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DYSNOMY

Bad legislation; the enactment of bad laws.

DYSPAREUNIA

In medical jurisprudence. Incapacity of a woman to sustain the act of sexual intercourse except with great difficulty and pain.

DYSPESIA

.A state of the stomach In which its functions are disturbed, without thepresence of other diseases, or when, if other diseases are present, they are of minorimportance. Dungl. Med. Diet

DYVOUR’S HABIT

In Scotch law. A habit which debtors who are set free on a ccssiobonorum are obliged to wear, unless in the summons and process of ccssio it be libeled,PUB tained, and proved

E CONVERSO

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

E G

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

EA

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

EA INTENTIONE

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

EACH

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

EAGLE

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

EALDERMAN, or EALDORMAN

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

EALEHUS

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

EALHORDA

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

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