Ecchymosis

In medical jurisprudence. Blackness. It is an extravasation of blood by rupture of capillary vessels, and hence it follows contusion; but it may exist, as in cases of scurvy and other morbid condi- _ ECCLESIA (Lat. an assembly). A Christian assembly; a church; a place of religious worship. Spelman. ECCLESIA ECCLESIAE DECIMAS SOLvere non debet. It Is not the duty of the church to pay tithes to the church. Cro Eliz. 479. ECCLESIA EST DOMUS MANSIONALIS Omnlpotentis Del. The church is the mansion house of the Omnipotent God. 2 Inst 164. ECCLESIA EST INFRA AETATEM ET in custodia domini regis, qui tenetur jura et haeredltates ejusdem manu tenere et defendere. The church is under age, and in the custody of the king, who is bound to uphold and defend its rights and inheritances. 11 Coke, 49. ECCLESIA FUNGITUR VICE MINORIS; meliorem conditionem suam facere potest, deterlorem nequaquam. The church enjoys the privilege of a minor; it can make its own condition better, but not worse. Co. Litt. 341. ECCLESIA MAGIS FAVENDUM EST quam personae. The church is more to be favored than an individual. Godb. 172.

gr.-l. An effusion of blood under the skin.

In medical jurisprudence. Blackness. It is an extravasation of blood by rupture of eapillary vessels, and hence it follows contusion; but it may exist, as in cases of scurvy and other morbid