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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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,

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

One who ejects, puts out. or dispossesses another.

That which is thrown up by the sea. Also jetsam, wreck, etc.

In old English law. A whoremonger. Blount

In Spanish law. The name of an action lying against a ship’s owner,upon the contracts or obligations made by the master for repairs or supplies. Itcoresponds to the actio excrcitoria of the

In Spanish law. Commons; lands used In common by the inhabitants of acity, pueblo, or town, for pasture, wood, threshing-ground, etc. Hart v. Burnett, 15 Cal. 554.

Renouncing or resigning one’s place. Ejus est interpretarl cujus est con- dere. It is his to interpret whose it is to enact. Tayl. Civil Law, 9G.Ejus est nolle, qui potest velle. Hewho

Of the same kind, class, or nature.In statutory construction, the “ejusdem generis rule” is that where general words follow an enumeration of persons or things, by words of a particular and specific

In old European law. To gain, acquire, or purchase, as by labor and industry.

Property which is the acquisition of labor. Spelman.

A distinguished body of men, elected as masters of TrinityHouse, an institution incorporated in the reign of Henry VIII., charged with numerousimportant duties relating to the marine, such as the superintendence of