Esse
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. [infinitive of sum, I am.1 To be; being. Although a verb, this word is often used in law Latin as a substantive, and governed by a preposition; as in the phrases ad esse, de esse, in esse, &c. See £>e bene esse. In esse,