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EXEAT

A permission which a bishop grants to a priest to go out of his diocese; alsoleave to go out generally.

EXEMPLIFICATION

An official transcript of a document from public records. made In form to be used as evidence, aud authenticated as a true copy.

EXHJERES

In the civil law. One disinherited. Vicat; Du Cange.

EXIT

Lat It goes forth. This word is used In docket entries as a brief mention of theissue of process. Thus, “exit fi. fa.” denotes that a writ of fieri facias has been

EXPENDITORS

Paymasters. Those who expend or disburse certain taxes. Especiallythe sworn officer who supervised the repairs of the banks of tbe canals in ItomneyMarsh. Cowell.

E G

An abbreviation of exempli gratia. For the sake of an example.

EARLDOM

The dignity or jurisdiction of an earl. The dignity only remains now, as the jurisdictionhas been given over to the sheriff. 1 Bl. Comm. 339.

EBBA

In old English law. Ebb. Ebba ct ftuctus; ebb and flow of tide; ebb andflood. Bract, fols. 255, 338. The time occupied by one ebb and flood was ancientlygranted to persons essoined

ECRIVAIN

In French marine law. The clerk of a ship. Emerig. Tr. des Ass. & 11, s. 3, no. 2.

EFFIGY

The corporeal representation of a person.To make the effigy of a person with an intent to make him the object of ridicule is alibel. 2 Chit. Crim. Law, 866.

EISNE

The senior; the oldest son. Spelled, also, “eigne,” “cinsne,” “aisne,” “eign.” Termes de la Ley; Kelham.

ELABORARE

In old European law. To gain, acquire, or purchase, as by labor and industry.

ELONGAVIT

In England, where in a proceeding by foreign attachment the plaintiff has obtained judgment of appraisement, hut by reason of some act of the garnisheethe goods cannot be appraised, (as where he

EMENDARE

In Saxon law. To make amends or satisfaction for any crime or trespasscommitted; to pay a fine: to be fined. Spelman. Emcndare se. to redeem, or ransomone’s life, by payment of a

EMPORIUM

A place for wholesale trade in commodities carried by sea. The name issometimes applied to a seaport town, but it properly signifies only a particular place insuch a town. Smith, Diet. Antiq.

EN MASSE

Fr. In a mass; in a lump; at wholesale.

ENCOMIENDA

In Spanish law. A grant from the crown to a private person of acertain portion of territory in the Spanish colonies, together with the concession of acertain number of the native inhabitants,

ENFEOFFMENT

The act of investing with any dignity or possession; also the instrument or deed by which a person is invested with possessions.

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