Category: E

L. Fr. Spurs.

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

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

And it is allowed.

Lat. In going and returning. Applied to vessels. 3 C. Rob.Adm. 141.

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

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,

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

A soldier; a vassal. Spelman.

Demand, want, need, imperativeness.

A writ of the same nature as that lastabove described, issued by the guardian of the crown’s ward, and addressed to thesheriffs or stewards of the court, forbidding them to distrain him,

An archbishop.

The name of a royal manor in the county of Keut, England;mentioned In royal grants or patents, as descriptive of the tenure of free socage.

In New England. A church court or tribunal, having functions partly judicial andpartly advisory, appointed to determine questions relating to church discipline,orthodoxy, standing of ministers, controversies between ministers and their churches,differences and

In the Roman law. An edict; a mandate, or ordinance. An ordinance, orlaw, enacted by the emperor without the senate; belonging to the class of constitutionesprincipis. Inst. 1, 2. 6. An edict