Law Dictionary

Against.

In life.

The term “environment” includes water, air, land, and all plants and man and other animals living therein, and the interrelationships which exist among these. / The terms “environm

Environmental assessment.—The term "environmental assessment" has the meaning given the term in section 1508.1 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor re

In this section, the term "environmental bank" means a project, project increment, or projects for purposes of restoring, creating, or enhancing natural resources at a de

For purposes of this section, the term “environmental business” means a business that produces environmental technologies, goods, or services.

the term “environmental dispute” means a dispute or conflict relating to the environment, public lands, or natural resources;

The term “environmental document” includes an environmental assessment, finding of no significant impact, notice of intent, environmental impact statement, or record of decision un

“environmental education” and “environmental education and training” mean educational activities and training activities involving elementary, secondary, and postsecondary students

“environmental education” and “environmental education and training” mean educational activities and training activities involving elementary, secondary, and postsecondary students

“environmental engineering” means the discipline within engineering and science concerned with the development and application of scientific and technical solutions to protecting t

For purposes of subsection (a)(12), the term “environmental enhancements of hydroelectric generating facilities” means property— (A) the use of which is related to a federally lice

For purposes of this section, the term “environmental exposure affected individual” means— (A) an individual described in paragraph (2); and (B) an individual described in paragrap

For purposes of this section, the term “Environmental Fund” means an Environmental Fund established under section 1738g of this title. In the case of Mexico, such fund may be desig

The term “environmental health condition” means— (A) asbestosis, pleural thickening, or pleural plaques, as established by— (i) interpretation by a “B Reader” qualified physician o

The term “environmental impact statement” means the detailed statement of environmental impacts required to be prepared under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S

The term “environmental law” means all applicable Federal, State, and local laws (including regulations) and requirements related to protection of human health, natural and cultura

The term “environmental noise” means the intensity, duration, and the character of sounds from all sources.

The term "environmental obligations" means obligations relating to the environment under— (A) chapter 1 of the USMCA (relating to initial provisions and general definitio

The term “environmental project” means a project that— (i) improves environmental quality; and (ii) is necessary to comply with an applicable environmental law (including a regulat

The term "Environmental Protection Agency Assistant Administrator" means the Assistant Administrator for Water of the Environmental Protection Agency.

The term "Environmental Quality Board" means the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board, a board within the executive branch of the Government of Puerto Rico as establis

The term “environmental quality program” means a program of activities relating to environmental compliance, conservation, pollution prevention, and such other activities relating

Environmental Restoration Project Defined.—In this section, the term "environmental restoration project" includes any construction, development, conversion, or extension

The term "environmental review" means the agency procedures and processes for applying a categorical exclusion or for preparing an environmental assessment, an environmen

Environmental review process.—The term "environmental review process" has the meaning given the term in section 139(a). / The term “environmental review process” means th

Environs.—The term “environs” means the territory surrounding the District of Columbia included in the National Capital region.

by virtue of, that if the wife had a claim it was outside the settlement, and those words would not describe it, even if, at the date of the will, the estate had still stood in the

In international law. A minister of the second rank, on whom his sovereign or government has conferred a degree of dignity and respectability which, without being on a level with a

I. fr. To send; to send for; to summon to court Envoye: sent

Eodem, the same.

A bond is released by the same bond which bound.

EODEM mpdo dissolvltur. It is discharged in the same way in which it arises. Bacon, Abr. "Release;" Cro..Eliz. 697; 2 Wm. Saund. 48. note 1; 11 Wend. (N. Y.) 28, 30: 24 Wend. (N. Y

In the same manner in which a thing is created, it is dissolved.

In the,manner in which [by the same means by which] a thing ls constituted, is it dissolved. 6 Coke, 53b.

In the same manner by which a thing is constituted, it is destroyed.

Lat. On that day; on the same day.

Instantly.

At that instant; at tie very or same instant; immediately. 1 Bla. Com. 196, 249; 1 Co. 138; Black, L. Diet. EORLE (Sax.). An earl. Blount; 1 Bla. Com. 398. The governor of a provin

With that intent.

By that itself.

In that place.

Corporations organized fur the purpose of acquiring lands in large tracts, paying off ineumbrances thereon, improying and subdividing them inte homestead lots or parcels, and distr

By or in that name.

Same as Earl.

In Saxon law. An earl.

An oath.

The term “EPA Administrator” means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. / The term “EPA Administrator” has the meaning given such term in section 4201 of this

The term "E&P deficit foreign corporation" means, with respect to any taxpayer, any specified foreign corporation with respect to which such taxpayer is a United Stat

See Libel, 5. EFFIiUX.5 In a lease, the ending of the contract period in the regular course of events, as distinct from an earlier termination by a subsequent agreement or by some

This term, in its ordinary and popular mcaning, applies to any disease which is widely spread or generally prevailing at a given place and time. Pohalski v. Mutual In Ins. Co., 36

The term “epilepsy” refers to a chronic and serious neurological condition characterized by excessive electrical discharges in the brain causing recurring seizures affecting all li

In this section, the term “epilepsy center of excellence” means a health care facility that has (or in the foreseeable future can develop) the necessary capacity to function as a c

Expenses or gifts. Blount.

A Christian festival, otherwise called the "Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles," observed on the 6th of January, in honor of the appearance of the star to the three magi or wi

In Spanish law. The benignant and prudent interpretation of the law according to the circumstances of the time, place, and person. This word is derived from the Greek, and is synon

In ecclesiastical law. A form of government by diocesan bishops; the office or condition of a bishop. EPISCOPALIA (Law Lat.) In ecclesiastical law. Synodals, or payments due the bi

Dues owing the bishop.

Of or pertaining to episcopacy or to the Episcopal Church.

A bishopric. The dignity or office of a bishop.

A bishop.

A bishop is not held to obey any other command than that of the king.

It was an old custom that, upon certain feasts, some lay person should plait his hair, and put on the garments of a bishop, and in them pretend to exercise episcopal jurisdiction,

12 Coke, 44. A bishop may hold plea in a Court Christian of things merely spiritual.

Subject to clause (ii), the term “episode of care” means, with respect to an applicable condition and an applicable beneficiary, the period that includes— (I) the 3 days prior to t

In the civil law. Rescripts; opinions given by the emperors in cases submitted to them for decision. Answers of the emperors to petitions. The answers of counsellors, (juris-consul

A letter or epistle. Calv. Lex. An instrument in writing for the conveyance of lands, or the assurance of contracts. Spelman. EPISTOLAE (Lat.) In civil law. Rescripts; opinions giv

Lat. In the civil law. An opinion of the emperor upon a case submitted to him; a rescript. Inst. 1. 2. 6. Bfvaiit/ la e^iiitT. Francis^ Max. 9, max. iii. Thus where an heir buys in

Opinions of the Roman emperors.

Resort to epithets or personal abuse is not in any proper sense communication of information or opinion safeguarded by the Constitution, and its punishment as a criminal act would

one many. The motto of the arms the United States.

For purposes of this paragraph, the term "E&P net deficit shareholder" means any United States shareholder if— (i) the aggregate foreign E&P deficit with respect

For purposes of this paragraph, the term "E&P net surplus shareholder" means any United States shareholder which would (determined without regard to this paragraph) t

or EPOCHA. The time at which a computation is begun; the time whence dates are numbered. Enc. Lond.

The term “EPSCoR” has the meaning given the term in section 502 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 ( 42 U.S.C. 1862p note).

The term “EPSCoR institution” means an institution of higher education, nonprofit organization, or other institution located in a jurisdiction eligible to participate in the progra

Impartial; not discriminating; unbiased; uniform.

The term “equal access” has the meaning given that term in Appendix B of the Modification of Final Judgment entered August 24, 1982, in United States v. Western Electric, Civil Act

The term “equal access code” means an access code that allows the public to obtain an equal access connection to the carrier associated with that code.

Taxes are said to be "equal and uniform" when no person or class of persons in the taxing district, whether it be a state, county, or city, is taxed at a different rate than are ot

If both were in fault, then the damages must be equally apportioned between them.

Persons are said to be related to a decedent "in equal degree" when they are all removed by an equal number of steps or degrees from the common ancestor. Fidler v. Higgins, 21 N. J

The 'equal footing' clause has long been held to refer to political rights and to sovereignty. The requirement of equal footing was designed not to wipe out those diversities but t

This Union' was and is a union of states, equal in power, dignity, and authority, each competent to exert that residuum of sovereignty not delegated to the United States by the Con

that petitioner must show not only "cause" for the untimely challenge, but also "actual prejudice" resulting from the failure to comply with the procedural rule.

the chattel subjected to the use tax is bought in another state and then carried into Washington.

The theme of the Bankruptcy Act is equality of distribution. To bring himself outside of that rule an unsecured creditor carries a burden of showing by clear and convincing evidenc

The University of Texas Law School possesses to a far greater degree those qualities which are incapable of objective measurement but which make for greatness in a law school. Such

While the supply of particular facilities may be conditioned upon there being a reasonable demand therefor, if facilities are provided, substantial equality of treatment of persons

The act or process of making equal or bringing about conformity to a common standard. The process of equalizing assessments or taxes, as performed by "boards of equalization" In va

To make uniform, as an assessment.

No affirmative action can be had in a cause where the judges are equally divided in opinion as to the judgment to be rendered or order to be made. If affirmative action is necessar

the corporate chain will have the right to compete with the local merchants.

Where proven facts give equal support to each of two inconsistent inferences; in which event, neither of them being established, judgment, as a matter of law, must go against the p

in the context of single-member districting, no "meaningful comparison" is Page Proof Pending Publication possible using a benchmark that builds in a presumption in favor of minori

The equality at which the 'equal protection' clause aims is not a disembodied equality. The Fourteenth Amendment enjoins 'the equal protection of the laws', and laws are not abstra

differences in access to the instruments needed to vindicate legal rights, when based upon the financial situation of the defendant, are repugnant to the Constitution

The rules by which this contention must be tested, as is shown by repeated decisions of this court, are these: 1. The equal-protection clause of the 14th Amendment does not take fr

the classification 'must rest upon some ground of difference having a fair and substantial relation to the object of the legislation, so that all persons similarly circumstanced sh

The equal protection clause is directed only against arbitrary discrimination; that is, such as is without any reasonable basis... It does not prevent a city from applying the sche