A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

pi. JElecH. [from eligere, to choose.] Chosen. UlecH, triati et jurati; chosen, tried and sworn. Cro. Ja/c, 119.

Lat. [from Gr. 'eX^i?fioa^yi^: Fr. almoigne,'] In old English law. Alms. Cowell, Inliberam elmnoiynam; in free alms; in frank almoign. Bract, fol. 27 b. See Frankalmoign,

Lat. [from eleemosyna, q. v.] The place in a religious house where the common alms were deposited, and thence by the almoner distributed to the poor. In old English, the aumerie, a

Lat. [from eleemosyna, q. v.] In old English law. An almoner, or distributer of alms. An officer in religious houses who received the eleemosynary rents and gifts, and in due metho

Relating to the distribution of alms, bounty or charity; charitable. ELEEMOSYNARY CORPORA-

Lat. In the civil law. Accurately. Ware,J.,3 5tory'«A611,636.

Lat. [from Wt^«re, to choose.] (He has chosen.) In practice. A writ of execution given by the statute of Westminster 2, (13 Edw. I.) c. 18, on jud^ents for debt or damages, or upon

In civil and old English law. To defeat an adversary's plea£ng. Bract. foL 399 b. Literally to crush or strangle.

Lat. [L. Fr. es Uer:\ To choose.

Lat. [from elisus, q. v.] A defeating or destroying.

Eslisors. [from Fr. eslier, to choose.] In practice. Electors or choosers. Persons appointed by the court to execute writs of venire, in cases where both the sheriff and coroner ar

[Lai.ulna,'] A measure of length, answering to the modem yard. 1 BL Com. 275.

Eloin, Eloine, Esloin. [L. Fr. eloigner, esloiner; L. Lat. elongare.] In practice. To remove, or send a great way off, (longum iter). F. N. B. 68, 69, 74. 3 Bl. Com. 148. Applied t

Alloigner. L. Fr. To eloign; to remove or carry to a distance. JShifftie; eloigned. See JEUngn, Al Ungner.

Lat. \irom elmgare,] In practice. Eloigned; carried away to a distance. The old form of the return made by a sheriff to a writ of replevin, stating that the goods or beasts had bee

Lat. [L.Fr.eloigne,] Eloigned. A return made by a sheriff to a writ de homine replegiando, stating that the party to be replevied has been eloigned, or conveyed out of his jurisdic

[from J?eZ^. er, marriage, and loopen» to run; or more probably from Sax. geleoran, (sometimes written ge Uopan,) to depart. Blount,] The voluntary departure of a wife from her hus

Lat. Spring tides. Toums. PL 197.

Lat. To issue or award. Emanate hrevia; to award writs. Towns, PI, 2S, Quia erronick emanavit; because it issued erroneously. Yelv, 83.

[Lat. emancipatio, from mancupare or mancipare, to sell.] In the Roman law. A setting free. The enfranchisement of a son by his father, which was anciently done by the formality of

[from Span. em5ar^ar, wiharagary to detain.] A detention of a vessel in port.* A prohibition to sail. Johnson, J.^ 2 Wheaton's R, 148. A restraint or prohibition imposed by the pub

In criminal law. The appropriation to one's own use or benefit, of property or money entrusted to him by another; such as the embezzlement by clerks, servants and agents, of their

[from Fr. emhler, to sow, or bled, hie, grain; emblavance de bled, com sprung up above ground.] TKe profits of sown land; the profits of the crop; growing crops of com or grain. 2

Fr. To sow. Si le lessee emblea la terre; if the lessee sow the land. Litt. sect. 68. To steal. Emble ou robbes; stolen or robbed. Britt. c. 4. Si le chival fuit emble hors de sa g

[L. Fr. embrasour; L. Lat. imbraciator.] In criminal law. One who practices or is guilty of embracery. One who labors a jury, or instructs them, or puts them in fear. Co, Litt. 369

In criminal law. The offence of attempting to influence a jury corruptly to one side, by promises, persuasions, entreaties, money, entertainments, and the like. 1 Hawk. P. C. 259.

Emendae. L. Lat. [from Fr. amende, emende.] Amends; that which is given in reparation or satisfaction for a loss, or trespass committed; (quod in restaurationem damni tribuitur.) S

[L. Lat. emenda.l An old word, still used in the accounts of the society of the Inner Temple, where so much in emendals, at the foot of an account, signifies so much in bank in the

Lat. [emendam solvere.] In Saxon law. To make amends or satisfaction for any crime or trespass committed; to pay a fine; to be fined. LL. Edw. Conf. c. 35. Spelman. Emendare se; to

Lat. [from emendare, q. v.] In old English law. Amendment, or correction. The power of amending and correcting abuses, according to certain rules and measures. Cowell. In Saxon law

Fr. Liable to amercement; amerciable. Britt. c. 21.

Lat. To arise; to happen. Bract, fol. 1 b, 109. Stat. Marlbr. c. 13. Novis injuriis emersis, nova constituere remedia; to ordain new remedies for new injuries that have arisen. Fle

[Lat. dominium eminens.] The inherent sovereign power of a state, which gives to the legislature the control of private property for public uses. 2 Kent's Com. 339, and note. The u

The old form of writing Impanel^ (q. v.) Cowell. Blount.

Fr. [from «i, in, and parke^ a pound; L. Lat. imparcare,'\ To impound. Britt. c. 21, 61.

[from Fr. enpar Ur, to speak together.] The old form of imparl^ (q. v.) as emparlance was of imparlance, (q. v.) Cowell. Blount. The ancient orthography is, in strictness, correct.

Fr. To impeach. L. Fr, Diet, See Impeach.

Emphyteom, Emphiteosis. Lat. [from Qr. i^gpvT«^a*ff, from ifupvxe<)sip, to plant, or improve land.] In the ciyil law. An improving lease; a contract (of the class termed consensual

Lat. [from emphyteusis, q. v.] In the civil law. The person to whom an emphyteusis is granted; the lessee or tenant under a contract of emphyteusis, Calvin's Lex, Jurid. 1 Mackeld,

Lat. [from Gr. emphyteutikos.] In the civil law. Founded on, growing out of, or having the character of an emphyteusis; held under an emphyteusis. 3 Bl. Com. 232. Calv. Lex. Jurid.

Enpire. L. Fr. To make worse. Britt, c. 54.

The old ^and strictly, the correct) form of Implead, (q. v.) from the Fr. emp Uder, (q. v.) Otherwise written Enpleet, CowelL

Enp Uder, L. Fr. To implead. Ne pleder ne estre emplede; neither to plead, nor to be impleaded. Britt, c. 33. See Id, c. 11. Ne emplederont ne serront empledes; shall neither imple

Fr. Imprisonment. Emprisonement par emprisons' ment; imprisonment for imprisonment. Britt, c. 25.

Enprompter, L. Fr. To borrow. Emprompt; borrowed; borrowing. Britt, c. 21.

Emtio, Lat. [from emere, to buy.] A buying or purchase. Calv, Lex, Jur, Bract, fol. 61 b.

Lat. Purchase and sale; sometimes translated emption and vendition. The name of the contract of sale in the Roman law. Inst, 3. 24. Bract, fol. 61b. Heinecc, Elem, Jur, Civ, lib. 3

Lat. [from emere, to buy.] A buyer or purchaser. Emptor tenetur venditori ad pretium, et venditor emptori, e converso, ad ipsam rem tradendam; the buyer is bound to the seller for

In English law. The statute 32 Hen. VIII. c. 28, by which tenants in tail, husbands seised in right of their wives, and persons seised of an estate of fee simple in right of their

Fr. Hereafter; afterwards. L. Ft. Diet.

Fr. In time past. Stat, de Judaismo. 2 Inst 506. EN AUTRE (AUTER) DROIT. L.Fr. In another's right. 2 Bl. Com. 117.

Fr. To water, (as cattle.) Britt. c. 61.

Fr. To write down in short; to abbreviate, or, in old language, imbreviate; to put into a schedule. Bntt. c. 1. See Jmbreviare.

Enceynt, Ensient. L. Fr. Pregnant; with child. Enceynte de enfauni. Britt. c. 24.

Fr. To confine; to put mto the stocks (?) Britt. c. 49;

Fr. In certain. Mys en eertein; put in certam; reduced to certainty. Britt, c. 69.

Fr. To chase or hunt; to drive; to compel. L. Fr, Diet. Kelham.

Enchesam, Enchasm, Enchison, Acheson. L. Fr. Cause; reason; occasion. Par quel encheson il se neya; for what reason he drowned himself. Britt. c. 1. Par encheson de matrimoyne; in

Fr. [L. Lat. in capite.] In chief. Que tenent en chiefe; who hold in chief, or in capite. Britt. c. 34.

Fr. To claim, Enclamaunt fraunk tenement) claiming the freehold. Britt. c. 42. Id. c. 70.

Fr. To enclose. Britt c. 61. Enclos; enclosed; shut in, or shut up. Id. ibid. Id. c. 33.

Encmtre, Encounter. L. Fr. [Lat. contra.] Against; in opposition to; in violation of. ^ritt, fol. 3. Id. c. 93, et passim.

Fr. On the side; collateral. Kelliam. See Coete.

Encumbrer. L.Fr. To encumber or hinder. Britt. c. 68. Eneombrement; hindrance or encumbrance. Id. c. 76. To possess a church; to be the incumbent. Id. c. 92.

Fr. [Lat. inculpare.] To accuse or charge. Encoupe; accused. Britt. c. 4, 110.

Fr. [Lat. incurrere.] To run; to run against, or bar. Car nul temps en ceo cas ne luy encoure; for no time in this case runs against him. Britt. c. 38.

Fr. In, or mto court. Viendra en court; shall come into court. Britt. c. 26.

Fr. Increase; accretion. Si Tencres eyt este si soutil, que nul ne poet voier ne aperceyver eel encres que luy eyt estre encru par proces de temps; k the increase have been so impe

[from L. Fr. encrocher, q. v.] To gain unlawfully upon the rights or possession of another; to take more than is one's right or due.* " If the tenant holds by fealty and a hawk, an

[L. Fr. encrochement.] An unlawful gaming upon the rights or possessions of another. Cowell.

Fr. To pull or draw to, as with a hook, {croc;) to take more than is due.* Plowd. 94, 95, (Fr. ed.)

Fr. To accuse. Encuse; accused. Britt. c. 4, 22. Encusement; accusation. Id. c. 22. Encusour; an accuser. Id. c. 4. END & EXPIRATION. Held to be synonymous terms. Plowd. 198.

Fr. In demesne. JSn demeyne et en severalte. Britt. c. 42.

^nrfwi/e. L.Fr. Endented; cut or divided in a line resembling the teeth of a saw. Issint que Vescript soil endente, et que les justices eyent la une partie, et Vautre partie remeig

Fr. An indenture. Litt, sect. 370. See Indenture.

An old form of Indict, (q. v.) Formed directly from the Fr. enditer, (q.v.)

An old form of Indictment, used by Cowell and Blount; and derived from the Fr. enditer, (q. v.)

Fr. To indict. Endite, endites; indicted. Britt. c. 1, 15.

Fr. To sleep; to be or become dormant. Endormy; dormant or suspended. Britt. c. 108.

See Endorse, IndorsemenL

Fr. & Eng. [L. Lat. dotatio.] The assignment or bestowment of dower to, or upon a woman. 2 Bl. Com. 135. The providing for the officiating ministers of a church, by setting apart a

Breve, L. Lat. The name of a writ or commission for hearing and determiningany outrage or misdemeanor. 2 Reeves* Mist, 170. See Ad audiendum et terminandum, Oyer and Terminer,

Fr. [from Lat.cn/an*.] An infant, (child.) Britt. c. 107. An infant or minor. Enfaunt dedens age; an infant under age. Britt. c. 64, 126.

[L. Lat. /w/are, infeudare, v.] To give, bestow or convey a fee or ief. 2 Bl Com. 310. See Feoffment.

[from L. Fr. en/rawnchir, q. v.] To make free. See Enfranchisement. To incorporate a person into any body politic or corporation; to make a person a free denizen. Cowell. Blount. T

Fr. & Eng. [from enfraunchir, q. v.] The act of making a person free, as a villein or bondman. Enfranchisement is a more general word than manumission, for that is properly applied

Enfranchir. L. Fr. [from en, in, and franche, free.] To make free; to confer a privilege or liberty; to enfranchise, (q. v.) Enfraunchys par chartre. Britt. c. 120.

J^n/retnrf«r. L.Fr. To break; to violate or infringe. L. Fr. Diet. Enfreint, broken. Nostre peas enfreynt; our peace broken. Britt. c. 29.

Fr. To pledge. Kelham. See Qage.

Fr. To beget, or engender. Britt. c. 36.

Fr. To eject JEWgette; ejected. Britt. c. 82, 34, 40.

Englecherie, Englescherie, Engleschery. L. Fr. <b Eng. [L. Lat. Englescheria, Engleceria.] in old English law. The fact of being an Englishman; Englishery; {Anglietas, nativitas An

Fr. England. Britt fol. 1.

Fr. English; an Englishman. Britt c. 9.

Fr. In gross; by wholesale. Britt. c. 21.

[from Fr. en, in, and ^ot, grosse, large.] In practice. To write in a gross, or Zar^e strong hand. 1 BL Com. 183. To copy in a large or fair hand; to copy upon parchment or stamped

[L. Lat. ingroeeator.] A clerk or copyist. One who practices, or is guilty of engrossing. See Engrossing,

In English law. The getting into one's possession, or buying up large quantities of corn, or other dead victuals, with intent to sell them again. The total engrossing of any other

Fr. To raise; to lift up; to set up. Enhaunce, raised. Ou enhaunce ou abatu; raised or lowered. Britt. c. 61. Applied to material objects.

Fr. &Eng. The old form of inheritance, (q. v.) Cowell.