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EXCESSIVE SENTENCE

the name given to a sentence that is longer than the time this is fixed by a law.

EXTRANEOUS OFFENSE

This term applies to an offense that is committed and does not bear on the current trial.

EXPRESS EMANCIPATION

The name given to the freedom a child gets when his parents allow him to leave home. Cf., What Does Emancipation Mean?

EQUITABLE RECOUPMENT

the term applied to the fair and reasonable reduction in the damages awarded to a claimant.

ENTAILMENT

This term means a change in the rules governing how property will be inherited by the legal descendants.

EXECUTIVE PARDON

the pardon for a crime that has come from the governor or the president of a state.

EXCESS OF PRIVILEGE

a statement that goes beyond any limits of privilege and it is violent, intemperate or irrelevant.

ENDORSEMENT FULL

This term applies to an endorsement where the person endorsing names a person who the money will be paid to.

EXECUTIVE AGENT

the term given to an officer of a company that is able to act for the board of directors.

EXCUSABLE HOMICIDE 1

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

EXAMINATION BEFORE TRIAL

This term applies to the examine of a witness while under oath before a trial. Also called a deposition.

EX TURPI CAUSA

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

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