r DESPATCH (Fr. dépécher, Span. despachar, to hasten, to expedite), speedy performance; execution or transaction of business with due diligence, &c. It is hence used to denote a letter on some affair of state or other business of importance, sent or to be sent with care and expedition by a courier express. The word is also applied to the packet or mail that carries such letters.

DISPAUPERED is used of a person suing in forma pauperis, if, before the suit be ended, he have any lands or other estate fallen to him, or if he become otherwise disqualified.