Glossaries
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Desestimar | Cerrar un caso sin otorgar la reparación solicitada en la demanda. |
| Designated recipient | A person chosen by a user using an online tool to administer digital assets of the user. |
| Desinsaculación del Jurado | Voir Dire; Es el interrogatorio a posibles jurados seleccionados para juzgar un caso, con respecto a sus calificaciones o cualquier parcialidad o prejuicio, que permitiría su eliminación mediante el uso de desafíos por causa y / o desafíos perentorios. |
| Deudor | La persona que paga la manutención del niño. |
| Devise | When used as a noun, means a testamentary disposition of real or personal property and, when used as a verb, means to dispose of real or personal property by will. |
| Devisee | A person designated in a will to receive a devise. In the case of a devise to an existing trust or trustee, or to a trustee on trust described by will, the trust or trustee is the devisee and the beneficiaries are not devisees. |
| Día laboral | Cada día de la semana que no sea un sábado, domingo o feriado estatal oficial. |
| Días calendario | Los días calendario incluyen fines de semana y días festivos |
| Dictado de sentencia | La fecha en que se presenta la sentencia definitiva ante el Secretario del Tribunal Superior. |
| Digital asset | An electronic record in which an individual has a right or interest. Digital asset does not include an underlying asset or liability unless the asset or liability is itself an electronic record. |
| Direct Examination | The first questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness. |
| Directed Verdict | After evidence has been presented and if no issue of fact remains for the jury to determine, the judge must direct a verdict for the party entitled to prevail. |
| Disclaimant | The person to whom a disclaimed interest or power would have passed had the disclaimer not been made. |
| Disclaimed Interest | The interest that would have passed to the disclaimant had the disclaimer not been made. |
| Discovery | The pretrial process by which one entity becomes aware of the evidence gathered by the other entity. |
| Discovery | The procedures available to a person to a lawsuit to learn relevant facts which are known to other entities or witnesses, in order to enable the person to prepare for trial. |
| Dismiss | To close out a case without granting the relief sought in the complaint; a case may be dismissed by the people or by the court. |
| Dismissal | An agreement to terminate all or part of a lawsuit. |
| Dismissal | An agreement to terminate all or part of a lawsuit. |
| Disposición | La eliminación de un caso a través de la sentencia u otro cambio importante en el estado del caso o acuerdo. La solución final de un asunto con referencia a las decisiones anunciadas por el tribunal. Un fallo de un juez se conoce comúnmente como una disposición, independientemente del nivel de resolución. Una disposición no siempre es definitiva, como un informe predeterminado |