Category: E

From a just or lawful cause; by a just or legal title.

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 English law. A heriot paid only in arms, horses, or military accouterments.

Denmndable; requirable.

The voluntary act of abandoning one’s country, and becoming thecitizen or subject of another. Ludlam v. Ludlam, 31 Barb. (N. Y.) 4S9. See EMIGRATION.

Sax. The metropolis; the chief city. Obsolete.

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.

n. A clergyman; a priest; a man consecrated to the service of the church.

In medicine. That system followed by physicians who selecttheir modes of practice and medicines from various schools. Webster.”Without professing to understand much of medical phraseology, we suppose thatthe terms ‘allopathic practice’ and

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

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

The choice to be made by a person who may.under a will or other instrument. have either one of two alternative rights or benefits,but not both. Peters v. Bain, 133 U. S.

(Lat. lie has chosen.) This is the name, in English practice, of a writ ofexecution first given by the statute of Westm. 2 (13 Edw. I. c. IS) either upon ajudgment for

A proclamation or order of state, usually issued in time of war or threatenedhostilities, prohibiting the departure ofships or goods from some or all the ports of such state until further order.

The act of changing one’s domicile from one country or state toanother. It is to be distinguished from “expatriation.” The latter means the abandonment ofone’s country and renunciation of one’s citizenship in