Dissolution
Dissolution is a legal process that ends your contract of civil partnership.
Distress Warrant
A Distress Warrant is a court order which gives permission to seize goods from a debtor to pay their debts.
Distribution
the act of dividing up the assets of an estate or trust, or paying out profits or assets of a corporation or business according to the ownership percentages.
District Judge
A District Judge is a judicial officer of the Court whose duties involve hearing applications made within proceedings and final hearings subject to any limit of jurisdiction. Previously known as Registrars.
Disturbance
A Disturbance is an interference with rights or property. In some cases in can be a criminal act and prosecution is possible.
Divisional Court
Divisional Court – As well as having an original jurisdiction of their own, all three divisions of the High Court have appellate jurisdiction to hear appeals from lower Courts and tribunals. – The Divisional Court of the Chancery Division deals with appeals in bankruptcy matters from the County Court. – The Divisional Court of the…
Divorce
Divorce is the nullity of a marriage.
Dock
The Dock is the enclosure in a courtroom for the defendant on trial.
Dolus Eventualis
Dolus Eventualis or legal intention is intent which is present when the perpetrator objectively foresees the possibility of his act causing death and persists regardless of the consequences, suffices to find someone guilty of murder.
Domestic Partners
Unmarried couples, including homosexuals, living together in long-standing relationships, who may be entitled to some of the same benefits as married people, such as job-related health plans.