From the opposite; on the contrary.

Conversely. On the other hand; on the contrary. Equivalent to e contra.

Out of mere grace or favor.

An abbreviation of exempli gratia. For the sake of an example.

Sax. The water or river; also the mouth of a river on the shore between highand low water-mark.Ea est accipienda interpretatio, quae vitio caret. That interpretation is to be received[or adopted] which

With that intent. Held not to make a condition, but a confidence and trust. Dyer, 13S6.Ea quae, commendandi causa, in ven- ditionibus dicuntur, si palam appareant,venditorem non obligant. Those things which are

A distributive adjective pronoun, which denotes or refers to every one of thepersons or things mentioned; every one of two or more persons or things, composingthe whole, separately considered. The effect of

A gold coin of the United States of the value of ten dollars.

In old Saxon law. An elder or chief.

The name of a Saxon magistrate; alderman; analogous to carl among the Danes, and senatoramong the Romans. See ALDERMAN.

An archbishop.

Sax. The metropolis; the chief city. Obsolete.

(Fr. ealc. Sax., ale, and hus, house.) An ale-house.

Sax. The privilege of assisiug and selling beer. Obsolete.

In English law. Such grass which is upon the land after the mowing, until the feast of the Annunciation after. 3 Leon. 213.

A mark put ui>on a thing to distinguish It from another. Originally andliterally, a mark upon the ear; a mode of marking sheep and other animals.Property is said to be ear-marked when

In the law of evidence. One who attests or can attest anything asheard ‘by himself.

A title of nobility, formerly the highest in England, now the third, rankingbetween a marquis and a viscount, and corresponding with the French “comte” and theGerman “graf.” The title originated with the

A great officer of state who had anciently several courts underhis jurisdiction, as the court of chivalry and the court of honor. Under him is theherald’s office, or college of arms. He

The dignity or jurisdiction of an earl. The dignity only remains now, as the jurisdictionhas been given over to the sheriff. 1 Bl. Comm. 339.