Exclusa

or EXCLUSAGIUM.

In old English law

A sluice to carry off water; the payment to the lord for the benefit of such a sluice.

Cowell; Reg. Orig. 96.

A place in a stream made narrow for the purpose of fishing.

Spelman.

EXCLUSIVE (Lat. ex, out, claudere, to shut). Shutting out; debarring from participation. Shut out; not included. An exclusive right or privilege, as a copyright or patent, is one which may be exercised and enjoyed only by the person authorized, while all others are forbidden to interfere. A special grant of power is not exclusive merely because no one else happens to possess it, so long as there is nothing to prevent its granting to another. "An act does not grant an exclusive privilege or franchise unless it shuts out or excludes others from enjoying a similar privilege or franchise."

98 N. Y. 139.

EXCOMMENGEMENT (Lat.) Excommunication. Britt. c.

49.