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

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

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

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

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

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

One who corrects by expurging.

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

(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.

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.

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

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,

(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

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

Such as render a delict or crime less ‘aggravated, heinous, or reprehensible than itwould otherwise be, or tend to palliate or lessen its guilt Such circumstances may ordinarily be shown in order

The privilege of those persons (such as foreign ministers) who,though temporarily resident within a state, are not subject to the operation of its laws.

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.

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

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

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