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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.

EQUITY JURISDICTION

an authority that is based on the nature of a matter and it will be dealt with an equitable deliberation and not one of laws.

EXCUSABLE NEGLECT

the term given to negligence that the defendant could not control the circumstances of.

EXPECTANT RIGHT

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

EVASIVE ANSWER

This term means to try to evade in giving a straight answer to a question.

EXCESSIVE BAIL

a bail at larger than the amount that is necessary to ensure a person will not jump bail and will appear in court.

EMOLUMENTS

These are the monies that have been received for services given or for reimbursements.

EXTREME CARE

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

EMPOWER

the word that means to grant the authority, to delegate and to commission.

ENTRY OF JUDGMENT

the term given to the written record of a court’s decision and is in the permanent records of the court.

EMBRYO HUMAN

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

EXTRA LEGEM

a Latin phrase that means to be beyond the protection of the law or outside of the law.

EARNING CAPACITY

These are the monies that a person is able to earn that results from skills and training.

EQUALIZE

This mans to make the same and uniform and to make equal.

ESTOPPEL BY

This term applies to a deed or a bar that stops a person denying a deed exists or denying the truth of the facts contained in the deed.

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