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ENTER

In the law of real property. To go upon land for the purpose of taking possession of it In strict usage, the enteringis preliminary to the taking possession but In common parlance

ENTERING JUDGMENTS

The formal entry of the judgment on the rolls of the court, which is necessary before bringing an appeal or an action on the judgment. Blatchford v.Newberry, 100 111. 401; Winstead v.

ENTERING SHORT

When bills not due are paid into a bank by a customer, it is the custom of some bankers not to carry theamount of the bills directly to his credit, but to

ENTERCEUR

L. Fr. A party challenging (claiming) goods; he who has placed them Inthe hands of a third person. Kel- ham.

ENTERTAINMENT

This word is synonymous with “board,” and includes the ordinarynecessaries of life. See Scatter- good v. Waterman, 2 Miles (Pa.) 323; Lasar v. Johnson,125 Cal. 549, 58 Pac. 161; In re Breslin.

ENTICE

To solicit, persuade, or procure. Nash v. Douglass, 12 Abb. Prac. N. S. (N.Y.) 190; People v. Carrier, 46 Mich. 442, 9 N. W. 487; Gould v. State. 71 Neb. 651, 99

ENTIRE

Whole; without division, separation or diminution.

ENTIRE DAY

This phrase signifies an undivided day.not parts of two days. An entire day must have a legal, fixed, precise time to begin, anda fixed, precise time to end. A day, in contemplation

ENTIRE INTEREST

The whole interest or right, without diminution. Where a person in selling his tract of landsells also his entire interest in all improvements upon public land adjacent thereto, thisvests in the purchaser

ENTIRE TENANCY

A sole possession by one person, called “severalty,” which is contraryto several tenancy, where a joint or common possession is in one or more.

ENTIRE USE

Benefit, etc. These words in the habendum of a trust-deed for the benefit of a married woman are equivalent to the words “sole use,” or “sole and separate use,” and consequently her

ENTIRETY

The whole, in contradistinction to, a moiety or part only. When land isconveyed to husband and wife, they do not take by moieties, but both are seised of theentirety. 2 Kent, Comm.

ENTITLE

In its usual sense, to entitle is to give a right or title. Therefore a person issaid to be entitled to property when he has a right to it. Com. v. Moorhead.

ENTREBAT

L. Fr. An intruder or interloper. Britt. c. 114.

ENTREGA

Span. Deliverv. Las Par- tidas, pt. 0, tit. 14, 1. 1.

ENTREPOT

A warehouse or magazine for the deposit of goods. In France, a buildingor place where goods from abroad may be deposited, and from whence they may bewithdrawn for exportation to another country.

ENTRY

1. In real property law. Entry is the act of going peaceably upon a piece ofland which is claimed as one’s own, but which is held by another person, with theintention and

ENUMERATED

This term Is often used in law as equivalent to “mentionedspecifically,” “designated,” or “expressly named or granted;” as in speaking of “enumerated”governmental powers, items of property, or articles in a tariff schedule.

ENURE

To operate or take effect. To serve to the use, benefit, or advantage of aperson. A release to the tenant for life enures to him in reversion; that is, it has thesame

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