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* DISCIPLINE. 284 DISCORDIA. mwi.bers. arc govfinfd by the same general rules of law lluit control iu case ot si-cial or political clubs or other private organizations, ^ce Canon Law. will prevent a ualeiiUe fr.Mii taking advanUge of DISCLAIMEB (from (/;.vt;<ii"i, OF. dis- c/am.,-, -/.M/<.,mr, from ML. ilLscUnnarc, to re- nounce, from Lat. </.»-, apart + cUumm; to claim; connected with Lat. caUire, Ok. K«/..ir, kaUi,,, to crv aloud). In law, a renuncmtion, repudiation, "or disavowal of rights, duties, or liabilities bv words or conduct, hpi'cilieally : (1) In actions involving real estate, a renun- ciation bv a party of his character as tenant of one of tlie other parlies to the action. here a tenant sets up a claim of title m himse . supe- rior to that of liis landlord, or alleges that the one of whom he nominally holds possession is not the owner, or has not sullicient interest in the propertv to eNecute a valid lease, and refuses to recognize him as his landlord, it is said to be a disclaimer, and. even if not sustained by the proof, works a forfeiture of the lease. A mere verbal refusal to recognize the lessor as landlord is not con-ideied sullicient; it must be made where it will become a matter of record as in a proceeding involving the rights of the landlord in the property. See Ejectment; L.ooi.oki. ■ ANn Tenant. i-->) The act bv which a person refuses to accept an estate which is devised or conveyed to him. This is usually aeeoniplished by a deed, or other writing, and in order to be recognized without making application to the court, should be made before the ilevisce or grantee has in any way by words or acts, shown assent to the devise or i.mvevance. It most fre.iuently occurs where propertv is conveyed to one as trustee for an- other, and he does not care to assume tlio duties and responsibilities of the trust. See Equity; Trust. . ., (.1) In cnuitv pleading, a written statement bv the defendant, disavowing or renouncing any interest in. or claim to. the matU^rs set forth in the complainant's bill. It is a formal mode of .lefense and entitl.'S the defendant to a hearing on the <iuestion as to whether he has any interest or connection with the matters in ;;0"t™versy, and if he succeeds in establishing that he has not he is entitled to an order striking out his name as party defendant. It does not deny any of the material allegations of the bill and should not bo used where facts are alleged which if not controverted, would show a liability on the part of the defendant. ' I'sually. therefore, it accom- panies an answer, and the two pleadings are con- sidered together. See rLEAl.lNG. (4) In jiatent law, a properly attested writing statin" that the one who executes it is a patentee of a certain invention, and that he has discovered since filing his claim that he was not Ihc. first inventor of, and therefore wishes to eliminate from his claim a part of the thing which he originallv included, through mistake or inadver- tence in the specifications, or statement of the nature and object of his invention. This should be attested bv witnesses and tiled and recorded in the Patent' Ollice. and it is then considered as a part of the original specifications. The part which he seeks to retain must be clearly separa- ble and distinguishable from the part elimi- nated, and still be a patentable invention. Fraud or deception in making his original applications this "rule. See Invention; Patents; bi'ECi- KK'ATlO.N. DIS'CO, or DISTCO. . large island oil the west coast of (irieiiland. in latitude 70° N. (Map- Arctic Regions, II 7). It is separated by a narrow channel from the Nugsuak I'cniu- sula and from the mainland on the south and east bv Disco Bay. Disco Fiord deeply pene- trates 'it from the west. The island has more than 31U0 .square miles, and rises over .3000 feet. Godhavn, or Lievelv, on the south coast, is the seat of the Danish administration for Northern Crc.nhin.l, and has about 200 inhabiUmts. DISCOB'OLI (Neo-Lat. noni pi., from Gk. S,ftKoM>..,<:, diskohohs, discus-thrower, from ««TMir. diskos, discus + danctv, ballem U> throw ) A group of fishes characterized by the union of the rudimentary ventral fins to form the bonv centre of a ventral sucking-disk, en- abling its possessor to attach itself to other objects s now defined the Disc.boli include two or three families, and about fifty species, in- habiting the northern seas, of which well-known examples arc the lumpsuckers (q.v., for illus- trated details), Cuvier included the remora, a fish now i>laced in another group, DISCOB'OLUS (Lat,, from Gk. SioKopihii, diakobolox). -riic thrower of the discus (.pv,). The most celebrated statue of a discobolus was execute.1 in bronze by the Athenian sculptor Alvron (q.v,). It is known from several marble copies, the best of which is a life-size statue in the palace of Prince Lancelotti at Rome. The statue represents the athlete at the moment of greatest muscular tension, when, having swung the discus back to the full stretch ,A )n^^rm he is about to hurl it forward with all his strength. Another celebrated marble cojiy is in the Vatican. DIS COGLOS'SID.ffi (Xeo-Lat. nom. i)l., from Gk. SicKos. disk,,., discus + yUxyaa njosm, ton"ue). The disk-tongued frogs, a small family ha"ing nianv p.'cnliarities of structure, proim- nentlv the disk-like form of the tongue and the fact that in the advanced tadpoles the breathing i.ore is in the middle of the under sinfa.-e of he body instead of on the left side. The painted fnf' (ni.«'of//o,ssi(,s- pirlu») of southern Furope is a t"vi)ical form, and other representatives are the'feuerkri-.te (q.v.). the African nmlw.fe-frog (qy,) and others of the genus Alytes, and a small si)ecies (lAopchn,, llncUMU-n). of New Zealand, notable as the only amphibian native to those islands. DISCOMYCE'TES (Neo-Lat. nom. pi., from Gk 5'V7«.f disku.. discus + iii-Km. nuikfs. fun- gus). A group of the Ascoriiycetes (q.v.), one of the classes of fungi. DISCOPH'ORA. See .Teu.yFisii ; :Iedis.-E. DISCORD |i»l'. drscordc. Fr. disx-nrd. It. d»- cordin. sronlia, from Lat. dhcordw. from <hsror^. inharmonious, from dix-. apart + cor. heart. Sounds that have no harmonical relation what^ ever: difiVring from dissonance (q.v, . ^vhich in musical language is applied to sounds that are in grammatically correct relation to one """ h"' though not consonant. Discord is sometime* wroiiglv Used for dissonance. DISCORDIA. In Roman mythology, the god- dess of strife, known to the Greeks as Ens,