Ejectum
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
That which Is thrown up by the sea. 1 Pet. Adm. (U. S.) 43.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
That which is thrown up by the sea. Warder v. La Belle Creole, 1 Pet. Adm. Dec. 43, Fed. Cas. No. 17,163. See Jetsam. EJERCITORIA. In Spanish Law. The action which lies against the owner of a vessel for debts contracted by the master, or contracts entered into by him, for the purpose of repairing, rigging, and victualling the same. EJUSDEM GENERIS (Lat). Of the same kind. In the construction of laws, wills, and other instruments, general words following an enumeration of specific things are usually restricted to things of the same kind (ejusdem generis) as those specifically enumerated. So, in the construction of wills, when certain articles are enumerated, the term goods is to be restricted to those ejusdem generis. Bacon, Abr. Legacies, B; Minor's Ex'x v. Dabney, 3 Rand. (Va.) 191; 2 Atk. 113; 3 id. 61. See Interpretation; Et Cetera.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
That which is threwn up by the sea, Also jetsam, wreck, ete.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
I. Things cast up by the sea; wreck. Ejus nulla culpa est cui parere uecesse sit, /. No guilt attaches to him who has to obey.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. [from ejicere, to throw out, or up.] That which is thrown out of, or up by the sea (quod a mari ejicitur; ejectus maris;) wreck. Cart. Hen. III.