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ENTENCION

In old English law. The plaintiff’s count or declaration.

ENTREBAT

L. Fr. An intruder or interloper. Britt. c. 114.

EQUINOXES

The two periods of the year (vernal equinox about March 21st, andautumnal equinox about September 22d) when the time from the rising of the sun to itssetting is equal to the time

ERIGIMUS

We erect. One of the words by which a corporation may be created inEngland by the king’s charter. 1 Bl. Comm. 473.

ESCHEAT

In feudal law. Escheat Is an obstruction of the course of descent, andconsequent determination of the tenure, by some unforeseen contingency, in whichcase the land naturally results back, by a kind of

ESTADAL

In Spanish law. In Spanish America this was a measure of land of sixteensquare varas, or yards. 2 White, Re- cop. 139.

ESTER IN JUDGMENT

L. Fr. To appear before a tribunal either as plaintiff ordefendant. Kelharu.

EX ABUNDANTI

Out of abundance; abundantly; superfluously ; more tban sufficient Calvin.

EX COMMODATO

From or out of loan. A term applied in the old law of England to aright of action arising out of a loan, (commodatum.) Glanv. lib. 10, c. 13; 1 Reeve, Eng.Law,

EX GRATIA

Out of grace; as a matter of grace, favor, or indulgence; gratuitous. Aterm applied to anything accorded as a favor; as distinguished from that which may bedemanded ex debito, as a matter

EX OFFICIO

From office; by virtue or the office; without any other warrant orappointment than that resulting from the holding of a particular oflice. Powers may beexercised by an officer which are not specifically

EX TESTAMENTO

From, by, or under a will. The opposite of ab intestato, (‘/

EXCELLENCY

In English law. The title of a viceroy, governor general, ambassador, or commander in chief.In America. The title is sometimes given to the chief executive of a state or of the nation.

EXCOMMUNICATO CAPIENDO

In ecclesiastical law. A writ issuing out of chancery, founded on a bishop’s certificate thatthe defendant had been excommunicated, and requiring the sheriff to arrest and imprisonhim, returnable to the king’s bench.

EXECUTIONER

The name given to him who puts criminals to death, according to their sentence; a hangman.

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