Equal laws and a well-ad- justed constitution of government.

Lat. In old practice. An escape from prison or custody. Reg. Orig. 312.

A subtle endeavoring to set aside truth or to escape the punishment ofthe law. This will not be allowed. If one person says to another that he will not strikehim, but will

Tending or seeking to evade; elusive; shifting ; as an evasive argument or plea.

In old English law. The delivery at even or night of a certain portion ofgrass, or corn, etc.. to a customary tenant, who performs the service of cutting,mowing, or reaping for his

In reference to judicial and quasi judicial proceedings, the “event” meansthe conclusion, end, or final outcome or result of a litigation; as, in the phrase “abidethe event,” speaking of costs or of

Each one of all; the term includes all the separate individuals who constitute the whole, regarded one by one. Geary v. Parker, 65 Ark. 521, 47 S. W. 238; Purdy v.People, 4

See EAVES-DROPPERS

In the civil law. To recover anything from a person by virtue of the judgmentof a court or judicial sentence.At common law. To dispossess, or turn out of the possession of lands

Dispossession by process of law ; the act of depriving a person of thepossession of lands which he has held, in pursuance of the judgment of a court. Reasonerv. Edmundson, 5 Ind.

Having the quality of evidence ; constituting evidence; evidencing. A term Introduced by Bentham, and, fromits convenience, adopted by other writers.

In French law. The withdrawal of a cause from the cognizance of aninferior court, and bringing it before another court or judge. In some respects thisprocess resembles the proceedings upon certiorari.

(L. Fr. Ewe, water.) In old English law. Toll paid for water passage, Thesame as aquage. Tomlins.

1. A Latin preposition meaning from, out of, by, on, on account of, or according to.2. A prefix, denoting removal or cessation. Prefixed to the name of an office, relation,status, etc., it

Out of abundance; abundantly; superfluously ; more tban sufficient Calvin.

Lat. Out of abundant caution. “The practice has arisen abundmti cautcla.” 8 East, 32(5; LordEllenborough, 4 Maule & S. 544.

On the other side. 2 Show. 461. Applied to counsel.

According to equity ; in equity. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 10,

A phrase derived from the civil law, meaning, in justice andfairness; according to what is just and good; according to equity and conscience. 3 Bl.Comm. 163.

Of the other part Ex antecedentibns et conseqnentibua fit optima interpretatio. The best interpretation[of a part of an instrument] is made from the antecedents and the consequents, [fromthe preceding, and following parts.]