Category: E

Span. In Spanish law. A spurious child; one begotten on a womanwho has promiscuous intercourse with many men. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit 5, c. 2,

1. The interest which any one has in lands, or in any other subject ofproperty. 1 Brest. Est. 20. And see Van Itensselaer v. Boucher, 5 Denio (N. Y.) 40; Beallv. Holmes,

A writ for a wife judicially separated to recover her alimonyor estovers. Obsolete.

And have you then there this writ. The formal words directing the return of a writ. Theliteral translation is retained in the modern form of a considerable number of writs.

A subtle endeavoring to set aside truth or to escape the punishment ofthe law. This will not be allowed. If one person says to another that he will not strikehim, but will

A phrase derived from the civil law, meaning, in justice andfairness; according to what is just and good; according to equity and conscience. 3 Bl.Comm. 163.

Immediately; without any interval or delay ; incontinently. A term of the civil law. Calvin.

Anew; arresu

A writ that lay for a bailiff or receiver, who, having auditorsappointed to take his accounts, cannot obtain of them reasonable allowance, but is castinto prison. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 129.Ex paucis dictis

From the bowels. From the vital part, the very essence of thething. 10 Coke, 246; Homer v. Shelton, 2 Mete. (Mass.) 213. Ex visceribus verborum,from the mere words and nothing else. 1

Lat. With all necessary exceptions.

In the civil law. An excuse or reason which exempts from some duty or obligation.

A female executor. Hardr. 165, 473. See EXECUTRIX.

In old English law. A heriot paid only in arms, horses, or military accouterments.

Denmndable; requirable.

To await; to look forward to something intended, promised, or likely tohappen. Atchison, etc., R. Co. v. Ilamliu, 07 Kan. 470, 73 Pac. 58.

The domicile of parties fixed in a contract between them forthe purposes of such contract. Woodworth v. Bank of America, 19 Johns. (N. Y.) 417. 10 Am. Dec. 239.

A mark put ui>on a thing to distinguish It from another. Originally andliterally, a mark upon the ear; a mode of marking sheep and other animals.Property is said to be ear-marked when

The edge of a roof, built so as to project over the walls of a house, in orderthat the rain may drop therefrom to the ground instead of running down the wall.Center

In medical jurisprudence. The constant and senseless repetition of particular words or phrases, recognized as a sign or symptom of insanity or of aphasia.