he shall conduct himself well; during good behavior. Expressive of a tenure of office not dependent upon the pleasure of the ap pointing power, nor for a limited period, but terminable only upon the death or miscon duct of the incumbent. DUM PEEVBT OPUS. Whilethe work glows; in the heat of action. 1 Kent, Comm. 120. DUM FUIT IN PRISONA. In En glish law. A writ which lay for a man who had aliened lands under duress by imprison ment, to restore to him his proper estates. 2 Inst. 482. Abolished by St. 3 & 4 Win. IV. c. 27. DUM PUIT INFRA .ffiJTATEM. (While he was within age.) In old English practice. A writ of entry which formerly lay for an infant after he had attained his full age, to recover lands which he had aliened in fee, in tail, or for life, during his infancy; and, after his death, his heir had the same remedy. Reg. Orig. 2286; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 192, G; Litt. § 406; Co. Litt. 2476. DUM NON FUIT COMPOS MENTIS. The name of a writ which the heirs of a per son who was non compos mentis, and who aliened his lands, might have sued out to re store him to his rights. Abolished by 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c. 27. DUM RECENS FUIT MALEFICI UM. While the offense was fresh. A term employed in the old law of appeal of rape. Bract, fol. 147. DUM SOLA. While sole, or single. Bum tola fuerit, while she shall remain sole. Bum sola et casta vixet it, while she lives single and chaste. Words of limitation in old con veyances. Co. Litt. 235a. Also applied generally to an unmarried woman in connec tion with something that was or might be done during that condition. DUMB. One who cannot speak; a person who is mute. DUMB-BIDDING. In sales at auction, when the minimum amount which the own er will take for the article is written on a piece of paper, and placed by the owner un

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