11. Dominion Utile
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">Latin for 'the property rights of a tenant'.div>
12. Dominant Tenement
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">Used when referring to easements to specify that
property (i.e. tenement) or piece of land that benefits from, or has the
advantage of, an easement.div>
13. Domicile
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">The permanent residence of a person; a place to which, even if he or she were temporary absent, they intend to return.div>
14. Domestic Animal
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">A pet; dogs, cats or other tame animals or birds and which serve some purpose for its owner or others.div>
15. Doctrine
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">A rule or principle or the law established
through the repeated application of legal precedents.div>
16. Docket
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">An official court record book which lists all cases before the court and which may also note the status or action required for each case.div>
17. Divorce
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">The legal ending of a marriage by court order.div>
18. Dividend
A proportionate distribution of profits made in the form of a money payment to shareholders, by a for-profit corporation. Dividends are declared by a company's board of directors.
19. Diversity Jurisdiction
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">Jurisdiction of a US federal court to dispose of a matter meeting a monetary threshold even though it involves residents of different states.div>
20. District Court
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">the location, pertaining to a specific legal
district, where federal cases are initially heard
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