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ET INDE PRODUCIT SECTAM

And thereupon he brings suit. The Latin conclusion of a declaration, except against attorneysand other officers of the court. 3 Bl. Comm. 295.

EVERY

Each one of all; the term includes all the separate individuals who constitute the whole, regarded one by one. Geary v. Parker, 65 Ark. 521, 47 S. W. 238; Purdy v.People, 4

EX ASSENSU PATRIS

By or with the consent of the father. A species of dower adostium ecclesite, during the life of the father of the husband; the son, by the father’sconsent expressly given, endowing his

EX DEFECTU SANGUINIS

From a delict, tort, fault, crime, or malfeasance. In both the civil andthe common law, obligations and causes of action are divided into two great classes,

EXACTOR

In the civil law. A gatherer or receiver of money; a collector of taxes. Cod. 10, 19.In old English law. A collector of the public moneys; a tax-gatherer. Thus, exactorregis was the

EXCESSIVE

Tending to or marked by excess, which is the quality or state of exceeding the proper or reasonable limit or measure. Railway Co. v. Johnston, 106 Ga.i.30, 32 S. E. 78.

EXCUSSIO

In the civil law. A diligent prosecution of a remedy against a debtor; theexhausting of a remedy against a principal debtor, before resorting to his sureties.Translated “discussion,” (q. v.)In old English law.

EXEMPLI GRATIA

For the purpose of example, or for instance. Often abbreviated “ex. gr.” or “e. g.”

EXH-aSREDATIO

In the civil law. Disinheriting ; disherison. The formal method ofexcluding an Indefeasible (or forced) heirfrom the entire inheritance, by the testator’s express declaration in the will that suchperson shall be exhccres.

EXISTIMATIO

In the civil law. The civil reputation which belonged to the Romancitizen, as such. Mackeld. Rom. Law,

EXPEE

In regard to trespass and other torts, this term means to eject, to put out, todrive out, and generally with an implication of the use of force. Perry v. Fitzhowe, 8 Q.B.

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.

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