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D.S.P.
Died sine prole - died without offspring

DE CLARO
Literally - nett. In the Brownlow lease book it means that the rent specified was to be paid to the landlord, and other charges and taxes, such as parish cess, crown rent and royal subsidies were to be paid in addition to the rent, and not to be deducted from it.

DE JURE
Legal term for "by law" or "lawfully"

DECEM
Latin: ten

DECLARATION OF INTENT
A document filed by an Immigrant in a court of record declaring his intention to apply for citizenship after fulfillment of the residency requirement. It may also be used to refer to an intent to marry, usually filed with the town clerk.

DEED OF GIFT
Among medieval deeds the most common form of document for the permanent transfer of ownership of property from one individual to another was the Deed of Gift. The word gift is in this usage a term that was used in contrast to grant. Grants applied to things like tithes or goods.

DEFALCATIONS
Deductions at source from revenue collections by revenue officials who were crown creditors (for supplies to the crown, etc.).

DEISE
A former Irish-speaking area of north-west Waterford and south Tipperary.

DELIRIUM TREMMENS
Hallucinations due to alcoholism or drinking to much, commonly know as the “DT's”.

DEMOGRAPHY
The study of the characteristics of human populations, such as size, growth, density, distribution and vital statistics

DENIZEN
A foreigner permitted certain rights of citizenship

DEPOSITION
A written testimony by a witness for use in court in his or her absence.

DERRY
The name Derry is an anglicisation of the Irish name Doire or Doire Cholmcille, (Old Irish "Dhoire") meaning "oak-wood of Colmcille".

DERRYADD
Derryadd comes from Doire fhada, the long oakwood.

DERRYCOR
Derrycor derives from Doire corr, oakwood of cranes and herons, while Derryinver was formerly Doire inbhir, oakwood of the estuary. Derryinver, appropriately, lies on the right bank of the Bann where it enters Lough Neagh. Derryloiste has quite a history behind it. Doire, as we already know, is oakwood, but loiste is the Irish word for losod (losset) or fatland and primarily denotes a kneading trough, i.e. a wooden vessel in which the dough was worked during baking. By a natural extension of the meaning, it is also applied to anything that is rich in the promise of food, like a well-stacked table or a fertile field and, in certain 17th century documents, we find references to "a losset of butter".

DERRYMACASH
Derrymacash derives from Doire Mhic Cais, or McCash's oakwood, meaning the son or descendant of a man called Cais.

DERRYTAGH
Derrytagh (North and South), formerly known as Doire eiteach, means winged oak-wood, with eitcach's definition as having wings or fins. The most remarkable point about this townland is that it comprises two parts which do not touch. Directly between them lies Lough Gullion and, on the map, they look like two gigantic wings or fins on either side of the lake, probably the reason for their name. The two parts were first distinguished as North and South by the Ordinance Survey Department in 1855. Derrytrasna was simply Doire trasna, cross or transverse oakwood. It was probably so called because it stretches across from the River Bann to Lough Neagh.

DEVISE
A special form of alienation is subletting, known as devising.

DEVISE
To transmit property by will

DEVISEE
One to whom a devise is made

DEVOLUTION
The movement of power from main and central government to a smaller regional government.

DIASPORA
A dispersion or spreading, as of people originally belonging to one nation or having a common culture.

DIMINUTIVE
A word formed from another by the use of a suffix expressing smallness as Rob-in, meaning little Rob.

DIRECTORIES
Directories come in all types: city, telephone, county, regional, professional, religious, post office, street, ethnic, and school. The directories you search will depend on the type of information you know about the individual. The information that you can find in a directory depends on the type of directory. For example, city directories normally list names and addresses. In some city directories you can also find information such as children's names, marriage dates, death dates, and birth dates. Other types of directories may provide you with even more interesting information about your ancestors. For instance, a church directory may tell you about an individual's involvement in church activities, trade directories may give you insight into your ancestor's professional life, and club directories may contain information about your ancestor's involvement in social activities.

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DISSENTER
Name given a person who refused to belong to the established Church of Ireland. Although Ireland was always numerically dominated by Roman Catholics (about 4/5ths of the population ) there was a substantial and varied Protestant population. Those Protestant groups which refused to conform to the Church of Ireland suffered at various times, like the Catholics, from discriminatory laws and the requirement to pay tithes to the established Church of Ireland. This discrimination persisted in varying degrees until disestablishment of the Church of Ireland in 1869.

DISTRAINT
The right of the landlord to seize the moveable property of a tenant who has not paid his rent, in order to compel him to pay. In the seventeenth century, the landlord could not sell the goods constrained to realize the rent.

DISTRIBBUTEE
One entitled to a share in the estate of a person who died intestate (without a will)

DOMO
To master or subdue a home, residence, or family. Master of the house.

DORNIX
A heavy damask linen having a diaper figure (flowered or figured) formerly much used for church vestments, altar hangings, etc.

DOUBLE DATE
The practice of writing double dates resulted from switching from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar, and also from the fact that not all countries and people accepted the new calendar at the same time.

DOWAGER
A widow who holds title or property derived from her dead husband

DOWER
The portion of an estate that a widow is entitled to upon the death of her husband.

DOWER
The part of interest of a deceased man's real estate alloted by law to his widow

DRAPER
Dealer in cloth and dry goods

DROPSY
Edema, congestive heart failure

DUFFER
A peddler or traveller selling wares.

DURANTE BENE PLACITO
Literally - during good pleasure. Like the deed poll (see per poll tatum) this was an agreement for the use of land which was not in the form of a lease. In the case of the deed poll, the lessor was responsible for the execution, while the lessee made no covenants, whereas in the case of durante bene placito the lessor had the right to interfere in the land whenever he wished.
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