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EXCLUSIVE RIGHT

the right or privilege that can only be used by the person who it is granted to.

EXPRESS ASSUMPSIT

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

EXTRINSIC AMBIGUITY

This term applies to the uncertainty in a contract that comes from outside the contract.

EXTENDED TERM

the phrase that is used to signify the lengthened punishment of a criminal due to their previous record.

ENSUE

Term that means to come later or to follow.

EXECUTIVE AGREEMENT

the name that is given to an agreement between the President of the US and a representative of a foreign nation.

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.

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