Category: E

In the civil law. To be divided. Judicium familial crciscundw, a suitfor the partition of an inheritance. Inst. 4, 17, 4. An ancient phrase derived from theTwelve Tables. Calvin.

In old law. A cutting off the branches or boughs of trees. Cowell; Spelman.

To ship.

A person who made an essoin.Est aliqnid qnod non oportet etiam si licet; qnicquid vero non licet certe non oportet.Hob. 159. There is that which is not proper, even though permitted; but

An estate in lands or tenements granted to two ormore persons, to hold in fee-simple, fee- tail, for life, for years, or at will. 2 Bl. Comm.180; 2 Crabb, Real Prop. 937.

A species of aggravated waste, by stripping or devastating the land,to the injury of the reversioner, and especially pending a suit for possession.

An abbreviation for et sequen- tia, “and the following.” Thus a reference to”p. 1, et seq.” means “page first and the following pages.”

In the civil law. To recover anything from a person by virtue of the judgmentof a court or judicial sentence.At common law. To dispossess, or turn out of the possession of lands

Of the goods or property. A term of the civil law; .distinguished from inbonis, as being descriptive of or applicable to property not in actual possession. Calvin.

Directly; immediately. Story, Bills, $ 199.Ex dintnrnitate temporis, omnia prse- ?nmnntnr solemniter esse acta. Prom lengthof time [after lapse of timel all things are presumed to have been done in due form.

Growing out of, or ?/founded upon, misdoing or tort. This term l is frequently used in the civil law as thesynonym of “ex delicto” (q. v.,) and is thus contrasted with “ex

From quasi contract. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 00.

An Investigation; search; interrogating.In trial practice. The examination of a witness consists of the series of questions putto him by a party to the action, or his counsel, for the purpose of

That department of the English government which has charge of thecollection of the national revenue; the treasury department.It is said to have been so named from the chequered cloth, resembling a chessboard,which

To finish, accomplish, make complete, fulfill. To perform; obey the injunctions of.To make; as to execute a deed, which includes signing, sealing, and delivery.To perform; carry out according to its terms ;

In the civil law. Copy; a written authorized copy. This word is also used in the modern sense of “example,”

In Scotch law. To disinherit; to exclude from an Inheritance.

A term used in medical jurisprudence to denote the wound made bya weapon on the side where it emerges, after it has passed completely through thebody, or through any part of it

An ancient writ to prohibit the sheriff fromlevying any allowance for knights of the shire upon those who held lands in ancientdemesne. Reg. Orig. 261.Experientia per varios actus legem facit. Magistra rerum

With that intent. Held not to make a condition, but a confidence and trust. Dyer, 13S6.Ea quae, commendandi causa, in ven- ditionibus dicuntur, si palam appareant,venditorem non obligant. Those things which are