In old English law. A sluice to carry off water; the payment to the lord for the benefit of such a sluice. Cowell.

Shutting out; debarring from interference or participation; vested in oneperson alone. An exclusive right is one which only the grantee thereof can exercise, andfrom which all others are prohibited or shut out.

Excommunication, (q. v.) Co. Litt. 134a.

A sentence of censure pronounced by one of the spiritualcourts for offenses falling under ecclesiastical coguizance. It is described in the booksas twofold: (1) The lesser excommunication, which is an ecclesiastical censure,excluding

In ecclesiastical law. A writ issuing out of chancery, founded on a bishop’s certificate thatthe defendant had been excommunicated, and requiring the sheriff to arrest and imprisonhim, returnable to the king’s bench.

A writ commanding that persons excommunicated, who for their obstinacy had beencommitted to prison, but were unlawfully set free before they had given caution to obeythe authority of the church, should be

In Scotch law. A warrant granted at the suit of a prisoner for citing witnesses in his own defense.

Admitting of excuse or palliation. As used in the law, this word impliesthat the act or omission spoken of is on Its face unlawful, wrong, or liable to entail lossor disadvantage on

In the civil law. An excuse or reason which exempts from some duty or obligation.

In English law. An excuser.In old German law. A defendant; he who utterly denies the plaintiff’s claim. Du Cauge.Excnsatur quis quod clameum non op- posuerit, ut si toto tempore litigii fuit ultramare

A reason alleged for doing or not doing a thing. Worcester.A matter alleged as a reason for relief or exemption from some duty or obligation.

To seize and detain by law.

In the civil law. A diligent prosecution of a remedy against a debtor; theexhausting of a remedy against a principal debtor, before resorting to his sureties.Translated “discussion,” (q. v.)In old English law.

A permission which a bishop grants to a priest to go out of his diocese; alsoleave to go out generally.

To finish, accomplish, make complete, fulfill. To perform; obey the injunctions of.To make; as to execute a deed, which includes signing, sealing, and delivery.To perform; carry out according to its terms ;

Completed; carried into full effect; already (lone or performed ; takingeffect immediately; now in existence or in possession; conveying an immediate right orpossession. The opposite of executory.

Lat. The doing or following up of a thing; the doing a thing completelyor thoroughly; management or administration.In old practice. Execution; the final process in an action.

The completion, fulfillment, or perfecting of anything, or carrying it into operation and effect. The signing, sealing, and delivery of a deed. The signing and publication of a will. The performance of

A writ that lay for taking cattle ofone who has conveyed the cattle of another out of the county, so that the sheriffcannot replevy them. Reg. Orig. 82.

A writ directed to the judge of an inferior court to doexecution upon a judgment therein, or to return some reasonable cause wherefore hedelays the execution. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 20.