D

The letter "D" is used as an abbreviation for a number of words, the more important and usual of which are as follows:

@ digestum

@ digesta

Digestume or Digesta, that is, the Digest or Pandects in the Justinian collections of the civil law. Citations to this work are sometimes indicated by this abbreviation, but more commonly by "Dig."

+ digesta

/dajesta/ Digests. One of the titles of the Pandects of Justinian

@ demissione

"On the demise." An action of ejectment is entitled "Doe d. Stiles v. Roe;" that is, "Doe, on the demise of Stiles, against Roe."

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doctor

As in the abbreviated forms of certain academical degrees. "M.D.," "doctor of medicine;" "LL. D.," "doctor of laws;" "D.C.L.," "doctor of civil law"; "J.D.," "juris doctor."

district

Thus, "U.S. Dist. Ct. W.D. Pa." stands for United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

- dictum

In the Roman system of notation, this letter stands for five hundred; and, when a horizontal dash or stroke is placed above it, it denotes five thousand.