DRIFTWAY

A road or way over which cattle are driven. 1 Taunt. 279. Smith v. Ladd, 41 Me. 314.

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DRINCLEAN

Sax. A contribution of tenants, in the time of the Saxons, towards apotation, or ale, provided to entertain the lord, or his steward. Cowell. See CEB- VISARII.

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DRINKING-SHOP

A place where intoxicating liquors are sold, bartered, or deliveredto be drunk on the premises. Portland v. Schmidt, 13 Or. 17, 6 Pac. 221.

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DRAGOMAN

An Interpreter employed In the east, and particularly at the Turkish court.

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DRAGON

A public BOND issued simultaneously in various Asian centers by a nonAsian company, denominated in a local Asian currency or US dollars. The dragon is effectively a regional form of the GLOBAL BOND.

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DRAIN

v. To make dry; to draw off water; to rid land of its superfluous moisture byadapting or improving natural watercourses and supplementing them, when necessary,by artificial ditches. People v. Parks, 58 Cal. 039.

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DRAM

In common parlance, this term means a drink of some substance containingalcohol, something which can produce intoxication. Lacy v. State, 32 Tex. 228.

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DRAM SHOP ACT

law holding the seller of intoxicating beverages liable when he serves drinks to a party that results in harm to the party.

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DRAM-SHOP

A drinking saloon, where liquors are sold to be drunk on the premises.Wright v. People. 101 111. 129: Brockway v. State, 36 Ark. 036; Com. v. Marzynski,149 Mass. 68, 21 N. E. 228.

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DRAMATIC COMPOSITION

In copyright law. A literary work setting forth a story,incident, or scene from life, in which, however, the narrative Is not related, but isrepresented by a dialogue and action; may Include a descriptive poem set to music, ora pantomine, but not a composition for musical instruments alone, nor a merespectacular exhibition or stage dance. Daly v. Palmer, 6 Fed. Cas. 1132; Carte v. Duff(C. C.) 25 Fed. 183; Tompkins v. Ilalleck. 133 Mass. 35, 43 Am. Rep. 4S0; Russell v.Smith, 12 Adol. & El. 230; Martinetti v. McGuire, 16 Fed. Cas. 920; Fuller v. Bemis (C.C.) 50 Fed. 920.

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