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ENFRANCHISE

To make free; to incorporate a man in a society or body politic.

ENJOIN

To require; command; positively direct To require a person, by writ ofinjunction from a court of equity, to perform, or to abstain or desist from, some actClifford v. Stewart, 95 Me. 38,

ENTIRE INTEREST

The whole interest or right, without diminution. Where a person in selling his tract of landsells also his entire interest in all improvements upon public land adjacent thereto, thisvests in the purchaser

EO LOCI

Lat. In the civil law. In that state or condition: in that place, (co loco.)Calvin.

EQUAL

Alike: uniform; on the same plane or level with respect to efficiency,worth, value, amount, or rights. People v. Hoffman, 116 111. 587, 5 N. E. 600, 56 Am.Rep. 793.

ERCISCUNDUS

In the civil law. To be divided. Judicium familial crciscundw, a suitfor the partition of an inheritance. Inst. 4, 17, 4. An ancient phrase derived from theTwelve Tables. Calvin.

ESBRANCATURA

In old law. A cutting off the branches or boughs of trees. Cowell; Spelman.

ESKETORES

Robbers, or destroyers of other men’s lands and fortunes. Cowell.

ESSENDI QUIETUM DE TOLONIO

A writ to be quit of toll; it lies for citizens and burgesses of any city or town who, bycharter or prescription, ought to be exempted from toll, where the same Is

ESTATE OF FREEHOLD

An estate in land or other real property, of uncertainduration; that is, either of inheritance or which may possibly last for the life of thetenant at the least, (as distinguished from a

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 ARBITRIO JUDICIS

At, in, or upon the discretion of the judge. 4 Bl. Comm. 304. A term of the civil law. Inst. 4, 6,31.

EX LEGE

By the law; by force of law; as a matter of law

EX POST FACTO LAW

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,

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