Category: E

After the fact; by an act or fact occurring after some previous actor fact, and relating thereto; by subsequent matter; the opposite of ab initio. Thus, adeed may be good ab initio,

From sight of the writing; from having seen a person write.A term employed to describe one of the modes of proof of handwriting. Best, Pres. 218.

In old English law. A party who entered an exception or plea.

In English law. An excuser.In old German law. A defendant; he who utterly denies the plaintiff’s claim. Du Cauge.Excnsatur quis quod clameum non op- posuerit, ut si toto tempore litigii fuit ultramare

A woman who has been appointed by will to execute such will or testament.

In old European law. An army; an armed force. The term was absolutelyindefinite as to number. It was applied, on various occasions, to a gathering offorty-two armed men, of thirty-five, or even

Banishment; the person banished.

In Mexican law, a term including all the papers or documents constitutinga grant or title to laud from government Vanderslice v. Hanks, 3 Cal. 27, 38.

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.

In old English law. Put forth or promulgated, when speaking of the j>as- sage of a statute; and brought forth, orborn, when speak ing of the birth of a child.

Eldership. See ESNECY.

In Spanish law. The name of an action lying against a ship’s owner,upon the contracts or obligations made by the master for repairs or supplies. Itcoresponds to the actio excrcitoria of the

Pertaining to electors or elections; composed or consisting of electors.

In the civil law. A will or testament.

A person guilty of the offense of embracery, (g. v.) See Co. Litt 369.

In medical jurisprudence. The name of a class of medicinessupposed to have the property of promoting the menstrual discharge, and sometimesused for the purpose of procuring abortion.

This signifies both the act of doing a thing and the being under contractor orders to do it. U. S. v. Morris, 14 Pet. 475, 10 L. Ed. 543; U. S. v.