A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Fr. To inherit. Cestui que doit enheriter al pere doit enheriter al fitz. He who should have inherited to the father shall inherit to the son. See Cestui.

(ENICIA) PARS. L. Lat. In old English law. The part or share of the eldest. The part which the eldest sister had, where a partition of lands was made by friends chosen by agreement

[from L. Fr. enjoyndre; Lat" injungere!] To impose or lay upon; to lay a command upon; to command. In practice. To command a person to refrain from doing a thing; to prohibit or re

Fr. To command; to enjoin. Etpuis lour soit enjoynt que si, &c.; and afterwards it shall be enjoined upon them that if, &c. Britt. c. 29. See Id. cc. 70, 74.

Fr. In judgment; in or into court, (m judicio, q. y.) Co'e lee p*ties viendr* en jugement; when the parties shall appear in court. Britt. c,24. EN LE (LA) MERCIE. L. Fr. \L. Lat. i

[from L. Fr. enlarger, q. v.] In practice. To extend; to add to; to grant further time. To enlarge a rule is to extend the timQ for a party to show cause under it. Holthouse.

Fr. To enlarge; to make more comprehensive; to make wider. Applied both to rights and to material objects. Puit home enlarger le don; a man may enlarge the gift. Britt. c. 39. Chem

Fr. In conveyancmg. The enlarging of an estate; as where an immediate remainder-man in fee releases all his right to the particular tenant in possession, and his heirs; this gives

A remedial statute which enlarges or extends the common law. 1 Bl. Com. 86, 87.

Fr. In the ^. Hn le per et cui; m the per and cui. JEn le post; in the poet. Terms applied in the old books, to writs of entry. Reg. Grig. 228, 229. d Reeves' Hist. 34. See In the

Fr. [L.Lat. in mortua manu."] In a dead hand; in mortmain. Britt. c. 43.

Lat. [from enormis, q. v.] In old practice and pleading. Unlawful or wrongful acts; wrongs. Et alia enormia; and other wrongs. This phrase constantly occurs in the old writs of tre

Lat. [from e, out of, and norma, rule.] Out of rule or measure; irregular; immoderate; excessive. Out of rule or law; against law; unlawful; wrongful. See Enormia. Enormous; heinou

En pays. L. Fr. [L. Lat. in patria.] In the country. Litt. sect. 618. See In patria. On the country. Se soient mys en pays; put themselves on the country. Britt. c. 4.

Fr. To speak or talk together; to emparl or imparl. Applied by Britton to the deliberation of a jury. Et tauntost voysent les jurours en une part par eux mesmes, pur enparler; and

Fr. In full life. Britt. c. 106.

Fr. In hand. Quant l^ fscffor ad U fait en poigne; when the feoffor hath the deed in hand, l Att. sect. 375.

Fr. [Lat. twipnmti J In the first place; first. Britt. fol. 1. la. c. 26. This phrase constantly occurs in the old French statutes. Stat. Westm. I, c. 1. Artie, sup. Chart.

Fr. To imprison. Britt. c. 66. See Umprieoner.

Fr. To improve. Britt c. 67.

Fr. [from Lat. inquirere.] To inquire; to make inquiry. Britt, c. 51. Enquerge; he shall inquire. Id, c. 1.

Fr. k Eng. [from Fr. enqutrer, q. v.] Inquisition or inquiry; an inquest; the mquisition of a jury. BritU c. 1, 33. A jury. Litt sect. 368. Enquest was the old English form of /nqu

[from L. Fr. enroullment; L. Lat. irrotulatio.] An entering on a roll, or on record; the recording of a deed. See Enroll. Written by Cowell, Inrollment.

Fr. [from en, in or on, and route, a roll.] To enroll; to put or write on a roll. Enrouler en roule de coroner; to enroll on the roll of the coroner. Britt, c. 1. Lee noatnee dee f

[from L. Fr. eneeler, q. v.] To seal. Ensealing is still used as a f or^ mal word in conveyancing.

Fr. To seal. Ensele desouth les seals des jurours; sealed under the seals of the jurors. Britt. c. 58. Ensele de son seal; sealed with his seal. Id. c. 121.

Fr. [from enserver, q. v.] Servile; subject to service; the opposite of free. Ascuns punches, et (ucuns enserves; some free, and some servile. Britt. c. 64.

Fr. To make subject to a service or servitude. Britt. c. 54.

Fr. [from Lat. sepelire, to bury.] To bury. Ensevely; buried. Britt. c. 11.

Fr. [L. Lat. in damno suo.] In his damage; doing him damage; damage feasant, (q. v.) En son pree, ou en ses blees, ou aillours en son damage; in his meadow, or in his corn, or else

L. Fr. In his demesne as of fee. BritU c. 51, 72. See Demesne.

[L. Fr. entailU.l A fee entailed; that is, abridged, curtailed or limited to certain heirs.* Cowell. Blount, 2 Bl. Com. 112, et seq. See To entail, Fee tail. To ENTAIL, [from L. Fr

Fr. [from Lat. intentio, q. v.] In old pleading. A plaintiff's count or declaration. Britt. c. 92. See Entente.

Fr. [from mtendre, q. v.] Understanding; meaning; signification. JEW ceo mot, mort, y ad double entendement; in this word mort (dead) there is a double meaning. Britt. c. 92. See I

The old form of intendment, (q. v.) derived directly from the Fr. Entendement, (q. v.) and used by Cowell to denote the true meaning or signification of a word or sentence; that is

Fr. [L. Lat. intentio, q. v.] In old pleading. The plaintiff's count or declaration in a real action. Et puis die le pleyntyfe sa entente, solonc les pointz del briefe original; an

[from L. Fr. entrer, (q. v.); L. Lat. intrare.] To take actual possession of lands; to go into, or upon them. See Entry. In practice. To place a thing properly before a court, and

The old form of Interpleader, (q, V.) used by Cowell.

Fr. [Lat tn testimonium.] In testimony or witness. JSn tesmoignances des queux choses nous avons fait f aire cestes nous Uttres overts; in testimony whereof we have caused these ou

Fr. Entire; whole. Entier sanke; the whole blood. Litt. sect. 2.

Entiertie. L. Fr. The whole; the entirety. Kelham.

[L. Fr. entierU, from entier, whole.] The whole, in contradistinction to a moiety or part only. When land is conyeyed to husband and wife, they do not take by moieties, but both ar

Fr. In; within. Entre ses bras; withm her arms. Britt, c. 23. A term applied to a husband de facto. See Infra brachia,

Fr. An intruder or interloper. Britt, c. 114.

Fr. [from entrer, q. y.] Entry. Brefe cT entre; a writ of entry. Britt, c. 114.

Fr. Interlineation. Kelham,

Fr. [from Lat. intromittere, to let or put in.] To intermeddle; to intrude into. Britt. c. 58. Qui se ad entremys del office; who shall have intruded into the office. Id. c. 16.

Fr. [from Lat. intrare, q. v.] To enter. Entrast; enters. Britt. c. 114. Entrant; enter. Id. ibid.

Fr. An interyal. Apres long entreyal. Britt. c. 111.

An old form of Intrusion, (q. y.) used by Cowell.

[L. Lat. intratio.] In practice. The putting a proceeding on record, in proper technical language and order. A judgment record is composed of entries of the various proceedings in

[L. Fr. entre, entree; L. Lat. ingressus, introitus,] The actual taking possession of lands or tenements, by entermg into, or setting foot upon the same; an extrajudicial and summa

In the law of burglary. An act, which in addition to breaking (q. y.) is essential to complete the offence of burglary. Any, the least degree of entry, with any part of the body, o

Writ of. [L. Fr. brefe d'entre; L. Lat. hreve de ingressu.'] A species of real action, of great -antiquity in English law, and, until a comparatively recent period, the general rem

Writ of. A writ of entry so called from the words "et in — quod idem A. non habet ingressum nisi per E. qui illud ei dimisit"; and into which the said A. (the tenant) hath not entr

Writ of A writ of entry, so called from the words " et in quod non habet ingressum nisi PER C CUI D. illud dimisit, Ac"; and into which he hath not entry unless by C. to whom D. de

Writ of. A writ of entry, so called from the words "et in quod non habet ingressum nisi post disseisinam quam L. inde injuste et sine judicio fecit C. patri vel alio antecessori pr

[from L. Fr. enurer, entter, urer.] To take effect; to take place; to operate. Un release prendra effect et urera; a release shall take effect and enure. Litt. sect. 305, 306, 307.

Enveyer. L. Fr. To send. Kelham. See Envoyer.

Fr. In its mother's womb. Britt. c. 118.

Enverz. L. Fr. Against. Litt. sect. 58.

Fr. In life; alive. Britt. c. 60.

Fr. Tosend. -fi'wwoye; sent. Britt, c. 2 1. Enyoyes a nostre gaole. Id. c. 100. Envoyahle. Id. c. 110.

Lat. With or in that view; with that intent. See Intuitus. EO LOCL Lat. In the civil law. In that state or condition; in that place {eo loco.) Calv. Lex. Jur.

Lat. Under that name; by that appellation. Perinde ac si eo nomine tibi tradita fuisset; just as if it had been delivered to you by that name. Inst. 2. 1. 43. A common phrase in th

Sax. [L. Lat. eoria.] A word adopted by the Saxons from the Danish jarl, and applied to the ealderman, and afterwards to the count {comes) of the Normans. Hence the English earl. S

Lat. [from ep Ucopvs, q. V.J In ecclesiastical law. Synodals, pentecostals, and other customary payments from the clergy to their diocesan bishop, formerly collected by the rural d

Lat. [from Gr. episkopos, q. v.] A bishop. Calv. Lex.

Lat. In old European law. A letter or epistle. Calv. Lex. Jurid. A charter; any instrument in writing for the conveyance of lands or the assurance of contracts; {instrum.entum quo

Lat. In the civil law. An opinion of the emperor upon a case submitted to him; a rescript. Inst. 1. 2. 6. Bfvaiit/ la e^iiitT. Francis^ Max. 9, max. iii. Thus where an heir buys in

Lat. A knight. Spelman. 1 Bl. Com. 404. So called because serving on horseback. Id. ibid. Eques auratus; a knight, so called from the gilt spurs he wore. Id. ibid. Spelman, who him

Such assets as at law cannot be reached by a creditor. 8 Wooddes. Led. 290, and notes. Equitable assets are all assets which are chargeable with the payment of debts or legacies in

An estate acquired by operation of equity, or cognizable in a court of equity; such as the estate or title of a person for whose use or benefit lands are held in trust by another,

A mortgage arising in equity, out of the transactions of the parties, without any deed or express eontract for that sp^ecic^ purpose. 4 Eenfs Com. 160. Thus, if a debtor deposits h

Lat [from equitare, to ride.] In old English law. Travelling furniture, or riding equipments, including horses, horse harness, dec. Beg. Orig. 100 b. Stat. Westm. 2, c. 39.

[Lat. cequitas; from (jsquus, equal, even, just; Gr. ^♦6*xe/a, qq. v.] In a general sense — ^natural right or justice, as addressed to the conscience, independently of any express

A system of jurisprudence collateral to, and in some respects, independent of law, properly so called; the object of which is to render the administration of justice more complete,

The right which equity gives to a mortgagor, of redeeming his mortgaged estate after the appointed period has gone by, for repayment of the sum of money which was due on the mortga

Lat. To divide or partition. A very ancient word. Written also Herdscere (q. v.)

Lat. In the civil law. To be divided. Judicium families erciscunda; a suit for the partition of an inheritance. Inst. 4. 17. 4. Id. 3, 28. 4. Id. 4. 6. 20. An ancient phrase derive

^tw. L. Fr. To plough. Kelham, See Jrer.

In the Irish Brehon law, was a pecuniary satisfaction or recompense, (corresponding in some degree with the weregild of the Saxon law,) which a party guilty of murder was condemned

Lat. We erect. One of the words by which a corporation may be created in England by the king's charter. 1 BL Cam. 473.

Erraunt. L. Fr. & Eng. [from Fr. eirer, errer; to travel, to go about.] In English law. Itinerant; travelling about. A term formerly applied to justices, who went the circuit (othe

Lat. In old law. A waif or stray; a wandering beast. CowelL

Lat. In old practice. Erroneously; through mistake. JTelv. 83.

Lat. & Eng. [L. Fr. erreur, errour.] In practice. A mistake in the foundation, proceedings, judgment or execution of a suit in a court of record, in matter of law or of fact; and t

WHt of. [L. Lat. hreve de errore; L. Fr. hrrfe d* errour.'] In practice. An original writ which lies after judgment in an action at law, in a court of record, to correct some suppo

Lat. Error; mistake. 1 Mackeld. Civ. Law. 163. See Ignorantia. Error juris nocet. Error of law injures. A mistake of the law has an injurious effect; that is, the party committing

Fr. [from Lat. error.] Error, mistake. Britt. c. 26.

Lat. [from Fr. esbrancher.] In old law. A cutting off of the branches or boughs of trees. Cowell. Spelman.

Escceta. L. Lat. In old English law. An escheat. Spdm^n. Bract. fol. 30. See Escheat. The falling of a material object, as a tree; the appendages of a tree felled or cut down. Cart

Breve de. L. Lat. In old English law. A writ of exchange. A license in the shape of a writ, formerly granted to an English merchant to draw a bill of exchange on another in foreign

Escham Uumy Excambium. L. Lat. In old English law. Exchange. See Escambio, Excambium, Recompense in value. Anciently, when land was recovered of a tenant, as in an action of dower,

[L. Lat. escapium, eschapium, from L. Fr. eschaper, escapper; Lat. ^ffugercy to fly from.] In practice. A violent or privy evasion out of some lawful restraint. Cowell. — The gaini

In English practice. A warrant granted by statutes 1 Ann. c. 6, and 6 Ann. c. 9, to retake a prisoner who has escaped from custody on execution, or mesne process. It is issued on a

Escapia. L. Lat. In old English law. An escape. Reg. Orig. S12. A chance, or accident. Cowell, See Eschapium.

Eschaunge. L. Fr. Exchange. A title in the old abridgments of Fitzherbert, Brooke, and Ymer. ••ieat egaiM. In an exchange it behodres that the estates should be equal. Idtt, sect.

Fr. To escape. Et si leprisoun que avera escbape, soit eschape hors de la garde; and if the prisoner who shall have escaped be escaped out of the custody. Britt. c. 11. See Id, c.

Lat. Chance, hap, or accident; a casual opportunity. BracL fol. 230. Cowell, voc. Jaacapium.