Essoin
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
or ESSOIGN.
In old English law
An excuse for not appearing in court at the return of the process; presentation of such excuse.
Spelman; 1 Sellon, Prac. 4; Comjm, Dig. "Exoine" (B 1).
Essoin is not now allowed at all in personal actions.
2 Term R. 16; 16 East, 7 (a); 3 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 278, note.