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EQUITY OF STATUTE

This term relates to the intent and the spirit that underlies a law and aids in its interpretation.

ELECTROCARDIOGRAM

a device that is used to record the electric currents of the various chambers of the heart. Also called an ECG one EKG.

EX DELICTO

a Latin phrase that means to arise from a crime or from something that is contrary to law.

ERROR IN LAW

a mistake that is made by the court when applies the law to the case in hand.

ESTOPPEL IN PAIS

This term applies to barring a person due to something he should have done and he didn’t.

ENABLE

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

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.

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