DEE 
tice cea ingrcfom, progreflum, coronidem explicans,”? 
xe “loy Did 
5 in en a “ that rifes 
Merionzthihiree in North Rises es, runs through Pimble- 
near Bala, anda extenfive circuit through the 
county of Denbi ch, _ ae it :feparates from €, pafles 
v Chefter, almoft encircling it, and afte penne to the 
Coa through an artificial canal formed by ie river Dee com- 
pany, difcharges itfelf into the Irifh fea, about 15 miles N.W. 
from that city, . Itis navigable for fhips of 200 “tons burthen 
up to the city of Chefler. See Canar. Near to Parkgate, on 
the northern fhore of the eftuary of this river, coals are dug. 
The fire ight of goods by means of this river and the ocean, 
would, it is faid, be much cheaper between Chefter and Li- 
verpool, than 
sin the mountains of 
ae De ec on Merfey rivers, 
ters on, this river were ees as facred and purifying { ne our 
Britifh ancetlors. 
Jee, ariver of Scotland, which rifes in the N.W. part 
of Kircudbrightfhire, from ie ch Dee, and runs into S.- 
way Frith, about five miles below Kircudbright. 
Lone into a river 
which rifes in the borders of the county of Inv 
runs into th occan Aberdeen. 
Aberde cnthir® from the county of Mearns, and is navigable 
from its mouth at the harbour of New Piva decn, to the 
new ftone bridge about fix miles above this, which was 
oot in the year 1801 qyer this river, with a princip val 
m 
° gee Canayt. On this river is the mot ex- 
tenfive falmon- -fithery i in Scotland. 
££, afmall river of Ireland, which, rifiag in the county 
of Meath, enters Louth, croffes it fea weft to eaft, and 
falls into the bay of Dundalk. The town of Adherdee or 
ee is fituated on it, hence derives its name, which 
paris ge over the 
“DEE ve-ohha, a {mall but clear river of Abyffinia, 
which iias into the Nile between Abbo and Fion Mariam, 
about 25 geographical above the “Tource affigned to it 
by Mr. Bruce. N. lat. 11° 25’. E. long. 36° 51’. 
DEEAZED, in ya a provincial term which is 
applied to ony fort of plant or animal ieee is much injured 
or deftro y the operation es cold, 
which nipped by froft, or c 
of the € BB in confequenceo oie aie of the hen. 
DEED, Facroum, in Law ara Hn soon, by wa 
of eminence, eae it is the moft folemn and authentic 
a&t which a man can poffibly perform, cali refpect to _ 
property, is an inftrument written on paper, or parchment 
the validity of which confifts in the following arene 
proper parties to contra& with one another, and a prope 
dubje€t matter to be contracted a good and fufficient 
; i writing aper or parchment duly ftamped; 
ing the premifes, the babendum and tenendum, the terms of 
ttipulation, a sie ition, a claufe of warranty, and the 
conclufion, mentioning the execution and date of the deed; 
reading, if defired, ae the execution; fealing; and by 
flat. 24 Car. I]. cap. 3. in many cafes figning alfo; and 
delivery ; and which comprehend a contract, or bargain, 
between party and par 
If a deed wants any a the forementioned requifites, it is 
pir 
There 
DEE 
void ab initio and it may be alfo avoided by matter ex fof 
ado; as by rature, interiining, or alteration in any mates 
rial part, without a memorandum made at the time of exe. 
cution and cor ates 3 bv breaking off or r defacing the {cals 
by delivering it up to be ence by the difagreement of 
fuch whofe concurrence !s mecca: and by the judgment 
and decree of aco f eens re. 
efe there are tw ase eerie and deeds 
oll; which panetaeee eile from the form and fathion 
cut in and a in ae top, 
called indented ; inftar dent'um, in acute angles, byt at 
prefent in a waving line; and the otner plain, er polled. 
A deed ralented, or an indenture, conilts of two parts, 
or more (for there are tripartite, quadr: a feptempar- 
tite, Xe. deeds) ; wherein it is exprefkd that the partics 
reof inte rchangeably fet their 
The caule of ies indenting 1s, that whereas 
e feveral parties have each of them one, the imdectare may 
i t they belong to one and the fame con- 
- See InDENTURE. 
eed poll, o r polled, anciently called charta decima 
parte, or charta fone. is a plain deed, without indent- 
ing; ufed when the vendor, for exampie, only feals, fe 
there is no need for the vendee’s fealing a counter-part 
caufe the nature of a contract is fuch, that it requires 
no covenant from the vendee. 
Deep, ee 2 ak 
Deeps, flealing 9 See Larciny. 
DEEL, in ey) , a {mall river of Ireland, in the 
county of ae which flew into the northern part of. 
lough Con 
EEL- Caflle a {mall polt-town of Ireland, in the pane 
of Mayo, 134 miles N. W. from Dublin, on the road fro 
Cattleber to Killalla, and about five miles ie = latter 
DEEMSTERS, or Dems ] ntro 
the ae ie ee are decided, hone pr cen. writin 
any c » by certain judges, chofen yearly from amon 
ae called decm This inftitution they are fup- 
poled to owe to the ancient Druids 
e word is formed from the Sean dema, juclge, or ume 
. 
e are two ce ee for each divifion of the ifland: 
in ancient court-rolls, they are called jutliciarii a regis. 
They fit as judges i in all courts, either for life or property ; 
and with the advice of the t twenty-four keys, ae what 
is law in uncommon emergencies. 
nian a in Geography, a town of Hindooftan, 
in the country of — e, feated on the eaft fide of the 
Indus, or Sinde, s junion w the Cow river, from 
30 to 35 ge ogre rphical miles be Attock, where is a 
pafs acrofs that 
EEP, isa eon a ee! applied in the facred writ- 
ofeg 
water, the terreflrial {trata are expanded.”? Und 
the article ConTinenT, we have endeavoured to fhew, t 
the central parts of the earth are not only folid 
