Category: E

Explanation; interpretation.

In English practice. A writ of execution issuing from the exchequer upon a debt due the crown, or upon adebt due a private person, if upon recognizance or statute merchant or staple,

In old English law. The issues or profits of holding a court,arising from the customary fees, etc.

In old records. Relics. Cowell.

One the office of which is to declare what shall be taken tobe the true meaning and intent of a statute previously enacted. Black, Const. Law, (3ded.) 89. And see Lindsay v.

(The extent or survey of a manor.) The title of a statute passed4 Edw. I. St. 1; being a sort of direction for making a survey or terrier of a manor, andall

The surrender of a criminal by a foreign state to which he has fled for refuge from prosecution to the state within whose jurisdiction the crime was committed, upon the demand of

In old English law. To exile or banish. Nvllus liber liomo, exulctur, nisi,etc., no freeman shall be exiled, unless, etc. Magna Charta, c. 29; 2 Inst 47.

The act or state of exposing or being exposed. See EXPOSE.

To lessen; to palliate; to mitigate. Connell v. State, 46 Tex. Cr. R. 259,81 S. W. 748.

In Louisiana this term is used to designate that propertywhich forms no part of the dowry of a woman, and which is also called “paraphernalproperty.” Civ. Code La. art. 2315. Fleitas v.

To overcome; to apprehend or take. Leg. Edm. c. 2.

Made known distinctly and explicitly, and not left to inference or implication.Declared in terms; set forth in words. Manifested by direct and appropriatelanguage, as distinguished from that which is inferred from conduct.

Such as render a delict or crime less ‘aggravated, heinous, or reprehensible than itwould otherwise be, or tend to palliate or lessen its guilt Such circumstances may ordinarily be shown in order

In the law of insurance. Characterized or attended by circumstances or conditions of special and unusual danger. Reynolds v. Insurance Co., 47 N. Y. 597; Russell v. Insurance Co., 71Iowa, 69, 32

A watery place; water. Co. Litt. 6.

In the civil law. The species of novation by which a creditor acceptsa new debtor, who becomes bound instead of the old, the latter being released. 1 Bouv.Inst. no. 802.

The privilege of those persons (such as foreign ministers) who,though temporarily resident within a state, are not subject to the operation of its laws.

In old English law. An animal wandering or straying about, without an owner; an estray. Spelman.

Aid; assistance; relief. A subsidy.