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Expediment

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The whole of a person's goods and chattels, bag and baggage. EXPEDIT REPUBLICAE NE SUA RE quis male utatur. It is for the interest of the state that a man should not use his own property improperly. Inst. 1. 8. 2; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 328. EXPEDIT REIPUBLICAE UT SIT FINIS litium. It Is for the advantage of the state that there be an end of suits; it is for the public good that actions be brought to a close. Co. Litt. 303b.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The whole of a person's goods and chatteis, bag and baggage. Wharton.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

The whole of a person’s goods and chattels, bag and bagyage. Wharton. Expedit reipublice ne sua re quis male utatur. Itis for the interest of the state that a man should not enjoy his own property improperly, (to the injury of others.) Inst. 1, 8, 2. Expedit reipublice ut sit finis litinm. It is for the advantage of the state that there be an end of suits; itis for the public good that actions be brought to aclose. Co. Litk. 3030.