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essing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold. [Written also disseisin.] Blackstone.

ly disseizes, or puts another out of possession of a freehold. [Written also disseisor.] Blackstone.

essions; the breaking up of a partnership. Dissolution is the civil death of Parliament. Blackstone.

Lack of sympathy; want of interest; indifference. [R.]

Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained. Blackstone.

One who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels. Blackstone.

ttle. Spenser. The distress thus taken must be proportioned to the thing distrained for. Blackstone. Abuse of distress. (Law) See under Abuse.

ned extent; a region; a country; a tract. These districts which between the tropics lie. Blackstone. Congressional district. See under Congressional. -- District attorney, the prosecuting officer of a district or district court. -- District court, a subordinate municipal, state, or United States tribunal, having juri…

That distrusts; suspicious; lacking confidence in. -- Dis*trust"ing*ly, adv.

uption of a right; as, the disturbance of a franchise, of common, of ways, and the like. Blackstone.

bold and undue confidence; to advance with arrogance. The pride of dogmatizing schools. Blackmore.

ually, in fact, an unlicensed pawnbroker's shop, formerly distinguished by the sign of a black doll. [England]

Dolphin fly (Zoöl.), the black, bean, or collier, Aphis (Aphis fable), destructive to beans. -- Dolphin striker (Naut.), a short vertical spar under the bowsprit.

Ruling arrogantly; overbearing. A violent, brutal, domineering old reprobate. Blackw. Mag.

ys a Dominican friar. The Dominicans are called also preaching friars, friars preachers, black friars (from their black cloak), brothers of St. Mary, and in France, Jacobins.

Vested or vesting by donation; as, a donative advowson. Blackstone.

A brownish black native hydrocarbon occurring in elastic or jellylike masses.

wment; establishment of funds for support, as of a hospital or eleemosynary corporation. Blackstone.

Suspicion; fear; apprehension; dread. [Obs.] I stand in doubt of you. Gal. iv. 20. Nor slack her threatful hand for danger's doubt. Spenser.

To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail.