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Earned Premium

If an insured person pays for a policy in advance, the “earned” premium is the portion of the policy that has already been used.

ENTRAPMENT

the act of public officers where they lure a suspected criminal into doing a criminal act.

EXHIBITIONISM

1. These are the actions that will attract an undue amount of attention. 2. Undressing and displaying genitals in public.

EMBRYO HUMAN

the term given to a human embryo from conception to 8 weeks of gestation.

EQUITABLE GARNISHMENT

the action taken by the creditor where he will take possession of property owned by the debtor to satisfy the agreement.

EX PARTE INJUNCTION

the term that is given to an injunction that is issued without notice being given to the party opposing.

EXISTING CREDITORS

This term applies to the creditors with claims against a debtor that exist and are valid.

EXTREME CARE

the care that a sensible person will use when faced with a dangerous event or condition.

ENABLE

the word that means to give a person the power to be able to do something.

ESTOPPEL BYCONTRACT

a bar that will renounce or renege that facts that have already been agreed to in a contract.

EXIGENCY OF A BOND

the act or the performance on which a bond is conditioned or the conditions of the bond.

EXTRANEOUS EVIDENCE

1. applied to any evidence that comes from outside the court. 2. Any evidence that is not pertinent to matters at hand.

EXPECTANT RIGHT

a right that depends on the continuing of present conditions. See expectant estates.

EXPRESS ASSUMPSIT

This the agreement and the obligation to act that is stated in explicit terms.

EXTRINSIC FRAUD

the term given to the deceit that lays the groundwork for setting aside a judgement.

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