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DISPENSATION

DISMISSAL

DISPARAGEMENT. In old English law. An injury by union or comparison with, some person or thing of inferior rank or excellence. Marriage without disparagement was mar riage to one of suitable rank and character. 2 Bl. Comm. 70; Co. Litt 826. Shutt v. Carloss, 36 N. C. 232. DISPARAGIUM. In old Scotch law. Inequality in blood, honor, dignity, or other wise. Skene de Verb. Sign. Things unlike ought not to be joined. Jenk. Cent 24, marg. Cro. Car. 59. To convert it into ordinary ground. A mes sage, letter, or order sent with speed on af fairs of state; a telegraphic message. In maritime law. Diligence, due activi ty, or proper speed in the discharge of a cargo; the opposite of delay. Terjesen v. Carter, 9 Daly

pleadings. Root v. Water Supply Co., 46 Kan. 183, 26 Pac. 398; Lindsay v. Allen, 112 Tenn. 637, 82 S. W. 171. See Haldeman v. U. S , 91 U S. 586, 23 L. Ed. 433.— Dismissal without prejudice. Dismissal of a bill in equity with out prejudice to the right of the complainant to sue again on the same cause of action. The ef fect of the words "without prejudice" is to pre vent the decree of dismissal from operating as a bar to a subsequent suit. Lang v. Waring, 25 Ala. 625, 60 Am. Dec. 533. DISORDER. Turbulent or riotous be havior; immoral or indecent conduct. The breach of the public decorum and morality. Contrary to the rules of good order and behavior; violative of the public peace or good order; turbulent, riot ous, or indecent. —Disorderly conduct. A term of loose and indefinite meaning (except as occasionally de fined in statutes), but signifying generally any behavior that is contrary to law, and more par ticularly such as tends to disturb the public peace or decorum, scandalize the community, or shock the public sense of morality. People v. Keeper of State Reformatory, 176 N. Y. 465, 68 N. E. 884; People v. Davis, 80 App. Div. 448, 80 N. Y. Supp. 872; City of Mt. Sterling v. Holly, 108 Ky. 621, 57 S. W. 491; Pratt v. Brown, 80 Tex. 608, 16 S. W. 443; Kahn v. Macon, 95 Ga. 419, 22 S. E. 641; People v. Miller, 38 Hun, 82; Tyrrell v. Jersey City, 25 N. J. Law. 536.—Disorderly house. In crim inal law. A house the inmates of which' behave so badly as to become a nuisance to the neigh borhood. It has a wide meaning, and includes bawdy houses, common gaming houses, and plac es of a like character. 1 Bish. Crim. Law, § 1106; State v. Wilson, 93 N. C. 608; Hickey T. State, 53 Ala. 614; State v. Garity, 46 N. H. 61; State v. Grosofski, 89 Minn. 343, 94 N. W. 1077 ; Cheek v. Com., 79 Ky. 359; State v. McGahan, 48 W. Va. 438, 37 S. E. 573.— Disorderly persons. Such as are dangerous or hurtful to the public peace and welfare by reason of their misconduct or vicious habits, and are therefore amendable to police regulation. The phrase is chiefly used in statutes, and the scope of the term depends on local regulations. See 4 Bl. Comm. 169. Code Cr. Proc. N. Y. 1903, § 899. In old English law. To bring together those that are unequal, (dispares conferre;) to connect in an indec orous and unworthy manner; to connect in marriage those that are unequal in blood and parentage. DISORDERLY. DISPARAGARE. DISMORTGAGE. To redeem from mort gage

DISPARAGATIO.

In old English law.

Disparagement. disparagatione,

Hwredes maritentur

absque

heirs shall be married with

out disparagement

(9 Hen.

Magna Charta,

III.) c 6.

DISPARAGATION. L. Fr. Disparage ment; the matching an heir, etc., in mar riage, under his or her degree or condition, or against the rules of decency. Kelham. DISPARAGE. To connect unequally; to match unsuitably.