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From; out of.

The term “E9–1–1 services” means both phase I and phase II enhanced 9–1–1 services, as described in section 20.18 of the Commission's regulations (47 C.F.R. 20.18), as in effect on

Sax. The water or river; also the mouth of a river on the shore between high and low water-mark.

[Sax. eorl, eorle; L. Lat. comes, eorla; Fr. comte; L. Fr. countee^ The most ancient title of nobility in England, and formerly the highest, (answering to the Lat. comes;) but now

In. a statute against "fabricating" a voting paper, impotts an act done with criminal intent; implies fraud or falsehood, a false or fraudulent concoction, by one knowing that it i

Every one of the two' or more individuals composing the whole, considered separately from the rest. 102 111. 233. EADEM CAUSA DIVERSIS RATIONIBUS coram Judlcibus ecclesiasticis et

eritm. law. A corpse. To take up a dead body without lawful authority, even for the purposes of dissection, is a misdemeanor, for which the offender may be indicted at common law.

2 Inst. 622. The same cause is argued upon different principles before ecclesiastical and secular judges.

The same cause is with different reasons argued before both ecclesiastical and secular judges.

EADEM EST LEX. The same reason, the same law. 7 Pick. (Mass.) 493. EADEM MENS PRAESUMITUR REGIS quae est juris quae esse debet, praesertim in dubiis. The mind of the sovereign is p

The same reason, the same law. See 7 Pick. (Mass.) 493.

The king’s mind is presumed to be in accord with law and as it should be, especially in doubtful matters.

Hob. 154. The mind of the sovereign is presumed to be coincident with that of the law, and with that which it ought to be, especially in ambiguous matters.

That interpretation is to be accepted which is without fault.

enfreinder, I. fr. To freint: broiien.

A gold coin of the United States of the value of ten dollars.

With that intention.

Ealdorman. Sax. (X. Lat. alderm^nnus; Lat. senior. "] Elaqr man, or elder. A very ancient title, applied among the Saxons to a great variety of officers, (see Aldermannus;) the ten

or EALDING. In old Saxon law. An elder or chief. EALDERMAN (Saxon). A Saxon title of honor. It was a mark of honor very widely applicable, the ealdermen being of various ranks. It

A chief.

The name of a Saxon magistrate; alderman; analogous to earl among the Danes, and senator among the Romans. See Alderman.

In old Saxon law. An elder or chief.

A chief bishop or archbishop. EALDORBURG (Saxon). The chief city.

Sax. The metropolis; the chief city. Obsolete.

An ale house.

I. In the civil law. A calendar, a book of accounts; a book of accounts of money loaned out on interest, — so called because the interest was received on the calends of each month.

The privilege of assizing and selling beer.

Those things which are said in commendation at sales, if they appear openly, do not bind the seller.

vel quae In rerum natura non sunt, pro non adjectis habentur. Those things which cannot be griven, or which are not in existence, are held as not expressed. Dig. SO. 17. 135. EA QU

Those things which it is impossible to give or which are not in being are held not to apply.

Those things which are regularly done in our court should be included in the execution debt.

NON TEmere in agendls negotiis computantur. Those things which rarely happen are not to be taken into account in the transaction of business, without sufficient reason. Dig. 50. 17

Those things which rarely happen are not rashly taken into account in business transactions.

Those things which are said on sales, in the way of commendation, lf [the qualities of the thing sold] appear openly, do not bind the seller. Dig. 18, 1, 43, pr.

Those things which are impossible to be given or which are not in the nature of things, are regarded as not added, [as no part of an agreement] Dig. 50, 17, 135.

Co. Litt 289. Those things which are properly transacted in our ceurt ought to be committed to a due execution.

Those things which rarely happen are not to be taken into account in the transaction of business, without sufficient reason. Dig. 50, 17, 64.

Money or property gained by labor or services: as, the earnings of a wife, minor, servant, insolvent debtor, corporation. In a statute of exemptions, the gains of the debtor derive

In English law. Such grass which is upon the land after the mowing, until the feast of the Annunciation after. 3 Leon. 213.

An English title of nobility below that of a marquis and above that of a viscount.

The dignity or jurisdiction of an earl. The dignity only remains now, as the jurisdiction has been given over to the sheriff. 1 Bl. Comm. 339.

Said to be a false spelling for ealdorman. Cent. Diet. But see 2 Holdsw. Hist. E. L. 29, giving Earldorman.

Earnest money.

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “earliest retirement age” means the earlier of— (i) the date on which the participant is entitled to a distribution under the plan, or (ii)

An officer who formerly was of great repute in England. He held the court of chivalry alone as a court of honor, and, in connection with the lord high constable, as a court having

A great officer of state who had anciently several courts under his jurisdiction, as the court of chivalry and the court of honor. Under him is the-herald's office, or college of a

Same as Count palatine.

In the county court and in every hundred court the king was entitled to but two-thirds of the proceeds of justice and the earl got the other third, except perhaps in some exception

The term “early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services” means the following items and services: (1) Screening services— (A) which are provided— (i) at intervals

The term “early childhood education program” means— (A) a Head Start program or an Early Head Start program carried out under the Head Start Act ( 42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), includin

The term “early childhood educator” means an individual with primary responsibility for the education of children in an early childhood education program. / The term “early childho

The term “early college high school” has the meaning given the term in section 7801 of this title . / The term “early college high school” means a partnership between at least one

The term “early intervention” means— (A) providing appropriate services for the child who is deaf or hard-of-hearing, including nonmedical services; and (B) ensuring that the famil

The term “early intervention activities” means advocacy, capacity building, and systemic change activities provided to individuals described in paragraph (8)(B) and their families

The term "early intervention services" means developmental services that— (A) are provided under public supervision; (B) are provided at no cost except where Federal or S

The term “early learning program” means— (A) a program of services or activities that helps parents, caregivers, and child care providers incorporate early learning into the daily

the term “early loan” means a loan enrolled at a time when the aggregate covered amount of loans previously enrolled under the Program by a particular participating financial insti

The term “early plant pest detection and surveillance” means the full range of activities undertaken to find newly introduced plant pests, whether the plant pests are new to the Un

The term “early retirement age” means age 62 in the case of an old-age, wife's, or husband's insurance benefit, and age 60 in the case of a widow's or widower's insurance benefit.

For purposes of this paragraph, the terms “early retirement benefit” and “retirement-type subsidy” have the meaning given such terms in subsection (d)(6)(B)(i). / For purposes of t

Early utility relocation project.—The term "early utility relocation project" means utility relocation activities identified by the State for performance before completio

it has long been a settled rule of construction in the courts of England and America that estates, legal or equitable, given by will, should always be regarded as vesting immediate

A mark put upon a thing for the purpose of distinction. Money in a bag tied and labelled is said to have an earmark. 3 Maule & S. 575.

A mark put upon a thing for the purpose of distinction. Money in a bag tied and labelled is said to have an earmark. 3 Maule & S. 575. Also used in equity in respect of property or

the gross amount of earnings, prior to the taking of payroll or other deductions.

For purposes of this title, the term “earned income advance amount” means, with respect to any payroll period, the amount determined— (A) on the basis of the employee's wages from

It may be 'earned surplus,' as where it was derived wholly from undistributed profits.

The payment of a part of the price of goods sold, or the delivery of part of such goods, for the purpose of binding the contract.

The earning power of an individual is the power to create property; but it is not translated into property within the meaning of the Bankruptcy Act until it has brought earnings in

compensation paid or payable for personal services, whether denominated as wages, salary, commission, bonus, or otherwise, and includes periodic payments pursuant to a pension or r

is the evidence of those who relate, not what they know themselves, but what they have heard from others. As a general rule hearsay evidence of a fact is not admissible. If any fac

Clay, gravel, loam and the like, in distinction from the firm rock. The term also Includes hard pan, which is a bar'! turn of earth. Dickinson v. City of Poughkecpsie, 75 N. Y. 70.

One who attests to things he has heard himself. Earls were anciently called eomites, because they were wont comitari regent, to wait upon the king for counsel and advice. They were

A right in the owner of one parcel of land, by reason of such ownership, to use the land of another for a special purpose not inconsistent with a general property in the owner. 2 W

An incorporeal right which is attached to and belongs with some greater or superior right. See 136 Am. St. Rep. 685, note.

A mere personal interest in land, not appurtenant to any other land. See 136 Am. St. Rep. 683, note.

State, 11 Ark. 491; Atchison St. R. Co. v. Missouri Pac. R. Co., 31 Kan. 661, 3 Pac. 284; Orr v. Quimby, 54 N. H. 6l3. 7. In the law of contracts, an obligation; a deed, whereby th

In the customs laws of the United States, the term "countries east of the Cape of Good Hope" means countries with which, formerly, the United States ordinarily carried on commercia

In this paragraph, the term “East Asia and the Pacific” means the region of countries that the Secretary of State designates as within the responsibility of the Bureau for East Asi

A feast of the Christian church held in memory of our Saviour's resurrection. The Greeks and Latins call it "pascha," (passover,) to which Jewish feast our Easter answers. This fea

A coin struck by Richard II., which is supposed to have given rise to the name of "sterling," as applied to English money. Wharton.

When this word is used alone it will be construed to mean due east; but this is a rule of necessity, growing out of the indefiniteness of the term and has no application where othe

the term “eastern tropical Pacific Ocean” means the area of the Pacific Ocean bounded by 40 degrees north latitude, 40 degrees south latitude, 160 degrees west longitude, and the w

or EASTER dues. In English law. Small sums of money paid to the parochial clergy by the parishioners at Easter as a compensation for personal tithes or the tithe for personal labor

In English law. Small sums of money paid to the parochial clergy by the parishioners at Easter as a compensation for personal tithes, or the tithe for personal labar; recoverable u

Dues paid to the clergy at Easter.

lii English practice one of the four terms of the superior courts in England, formerly called the movable term, but now fixed, beginning on the 15th of April, and ending on the 8th

For purposes of this chapter, the term “East European country” includes Albania, Bulgaria, the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Roman

The name of a royal manor in the county of Kent, England. Mentioned in royal grants or patents, as descriptive of the tenure of free socage. "To be holden of us, our heirs and succ

The East India Company was originally established for prosecuting the trade between England and India, which they acquired a right to carry on exclusively. Since the middle of the

An easterly coast or country.

Approval; ratification, q. V. From ratum-habere, to have or to hold firm or established. Eatihabitio mandato sequiparatur. A ratification is equal to a command. Abridged from omnis

Words used on an acquittal, or when a prisoner is to be discharged, "that he may go without day;" that is, that he be dismissed. Dane, Abr. Index.

In this section, the term "eating disorder" has the meaning given the term "feeding and eating disorders" in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Dis

Any place where food or refreshments of any kind, not including spirits, wines, ale, beer or other malt liquors, are provided for casual visitors, and sold for consumption therein.

Water.

The edge of a roof, built so as to project over the wails of a house, in order that the rain may drop therefrom to the ground instead of running down the wall. Center St Church v.

Rain-water dripping from the eaves of a house.

One guilty of lying in wait to overhear conversation. See 75 Am. Dec. 773, note.

In criminal law. Such persons as wait under walls or windows or the eaves of a house, to listen to discourses and thereupon to frame mischievous tales. 4 Bl. Comm. 167.