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In mining law. The examination and investigation of land supposedto contain valuable minerals, by drilling, boring, sinking shafts, driving tunnels, andother means, for the purpose of discovering the presence of ore and

One who corrects by expurging.

A technical word used in indictments for extortion.It is a sufficient averment of a corrupt intent, in an indictment for extortion, to allegethat the defendant “extorsively” took the unlawful fee. Leeman v.

In canon law. Those decretal epistles which were published afterthe Clementines. They were so called because at first they were not digested orarranged with the other papal constitutions, but seemed to be,

A sudden and rapid combustion, causing violent expansion of the air,and accompanied by a report. The word “explosion” is variously used in ordinary speech, and is not one that admits of exact

In Roman law. One who had filled the office of qinrxtor. A title givento Tribonian. Inst, protein.

The natural meaning of the word “extort” is to obtain money or othervaluable thing either by compulsion, by actual force, or by the force of motives appliedto the will, and often more

In the law of divorce. The infliction of grievous bodily harm or grievous mental suffering. Civ. CodeCal. 1903.

v. To send, take, or carry an article of trade or commerce out of the country.To transport merchandise from one country to another In the course of trade. Tocarry out or convey

(From ex, from, and ro- gare, to pass a law.) In Roman law. To takesomething from an old law by a new law. Tayl. Civil Law, 155.

Any oppression by color or pretense of right, and particularly the exactionby an officer of money, by color of his office, either when none at all is due, ornot so much is

To constitute extreme hazard, the situation of a vessel must besuch that there is imminent danger of her being lost, notwithstanding all the means thatcan be applied to get her off. King

The act of sending or carrying goods and merchandise from onecountry to another.

To expand, enlarge, prolong, widen, carry out, further than the originallimit; as, to extend the time for filing an answer, to extend a lease, term of office,charter, railroad track, etc. Flagler v.

A Latin preposition, occurring In many legal phrases; it means beyond, exceptwithout, out of, outside.

When a person is sick beyond the hope of recovery, and near death, he is said to be in extremis.Extremis probatis, praesumuntnr media. Extremes being proved, intermediate things are presumed. Tray. Lat

v. To show publicly; to display ; to offer to the public view; as. to “expose”goods to sale, to “expose” a tariff or schedule of rates, to “expose” the person. Boyntonv. Page,

In mercantile law. An allowance of additional time for the payment of debts. An agreement between a debtorand his creditors, by which they allow him further time for the payment of his

A portion or fragment of a writing. In Scotch law. the certified copy, by aclerk of a court, of the proceedings In an action carried on before the court, and of the

Foreign; from outside sources; dehors. As to extrinsic evidence, see EVIDENCE.