En Avant
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
(L. Fr.) In future; for the time to come; henceforward. Kelham. EN BANKE (Law Fr.) In the bench. 1 And. 51. EN DEMEURE (Fr.) In default Used in Louisiana. 3 Mart. (La.; N. S.) 674. necessary that the estates be equal. Co. Litt 50; 2 Hilliard, Real Prop. 298. EN GROS (Fr.) In gross; by wholesale. Britt. c. 21. EN JUICIO (Spanish). Judicially; In a court of law; in a suit at law. White, New Recop. bk. 2, tit. 8, c. 1. EN MORT MEYNE (Law Fr.)'ln a dead hand; in mortmain. Britt. c. 43. EN OWEL MAIN (Law Fr.) In equal hand. The word "owel" occurs also in the phrase "owelty of partition." See 1 Washb. Real Prop. 427. EN VENTRE SA MERE (Fr.) In its mother's womb. For certain purposes, as of inheritance, etc., a child en ventre sa mere is to be considered as in being, in so far as its property rights are concerned, but not to the extent of permitting it to recover after its birth for prenatal injuries negligently inflicted. EN VIE (Law Fr.) In life; alive. Britt. c. 50.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916