Eberemurder

See Aberemurder. ECCHYM0S1S. In Medical Jurisprudence. Localized discoloration in and under the skin. An extravasation of blood by rupture of capillary vessels, and hence it follows contusion; but it may exist, as in cases of scurvy, asphyxiation and other morbid conditions, without the latter. Ryan Med. Jur. 172. Ecchymoses produced by blows upon a body but a few hours dead cannot be distinguished from those produced during life. ECCLESIA (Lat.)- An assembly. A Christian assembly; a church. A place of religious worship. Spelman, Gloss. In the civil law this word retains its classical meaning of an assembly of whatever character. Du Cange; Calvlnus, Lex.; Vicat. Yoc. Jur.; Acts xix. 39. Ordinarily in the New Testament the word denotes a Christian assembly, and is. rendered into English by the word church. It occurs twice in the gospels, Matt. xvi. 18, xvlii. 17, but freq in the other parts of the New Testament, beginning with Acts ii. 47. Ecclesia there never denotes the building, however, as its English equivalent does. In the law, generally, the word is used to denote a place of religious worship, and sometimes a parsonage. Spelman, Gloss. See Church.