Emperor

This word is synonymous with the Latin imperator. They are both derived from the verb imperare. Literally, it signifies "he who commands." Under the Roman republic, the title "emperor" was the generic name given to the commanders-in-chief in the armies. But even then the application of the word was restrained to the successful commander, who was declared emperor by the acclamations of the army, and was afterwards honored with the title by a decree of the senate. It is now used to designate some sovereign prince who bears this title. Ayliffe, Pand. tit.

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EMPHYTEOSIS (or EMPHYTEUSIS).

In civil law

The name of a contract by which the owner of an uncultivated piece of land granted it to another, either in perpetuity, or for a long time, on condition that he should improve it by building, planting or cultivating it, and should pay for it an annual rent, with a right to the grantee to alienate it, or transmit it by descent to his heirs, and under a condition that the grantor should never re-enter as long as the rent should be paid to him by the grantee or his assigns.

Inst. 3. 25. 3. 18 Toullier, Dr. Civ. note 144.