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EFFRACTOR

One who breaks through ; one who commits a burglary.

EFFUSIO SANGUINIS

In old English law. The shedding of blood; the mulct, fine,wite. or penalty imposed for tlie shedding of blood, which the king granted to manylords of manors. Cowell; Tomlins. See BLOODWIT.

EFTERS

In Saxon law. Ways, walks, or hedges. Blount

EGO

I; myself. This term is used in forming genealogical tables, to represent the persou who is the object of inquiry.

EGO, TALIS

I, such a one. Words used in describing the forms of old deeds. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 14,

EIK

In Scotch law. An addition; as, eik to a reversion, etfc, to a confirmation. Bell.

EINETIUS

In English law. The oldest; the first-born. Spelman.

EIRE, or EYRE

In old English law. A journey, route, or circuit. Justices in eire werejudges who were sent by commission, every seven years, into various counties to holdthe assizes and hear pleas of the

EIRENARCHA

A name formerly given to a justice of the peace. In the Digests, theword is written “irenareha.” Eisdem modis dissolvitur obligatio quae nascitur ex contractu, vel quasi, quibuscontrahitur. An obligation which arises

EISNE

The senior; the oldest son. Spelled, also, “eigne,” “cinsne,” “aisne,” “eign.” Termes de la Ley; Kelham.

EISNETIA, EINETIA

The share of the oldest son. The portion acquired by primogeniture. Termes de la Ley; Co. Litt. 1066; Cowell.

EITHER

May be used in the sense of “each.” Chidester v. Railway Co., 59 111. 87.This word does not mean “all;” but does mean one or the other of two or morespecified things.

EJECT

To cast, or throw out; to oust, or dispossess; to put or turn out of possession.3 Bl. Comm. 198, 199, 200. See Bo- hannon v. Southern Ry. Co., 112 Ky. 106, 05

EJECTA

In old English law. A woman ravished or deflowered, or cast forth from the virtuous. Blount.

EJECTION

A turning out of possession. 3 Bl. Comm. 199.

EJECTIONE CUSTODIJE

In old English law. Ejectment of ward. This phrase, which isthe Latin equivalent for the French “ejectment de garde,” was the title of a writ whichlay for a guardian when turned out

EJECTIONE FIRMZE

Ejection, or ejectment of farm. The name of a writ or action oftrespass, which lay at common law where lands or tenements were let for a term ofyears, and afterwards the lessor,

EJECTMENT

At common law, this was the name of a mixed action (springing from’he earlier personal action of ejectione firmce) which lay for the recovery of the possession of land, and for damages

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