21. District Attorney
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">An attorney responsible for prosecuting criminal charges on behalf of the government.div>
22. Distress
A common law remedy available to landlords to hold the tenant's belongings while the tenant is behind on rent but continues to occupy the premises.
23. Distraint
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">The right of a landlord to seize the property of
a tenant which is in the premises being rented, as collateral against a tenant
that has not paid the rent or has otherwise defaulted on
div>the lease, such as wanton
disrepair or destruction of the premises.
24. Dissolution
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">The act of ending, terminating or winding-up a company or state of affairs.div>
25. Dissent
To disagree. The word is used in legal circles to refer to the minority opinion of a judge which runs contrary to the conclusions of the majority.
26. Disrate
A term of maritime law where an officer or other seaman is either demoted in rank or deprived of a promotion.
27. Discrimination
A distinction based on the individual characteristics of a person resulting in some disadvantage to that individual.
28. Discretionary Trust
A trust in which the settlor has given the trustee full discretion to decide which (and when) members of a group of beneficiaries is to receive either the income or the capital of the trust.
29. Discovery
1) the act of uncovering something 2) the period before the trial that includes
the requesting of pertinent documents and facts from the opposing party or other
bodies necessary to the case
30. Discharge
<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">A sentence of a person found guilty of a crime in which that person does not receive a criminal record of conviction, either absolutely or conditionally.div>