Dehors

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dehors \De*hors"\, prep. [F., outside.] (Law)
     Out of; without; foreign to; out of the agreement, record,
     will, or other instrument.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Dehors \De*hors"\, n. (Mil.)
     All sorts of outworks in general, at a distance from the main
     works; any advanced works for protection or cover. --Farrow.
     [1913 Webster]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  DEHORS. Out of; without. By this word is understood something out of the 
  record, agreement, will, or other thing spoken of; something foreign to the 
  matter in question.