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EXTERUS

Lat A foreigner or alien; one born abroad. The opposite of civis.Exterus non habet terras. An alien holds no lands. Tray. Lat. Max. 203.

EXTINCT

Extinguished. A rent is said to be extinguished when it is destroyed andput out. Co. Litt. 1476. See EXTINGUISHMENT.Extincto subjecto, tollitur adjunc- tum. When the subject is extinguished, theIncident ceases. Thus, when

EXTINGUISHMENT

The destruction or cancellation of a right, power, contract, orestate. The annihilation of a collateral thing or subject in the subject itself out of whichIt is derived. Prest. Merg. 9. For the

EXTIRPATION

In English law. A species of destruction or waste, analogous to estrepement See ESTREPEMENT.

EXTIRPATIONE

A judicial writ, either before or after judgment, that lay against aperson who, when a verdict was found against him for land, etc., maliciously overthrewany house or extirpated any trees upon it.

EXTOCARE

In old records. To grub woodland, and reduce it to arable or meadow ; “to stock up.” Cowell.

EXTORSIVELY

A technical word used in indictments for extortion.It is a sufficient averment of a corrupt intent, in an indictment for extortion, to allegethat the defendant “extorsively” took the unlawful fee. Leeman v.

EXTORT

The natural meaning of the word “extort” is to obtain money or othervaluable thing either by compulsion, by actual force, or by the force of motives appliedto the will, and often more

EXTORTION

Any oppression by color or pretense of right, and particularly the exactionby an officer of money, by color of his office, either when none at all is due, ornot so much is

EXTRA

A Latin preposition, occurring In many legal phrases; it means beyond, exceptwithout, out of, outside.

EXTRACT

A portion or fragment of a writing. In Scotch law. the certified copy, by aclerk of a court, of the proceedings In an action carried on before the court, and of the

EXTRACTA CURE

In old English law. The issues or profits of holding a court,arising from the customary fees, etc.

EXTRADITION

The surrender of a criminal by a foreign state to which he has fled for refuge from prosecution to the state within whose jurisdiction the crime was committed, upon the demand of

EXTRA-DOTAL PROPERTY

In Louisiana this term is used to designate that propertywhich forms no part of the dowry of a woman, and which is also called “paraphernalproperty.” Civ. Code La. art. 2315. Fleitas v.

EXTRAHAZARDOUS

In the law of insurance. Characterized or attended by circumstances or conditions of special and unusual danger. Reynolds v. Insurance Co., 47 N. Y. 597; Russell v. Insurance Co., 71Iowa, 69, 32

EXTRAHURA

In old English law. An animal wandering or straying about, without an owner; an estray. Spelman.

EXTRAJUDICIAL

That which Is done, given, or effected outside the course of regularjudicial proceedings; not founded upon, or unconnected with, the action of a courtof law; as extrajudicial evidence, an extrajudicial oath.That which,

EXTRALATERAL RIGHT

In mining law. The right of the owner of a mining claim dulylocated on the public domain to follow, and mine, any vein or lode the apex of whichlies within the boundaries

EXTRANEUS

In old English law. One foreign born; a foreigner. 7 Coke, 10.In Roman law. An heir not born in the family of the testator. Those of a foreignotate. The same as alicnus.

EXTRAORDINARY

Out of the ordinary ; exceeding the usual, average, or normalmeasure or degree.

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