Dacoit

:

One of a gang which commits robbery with violence

Damage

:

Loss or injury

Damages

:

Compensation for legal injury

De facto

:

Of fact, founded in fact, actually

Death claim

:

Demand for the loss of life of a person

Death sentence

:

Capital punishment

Death warrant

:

Magistrate’s warrant for execution of a criminal convicted with death penalty

Decease

:

Death

Deceit

:

Fraud

Decree

:

An order by the Court

Deed

:

A written document

Defamatory

:

To bring ill frame

Default

:

Any omission, non-appearance

Delegate

:

Empowering another person

Democracy

:

An form of Government, in which sovereign power vests in people

Deponent

:

One who gives evidence

Deposition

:

Giving evidence, giving testimony

Descendant

:

An off spring

Desertion

:

Abandonment, continual absence from cohabitation

Detention

:

Confining ; imprisoning

Devolve

:

Property passing from one to another

Disprove

:

To prove to be false

Dissent

:

Refusal to agree

Distress

:

A state of danger or necessity

Divorce

:

Dissolution of marriage

Document

:

An instrument on which is record matter which may be used as evidence

Domicile

:

Place of residence or home

Dominion

:

Sovereignty

Donation

:

Contribute

Duress

:

Intimidation, restraint on action

Dying declaration

:

Statement of dying person