Category: E

A law passed after the occurrence of a fact or commission ofan act, which retrospectively changes the legal consequences or relations of such’ factor deed. By Const. U. S. art. 1,

free-will or choice.Voluntarily; from

Extracts.

A reason alleged for doing or not doing a thing. Worcester.A matter alleged as a reason for relief or exemption from some duty or obligation.

In Scotch law. The movable estate of a person dying, which goes to hisnearest of kin. So called as falling under the distribution of an executor. Bell.Exempla illustrant non restringunt legem. Co.

To abdicate or resign ; to resign or surrender an estate, office, ordignity, by the symbolical delivery of a staff or rod to the alienee.

Lat. In old English law.(1) Exile; banishment from one’s country.(2) Driving away; despoiling. The name of a species of waste, which consisted in drivingaway tenants or vassals from the estate; as by

The whole of a person’s goods and chattels, bag and baggage. Wharton.Expedit reipublicse ne sna re quia male ntatur. It is for the interest of the state thata man should not enjoy

Conversely. On the other hand; on the contrary. Equivalent to e contra.

A title of nobility, formerly the highest in England, now the third, rankingbetween a marquis and a viscount, and corresponding with the French “comte” and theGerman “graf.” The title originated with the

In English criminal law. The offense of listening under walls orwindows, or the eaves of a house, to hearken after discourse, and thereupon to frameslanderous and mischievous tales. 4 Bl. Comm. 168.

In medical jurisprudence. Puerperal convulsions; a convulsive seizure which sometimessuddenly attacks a woman in labor or directly after, generally attended by unconsciousnessand occasionally by mental aberration.

Personal estate or property. This word has been held to be more comprehensivethan the word “goods,” as including fixtures, which “goods” will not include.Bank v. Byram, 131 111. 92, 22 N. E.

In old English law. A journey, route, or circuit. Justices in eire werejudges who were sent by commission, every seven years, into various counties to holdthe assizes and hear pleas of the

Renouncing or resigning one’s place. Ejus est interpretarl cujus est con- dere. It is his to interpret whose it is to enact. Tayl. Civil Law, 9G.Ejus est nolle, qui potest velle. Hewho

To put to death by passing through the body a current of electricityof high power. This term, descriptive of the method of inflicting the death penalty onconvicted criminals in some of the

The getting a tiling or person out of the way ; or removing it to adistance, so as to be out of reach. Garneau v. Mill Co., 8 Wash. 407, 36 Pac.

Amends; something given in reparation for a trespass; or, in old Saxontimes, in compensation for an injury or crime. Spelman.

The species of mental aberration produced by a violentexcitement of the emotions or passions, though the reasoning faculties may remainunimpaired. See INSANITY.

One who employs the services of others; one for whom employees workand who pays their wages or salaries.