10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DYVOUR»
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1
The castes of Edinburgh
It was of old accompanied by the provision that the bankrupt, or dyvour (devoir),
as he was called in Scotch law language, should wear a dress, thence named
the dyvour' s habit. The Court of Session passed various enactments on the
subject ...
2
The Institutions of the Law of Scotland, Deduced from Its ...
w m (783) Dyvour's habitCitation of the charger in suspensions. Prrevenlo.
Suspension does not reach all executorials. ditors may make inquiry of any
fraudulent conveyance, and that the squalor carom-is may bring the debtor to
ingenuity ; for ...
3
A Law Dictionary of Words, Terms, Abbreviations, and Phrases ...
DUUMVIRI DYVOUR Duumviri. Two Roman municipal magistrates with the same
functions. Dux. A chief; a leader. Dwelling-house. An inhabited residence. Dying
declarations. Those made by- one on his death-bed. See 86 Am. St. Rep. 638 ...
4
The Acts of Sederunt of the Lords of Council and ...
0n his " Legs, Half Brown and Half Yellow-colloured, conform to a Pattern "
delivered to the Magistrates of Edinburgh, to be keeped in their Tol- " booth j and
that they cause take the Dyvour to the Mercat-Crofs, be- " twixt Teh and Twelve a
> ...
Scotland. Court of Session, 1740
5
The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
A debtor, bankrupt. Sc. He es cryed himself diver, RAY Prov. (1678) 376; Thief,
beggar, and dyvour were the saftest terms, Scot-r Redg. (1824) Lett. xi. s.Sc. No
man could have acted the dyvour better than he, WILSON Til/1'5 (1839) V. 354.
6
An Abridgement of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland: ...
And it shall be sufficient probation of the fraud intended against the creditors, if
they, or any of them, shall be able to verifie by writte, or by oath, of the partie
receiver of any securitie from the dyvour or bankrupt, that the same was made
without ...
7
The Laws and Customs of Scotland, in Matters Criminal: ...
Andit shalbe sufficient probation of the fraud intended against theCreditors,ifthey,
or any of them,shal be able to verisie byWrit, or by Oath, of the Party Receiver of
any Security from the Dyvour or Bankrupt, that the same was made without any ...
Sir George Mackenzie, 1699
8
Decisions of the Court of Session: From the Beginning of ...
You, therefore, for a century, have had no instance of the dyvour's habit.—-It may
have been done occasionally during that period, but now it is undoubtedly done
away. According to the state of the public feeling, it would be held a disgrace to ...
Scotland. Court of Session, Alexander Bruce, 1815
9
A dictionary and digest of the law of Scotland
And it shall be sufilcient probation of the fraud intended against the creditors, if
they, or any of them, shall be able to verify, by writ or oath of the party receiver of
any security from the dyvour or bankrupt, that the same was made without any
just ...
10
Black's Law Dictionary ( Second Edition ):
DYSPAREUNIA 406 DYVOUR DYSPAREUNIA. In medical jurisprudence.
Incapacity of a woman to sustain the act of sexual Intercourse except with great
difficulty and pain. DYSPESIA. A state of the stomach In which its functions are
disturbed ...
