In mining law. The examination and investigation of land supposedto contain valuable minerals, by drilling, boring, sinking shafts, driving tunnels, andother means, for the purpose of discovering the presence of ore and

A sudden and rapid combustion, causing violent expansion of the air,and accompanied by a report. The word “explosion” is variously used in ordinary speech, and is not one that admits of exact

v. To send, take, or carry an article of trade or commerce out of the country.To transport merchandise from one country to another In the course of trade. Tocarry out or convey

The act of sending or carrying goods and merchandise from onecountry to another.

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,

Explanation; interpretation.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.