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EXPOSE

v. To show publicly; to display ; to offer to the public view; as. to “expose”goods to sale, to “expose” a tariff or schedule of rates, to “expose” the person. Boyntonv. Page,

EXPOSITORY STATUTE

One the office of which is to declare what shall be taken tobe the true meaning and intent of a statute previously enacted. Black, Const. Law, (3ded.) 89. And see Lindsay v.

EXPOSURE

The act or state of exposing or being exposed. See EXPOSE.

EXPRESS

Made known distinctly and explicitly, and not left to inference or implication.Declared in terms; set forth in words. Manifested by direct and appropriatelanguage, as distinguished from that which is inferred from conduct.

EXPROMISSIO

In the civil law. The species of novation by which a creditor acceptsa new debtor, who becomes bound instead of the old, the latter being released. 1 Bouv.Inst. no. 802.

EXPROMISSOR

In the civil law. A person who assumes the debt of another, andbecomes solely liable for it. by a stipulation with the creditor. lie differs from a surety,inasmuch as this contract is

EXPROMITTERE

In the civil law. To undertake for another, with the view ofbecoming liable in his place. Calvin.

EXPROPRIATION

This word properly denotes a voluntary surrender of rights orclaims; the act of divesting oneself of that which was previously claimed as one’s own,or renouncing it. In this sense it is the

EXPULSION

A putting or driving out. The act of depriving a member of a corporation,legislative body, assembly, society, commercial organization, etc., of his membershipin the same, by a legal vote of the body

EXPUNGE

To blot out; to efface designedly; to obliterate; to strike out wholly. Webster. See CANCEL. See, e.g., How To Expunge Your Record: Guide and FAQ

EXPURGATION

The act of purging or cleansing, as where a book is published withoutIts obscene passages.

EXQUXSTOR

In Roman law. One who had filled the office of qinrxtor. A title givento Tribonian. Inst, protein.

EXROGARE

(From ex, from, and ro- gare, to pass a law.) In Roman law. To takesomething from an old law by a new law. Tayl. Civil Law, 155.

EXTEND

To expand, enlarge, prolong, widen, carry out, further than the originallimit; as, to extend the time for filing an answer, to extend a lease, term of office,charter, railroad track, etc. Flagler v.

EXTENSION

In mercantile law. An allowance of additional time for the payment of debts. An agreement between a debtorand his creditors, by which they allow him further time for the payment of his

EXTENT

In English practice. A writ of execution issuing from the exchequer upon a debt due the crown, or upon adebt due a private person, if upon recognizance or statute merchant or staple,

EXTENTA MASERU

(The extent or survey of a manor.) The title of a statute passed4 Edw. I. St. 1; being a sort of direction for making a survey or terrier of a manor, andall

EXTENUATE

To lessen; to palliate; to mitigate. Connell v. State, 46 Tex. Cr. R. 259,81 S. W. 748.

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