KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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DRUNKARD

DROIT

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 Collins v. Banking Co., 79 N. C. 281, 28 Am. Rep. 322; U. S. v. Merck, 66 Fed. 251, 13 C. C. A. 432; Cowl v. U. S. (C. C.) 124 Fed. 475; Insurance Co. v. Flem ming, 65 Ark. 54, 44 S. W. 464, 39 L. R. A. 789, 67 Am. St Rep. 900; Gault v. State, 34 Ga 533. DRUGGIST. A dealer In drugs; one whose business is to sell drugs and medi cines. In strict usage, this term is to be distinguished from "apothecary." A drug gist deals in the uncompounded medicinal substances; the business of an apothecary is to mix and compound them. But in Amer ica the two words are used interchangeably, as the same persons usually discharge both functions. State v. Holmes, 28/La. Ann. 767, 26 Am. Rep. 110; Hainline v. Com., 13 Bush (Ky.) 352; State v. Donaldson, 41 Minn. 74, 42 N. W. 781. DRUMMER. A term applied to commer cial agents who travel for wholesale mer chants and supply the retail trade with goods, or take orders for goods to be ship ped to the retail dealer. Bobbins v. Shelby County Taxing Dist, 120 U. S. 489, 7 Sup. Ct. 592, 30 L. Ed. 694; Singleton v. Fritsch, 4 Lea (Tenn.) 96; Thomas v. Hot Springs, 34 Ark. 557, 36 Am. Rep. 24; Strain v. Chi cago Portrait Co. (C. C.) 126 Fed. 835. In old European law. The commander of a drungus, or band of soldiers. Applied also to a naval command er. Spelman. DRUNGUS. In old European law. A band of soldiers, (globus militum.) Spelman. DRUNK. A person Is "drunk" when he Is so far under the influence of liquor that his passions are visibly excited or his judg ment Impaired, or when his brain is so far affected by potations of liquor that his in telligence, sense-perceptions, judgment, con tinuity of thought or of ideas, speech, and co-ordination of volition with muscular ac tion (or some of these faculties or process es) are impaired or not under normal con trol. State v. Pierce, 65 Iowa, 85, 21 N. W. 195; Elkin v. Buschner (Pa.) 16 Atl. 104; Sapp v. State, 116 Ga. 182, 42 S. E. 411; Ring v. Ring, 112 Ga. 854, 38 S. E. 330; State v. Savage, 89 Ala. 1, 7 South. 183, 7 L. R. A. 426; Lewis v. Jones, 50 Barb. (N. T.) 667. DRUNKARD. He Is a drunkard whose habit it is to get drunk; whose ebriety has DRUNGARIUS.

dower. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 23.— Droit common. The common law. Litt. § 213 ; Co. Litt.. 142a. —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 concurrence of both in one person, which concurrence was neces sary to constitute a complete title to land. Mozley & Whitley.— Droits of admiralty. Rights or perquisites of the admiralty. A term applied to goods found derelict at sea. Ap plied also to property captured in time of war by non-commissioned vessels of a belligerent nation. 1 Kent, Comm. 96. Droit ne done plnis que soit de mannde. 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. 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. DBOMONES, DROMOS, DROMUN DA. 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-IiETTER. A letter addressed for delivery in the same city or district in which It is posted. DROVE. A number of animals collected and driven together in a body; a flock or herd of cattle in process of being driven; indefinite as to number, but including at least several. Caldwell v. State, 2 Tex. App. 54; McConvill v. Jersey City, 39 N. J. Law, 43. —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.— Drover's pass. A free pass given by a railroad company, accepting a drove of cat tle fo» transportation, to the drover who ac companies and cares for the cattle on the train. Railroad Co. v. Tanner, 100 Va. 379, 41 S. E. 721; Railway Co. v. Ivy, 71 Tex. 409, 9 S. W. 346, 1 L. R. A. 500, 10 Am. St. Rep. 75& DROWN. To merge or sink. "In some cases a right of freehold shall droxon In a chattel.** Co. Litt 266a, 321a.