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ENVOY

In international law. A public minister of the second class, ranking next afteran ambassador.Envoys are either ordinary or extraordinary ; by custom the latter is held in greaterconsideration.

EO DIE

Lat. On that day; on the same day.

EO INSTANTE

Lat. At that instant; at the very or same Instant; immediately. 1 Bl.Comm. 196, 249 ; 2 Bl. Comm. 168; Co. l.itt. 208a; 1 Coke. 138.

EO INTUITU

Lat. With or in that view; with that intent or object. Hale, Anal.

EO LOCI

Lat. In the civil law. In that state or condition: in that place, (co loco.)Calvin.

EO NOMINE

Lat. Under that name; by that appellation. I’cr in tic ac si en nomineiihi tradita fuissct. just as if it had been delivered to you by that name. Inst. 2, 1, 43.

EPIDEMIC

This term, in its ordinary and popular meaning, applies to any diseasewhich is widely spread or generally prevailing at a given place and time. Pohalski v.Mutual L. Ins. Co., 36 N. Y.

EPILEPSY

In medical jurisprudence. A disease of the brain, which occurs in paroxysmswith uncertain intervals between them.The disease is generally organic, though it may be functional and symptomatic ofirritation in other parts of

EPIQUEYA

In Spanish law. A term synonymous with “equity” in one of its senses,and defined as “the benignant and prudent interpretation of the law according to thecircumstances of the time, place, and person.”

EPISCOPACY

The office of overlooking or overseeing; the office of a bishop, who isto overlook and oversee the concerns of the church. A form of church government bydiocesan bishops. Trustees of Diocese of

EPISCOPALIA

In ecclesiastical law. Synodals, pentecostals, and other customarypayments from the clergy to their diocesan bishop, formerly collected by the ruraldeans. Cowell.

EPISCOPALIAN

Of or pertaining to episcopacy, or to the Episcopal Church.

EPISCOPATE

A bishopric. The dignity or office of a bishop.

EPISCOPUS

In the civil law. Anoverseer; an inspector. A municipal officer who had the charge and oversight of thebread and other provisions which served the citizens for their daily food. Vicat.In medieval history.

EPISTOLA

A letter; a charter; an instrument in writing for conveyance of lands orassurance of contracts. Calvin; Spelman.

EPISTOLiE

In the civil law. Rescripts ; opinions given by the emperors in cases submittedto them for decision.Answers of the emperors to petitions.The answers of counsellors, (juris-consul- it,) as Ulpian and others, to

EPOCH

The time at which a new computation is begun; the time whence dates are numbered. Enc. Lond.

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