751. 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.

752. 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

753. Discharge

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.

754. Disbursement

Miscellaneous expenses other than lawyer fees and court costs which paid on behalf of another person and for which reimbursement will eventually be demanded of that person.

755. Disbar

to revoke an attorney's right to practice law due to some malfeasance

756. Direct Tax

A tax demanded from the very persons who it is intended or desired should pay it.

757. Direct Evidence

Evidence in the form of recounting personal observations or a document which directly establishes a fact sought to be proven.

758. Directed Verdict

When the Court stops a trial determining that an essential fact has not been proven.

759. Diplomatic Immunity

Immunity extended to diplomat officers from criminal and civil jurisdiction of their host state.

760. Diplomat

an official representative of a state, present in another state for the purposes of general representation of the state-of-origin or for the purpose of specific international negotiations on behalf of the diplomat's state-of-origin.