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EXIGENT, or EXIGI FACIAS

L. Lat. In English practice. A judicial writ made use of inthe process of outlawry, commanding the sheriff to demand the defendant, (or causehim to be demanded, cxigi fa- ciat,) from county

EXIGI FACIAS

That you cause to be demanded. The emphatic words of the Latinform of the writ of exigent. They are sometimes used as the name of that writ.

EXILE

Banishment; the person banished.

EXILIUM

Lat. In old English law.(1) Exile; banishment from one’s country.(2) Driving away; despoiling. The name of a species of waste, which consisted in drivingaway tenants or vassals from the estate; as by

EXIST

To live; to have life or animation; to be in present force, activity, or effect ata given time; as in speaking of “existing” contracts, creditors, debts, laws, rights, orliens. Merritt v. Grover,

EXISTIMATIO

In the civil law. The civil reputation which belonged to the Romancitizen, as such. Mackeld. Rom. Law,

EXIT

Lat It goes forth. This word is used In docket entries as a brief mention of theissue of process. Thus, “exit fi. fa.” denotes that a writ of fieri facias has been

EXIT WOUND

A term used in medical jurisprudence to denote the wound made bya weapon on the side where it emerges, after it has passed completely through thebody, or through any part of it

EXITUS

Children; offspring. The rents, Issues, and profits of lands and tenements.An export duty. The conclusion of the pleadings.

EXLEGARE

In old English law. To outlaw; to deprive one of the benefit andprotection of the law, (exuere aliquem benefi- cio legis.) Spelman.

EXLEX

In old English law. An outlaw; qui est extra legem, one who Is out of thelaw’s protection. Bract, fol. 125. Qui benefieio legis privatur. Spelman.

EXONERATIONS SECT

. A writ that lay for the crown’s ward, to be free from all suitto the county court, hundred court, leet, etc., during wardship. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 158.

EXONERATIONE SECT

A writ of the same nature as that lastabove described, issued by the guardian of the crown’s ward, and addressed to thesheriffs or stewards of the court, forbidding them to distrain him,

EXONERETUR

Lat. Let him be relieved or discharged. An entry made on a bailpiece,whereby the surety Is relieved or discharged from further obligation, when thecondition is fulfilled by the surrender of the principal

EXORDIUM

The beginning or introductory part of a speech.

EXPATRIATION

The voluntary act of abandoning one’s country, and becoming thecitizen or subject of another. Ludlam v. Ludlam, 31 Barb. (N. Y.) 4S9. See EMIGRATION.

EXPECT

To await; to look forward to something intended, promised, or likely tohappen. Atchison, etc., R. Co. v. Ilamliu, 07 Kan. 470, 73 Pac. 58.

EXPEDIENTE

In Mexican law, a term including all the papers or documents constitutinga grant or title to laud from government Vanderslice v. Hanks, 3 Cal. 27, 38.

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