de (dee or day). [Latin] Of; about; concerning; respecting; by; from; out of; affecting. • This preposition is used in the titles of English statutes, of original and judicial writs, and of court proceedings.
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de (d[schwa] or duu). [French] Of; about. • This is a French preposition often used to show the genitive case, as in brefe de droit (“writ of right”).
