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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.

ESTOPPEL BYCONTRACT

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

EXHAUSTION OF REMEDY

the principle that states that you should do everything possible in order to correct the situation before seeking help from a court.

EX TURPI CAUSA

a Latin phrase that means a claim has arisen from the breaking of a law.

ERA

the abbreviation for a proposed amendment, Equal Rights Amendment to the US Constitution.

EXPRESS MALICE

the term used to describe the wilful and premeditated determination to bring about harm to another.

EXCUSABLE HOMICIDE 1

1. a homicide that is committed in self-defence. 2. An accidental homicide. See homicide, justifiable; justifiable homicide.

ENOCH ARDEN LAWS

a law that states after being missing for a certain number of years a person is declared dead. See legally dead; presumption of death.

EXCEPTION OF DEED

an exception that will take back or withdraw from a deed something that has already been granted.

ESCALATOR CLAUSE

a clause in a contract or a lease that is made during a time of government price control regulations.

EYEWITNESS PROVISION

a term in an insurance policy that requires proof of the circumstances that surround an accident.

EXCLUSIONARY CLAUSE

a provision in a contract that will restrict the actions a party can take when the other person fails to fulfil the contract.

ERROR CORAM NOBIS

a Latin phrase for the writ brought before court contends that the judgement be set aside due to an error of fact.

EXISTING LIABILITY

an obligation that is based on a future condition that may or may not result in a debt.

ERROR IN FACT

the error made when a court gives a judgement or verdict and doesn’t know of a fact.

EASEMENT APPURTENANT

This phrase means a proper or a pure easement that passes to new owner by inheritance or purchase.

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