Latin for Lawyers

DETRIMENT

obtained lawfully. The defendant could either return the goods or pay their full value, plus damages for the detention.

See DEBET ET DETINET; NON DETINET; REPLEVIN DETRIMENT [L. de + terere / to rub against, to wear away]

Harm, injury, disadvantage. A forebearance, loss or assumption of duty or responsibility given in exchange for or in support of a promise or act by another party. One party’s detriment may form the consideration for an enforceable contract. See CONSIDERATION DEUS A god or deity. God. DEVASAVIT [L. dividere / to divide] He divided or separated into parts; he devised. DEVASAVIT VEL NON [L. Did he devise or didn’t he?] An inquiry by a court of law under direction of a probate court into the valid ity of a purported will or provision of a will. DEVASTAVIT [L. dis / apart, separated from + vestire / to dress, to clothe — to unclothe, to denude] The failure of a personal representative to administer an estate as required. Waste. A writ to impose personal liability upon an administrator or executor who has been guilty of mismanagement or misapplication of assets. DE VERBO IN VERBUM [L. verbum / word] Word for word. DEVISE [L. divido, dividere / to divide] To give or convey property by will. Formerly, a devise referred only to testa mentary gifts of real property. The Uniform Probate Code uses the term to describe any gift by will. DEVOLVE, DEVOLUTION [L. de + volvo, volvere / to turn around, twist, roll] To pass from one person to another. To be subject to transfer or succession. To fall upon or be forced on, as in, “In case of the Removal of the President from Office…the Same shall devolve on the Vice President…” (Article II, U.S. Constitution).

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