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| E CONVERSO | | . On the other side or hand; on the contrary. ... |
| E PLURIBUS UNUM | | . One from more. The motto of the arms of ... |
| EAGLE | | money. A gold coin of the United States, of the ... |
| EAR-WITNESS | | . One who attests to things he has heard himself. ... |
| EARL | | Eng. law. A title of nobility next below a marquis ... |
| EARLDOM | | . The seigniory of an earl; the title and dignity ... |
| EARNEST | | contracts. The payment of a part of the price of ... |
| EASEMENTS | | estates. An easement is defined to be a liberty privilege or ... |
| EASTER TERM | | Eng. law. One of the four terms of the courts. ... |
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| EAT INDE SINE DIE | | . Words used on an acquittal, or when a prisoner is ... |
| EAVES-DROPPERS | | crim. law. Persons as wait under walls or windows or the ... |
| ECCHYMOSIS | | med. jur. Blackness. It is an extravasation of blood by rupture ... |
| ECCLESIA | | . In classical Greek this word signifies any assembly, and in ... |
| ECCLESIASTIC | | . A clergyman; one destined to the divine ministry, as, a ... |
| ECCLESIASTICAL | | . Belonging to, or set apart for the church; as, distinguished ... |
| ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS | | . English law. Courts held by the king's authority as supreme ... |
| ECCLESIASTICAL LAW | | . By this phrase it is intended to include all those ... |
| ECCLESIASTICS | | canon law. Those persons who compose the hierarchial state of the ... |
| ECLAMPSIA PARTURIENTIUM | | med. jur. The name of a disease accompanied by apoplectic convulsions, ... |
| EDICT | | . A law ordained by the sovereign, by which he ... |
| EDICT PERPETUAL | | . The title of a compilation of all the edicts. This ... |
| EDICTS OF JUSTINIAN | | . These are thirteen constitutions or laws of that prince, found ... |
| EFFECT | | . The operation of a law, of an agreement, or ... |
| EFFECTS | | . This word used simpliciter is equivalent to property or, worldly ... |
| EFFIGY | | crim. law. The figure or representation of a person. ... |
| EFFRACTION | | . A breach, made by the use of force. ... |
| EFFRACTOR | | . One who breaks through; one who commits a burglary. ... |
| EGO | | . I, myself. This term is used in forming genealogical tables, ... |
| EIGNE | | persons. This is a corruption of the French word aine, eldest ... |
| EIRE, or EYRE | | English law. A journey. Justices in eyre, were itinerant judges, who ... |
| EJECTMENT | | remedies. The name of an action which lies for the recovery ... |
| EJUSDEM GENERIS | | . Of the same kind.
2. In the construction ... |
| ELDEST | | . He or she who has the greatest age. ... |
| ELECTION | | . This term, in its most usual acceptation, signifies the choice ... |
| ELECTION OF A DEVISE OR LEGACY | | . It is an admitted principle, that a person shall not ... |
| ELECTION OF ACTIONS | | practice. It is frequently at the choice of the plaintiff what ... |
| ELECTOR | | government. One who has the right to make choice of public ... |
| ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT | | . Persons elected by the people, whose sole duty is to ... |
| ELEEMOSYNARY | | . Charitable alms-giving.
2. Eleemosynary corporations are colleges, schools, ... |
| ELEGATION | | civil law. Among the Romans relegation was a banishment to a ... |
| ELEGIT | | Eng. practice, remedies. A writ of execution directed to the sheriff, ... |
| ELIGIBILITY | | . Capacity to be elected.
2. Citizens are in ... |
| ELISORS | | practice. Two persons appointed by the court to return a jury, ... |
| ELL | | . A measure of length. In old English the word ... |
| ELOIGNE | | practice. This word signifies, literally, to remove to a distance; to ... |
| ELONGATA | | practice. There turn made by the sheriff to a writ ... |
| ELOPEMENT | | . This term is used to denote the departure of ... |
| ELOQUENCE OR ORATORY | | . The act or art of speaking well upon any subject ... |
| ELSEWHERE | | . In another place.
2. Where one devises all ... |
| EMANCIPATION | | . An act by which a person, who was once ... |
| EMBARGO | | maritime law. A proclamation, or order of state, usually issued in ... |
| EMBEZZLEMENT | | crim. law. The fraudulently removing and secreting of personal property, with ... |
| EMBLEMENTS | | rights. By this term is understood the crops growing upon the ... |
| EMBRACEOR | | criminal law. He who, when a matter is on trial between ... |
| EMBRACERY | | crim. law. An attempt to corrupt or influence a jury, or ... |
| EMENDALS | | Eng. law. This ancient word is said to be used ... |
| EMIGRANT | | . One who quits his country for any lawful reason, ... |
| EMIGRATION | | . The act of removing from one place to another. ... |
| EMINENCE | | ; A title of honor given to cardinals.
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| EMINENT DOMAIN | | . The right which people or government retain over the estates ... |
| EMISSARY | | . One who is sent from one power or government ... |
| EMISSION | | med. jur. The act by which any matter whatever is thrown ... |
| EMMENAGOGUES | | med. jur. The name of a class of medicines which are ... |
| EMOLUMENT | | . The lawful gain or profit which arises from an office. ... |
| EMPALEMENT | | . A punishment in which a sharp polo was forced ... |
| EMPEROR | | an officer. This word is synonymous with the Latin imperator; they ... |
| EMPHYTEOSIS | | civil law. The name of a contract by which the owner ... |
| EMPIRE | | . This word signifies, first, authority or command; it is the ... |
| EMPLOYED | | . One who is in the service of another. Such ... |
| EMPLOYEE | | . One who is authorized to act for another; a mandatory. ... |
| EMPLOYER | | . One who has engaged or hired the services of ... |
| EMPLOYMENT | | . An employment is an office; as, the secretary of ... |
| EMPTION | | . The act of buying.
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| EMPTOR | | . A buyer; a purchaser.
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| EN DEMEURE | | . In default. This term is used in Louisiana. 3 ... |
| ENABLING POWERS | | . A term used in equity. When the donor of ... |
| ENCEINTE | | med. jur. A French word, which signifies pregnant.
2. ... |
| ENCLOSURE | | . An artificial fence put around one's estate. Vide Close. ... |
| ENCROACHMENT | | . An unlawful gaining upon the right or possession of another; ... |
| ENCUMBRANCE | | . A burden or charge upon an estate or property, ... |
| ENDEAVOR | | crim. law. An attempt. (q. v.) Vide Revolt.
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| ENDORSEMENT | | . Vide Indorsement.
... |
| ENDOWMENT | | . The bestowing or assuring of a dower to a ... |
| ENEMY | | international law. By this term is understood the whole body of ... |
| ENGAGEMENT | | . This word is frequently used in the French law ... |
| ENGLESHIRE | | . A law was made by Canutus, for the preservation ... |
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| ENGROSSER | | . One who purchases large quantities of any commodities in order ... |
| ENJOYMENT | | . The right which a man possesses of receiving all ... |
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