Law Dictionary

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.

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 mischievoustales. The common-law punishment for

The offense of lying in wait to overhear conversation.

In English law. The offense of listening under walls or windows, or the eaves of a house, and thereupon to frame slanderous and mischievous tales, — a misdemeanor at common law.

The falling of the tide.

In old English law. Ebb (of the tide.) Ehha et fluctus, ebb and flow of tide; ebb and flood. Bracton, fols. 265, 338.

An expression used formerly in this country to denote the limits of admiralty jurisdiction. As to jurisdiction as founded on ebb and flow of tide, see Admiralty.

In ecclesiastical law. An officer In cathedral churches who supervised the regular performance of divine service, and prescribed the particular duties of each person in the choir.

Same as Aberemurder.

See Abebemurder.

See Aberemurder. ECCHYM0S1S. In Medical Jurisprudence. Localized discoloration in and under the skin. An extravasation of blood by rupture of capillary vessels, and hence it follow

See ABEREMURDER. Beee modo mirum, quod foomina fert breve regis, non nominando virum, conjunctum robore legis. Co. Litt. 1325. Behold, indeed, a wonder! thata woman hag the king’s

Ascout, huntsman, or chaser.

Amends; something given in reparation for a trespass; or, in old Saxon times, in compensation for an injury or crime. Spelman.

A Christian festival, otherwise called the “Manifestation of Christ to EEE the Gentiles,” observed on the 6th of Jannary, in honor of the appearance of the star to the three magi,

In criminal law and medical jurisprudence. Drunkenness; alcoholic intoxication. Com. v. Whitney, 11 Cush. (Mass.) 479.

The term “EBT card” means an electronic benefit transfer card issued under section 2016(h) of this title .

From sight of the writing; {rom having seen a person wrile. A term employed to describe one of the modes of proof of handwriting. Best, Pres, 218.

Voluntarily; from free-will or choice.

Co. Litt. 132 b. Behold indeed, a wonder that a woman has the king's writ without naming her husband, who by law is united to her.

In criminal law ahd medical jurisprudence. Personal or individual peculiarities of mind and disposition which markedly distinguish the subject from the ordinary, normal or average

Something belongom ing to or set apart for the church, as distinguished from “civil” or “secular,” with regard to the world. Wharton.

In medical jurisprudence. Blackness. It is an extravasation of blood by rupture of capillary vessels, and hence it follows contusion; but it may exist, as in cases of scurvy and ot

Ecclesiastical.

A church.

The church ought not to pay tithes to the church.

Cro. Eliz. 479. A church ought not to pay tithes to a church.

The church is the mansion-house of the omnipotent God.

2 Inst. 164. The church is the mansion-house of the Omnipotent God.

The church is under age and in the custody of the king, who is bound to sustain and defend her rights and inheritances.

11 Chke, 49. The church ls under age, and in the custody of the king, who is bound to uphold and defend its rights and inheritances.

The church occupies the position of a minor; she can make her own condition better, but never worse.

The church is more to be favored than the individual.

The church does not die. 2 Inst. 3.

The ruler of a church.

A clergyman; one destined to the divine ministry; as, a bishop, a priest, a deacon. Domat, Civ. Law, liv. prel. tit. 2, § 2, note 14.

Pertaining to the church as distinguished from secular or civil.

In England, the clergy, under the sovereign, as temporal head of the Church, set apart from the rest of the people or laity, in order to superintend the public worship of God and t

A court instituted by Elizabeth with great powers in religious matters.

Commissioners established by statute, in England, principally for the purpose of preparing schemes for the improvement of the ecclesiastical system, especially as to the equalizati

Such corporations as are composed of persons who take a lively interest in the advancement of religion, and who are asso- Corporations whose members are spiritual persons are disti

In New England. A church court or tribunal, having functions partly judicial and partly advisory, appointed to determine questions relating to church discipline, orthodoxy, standin

In English ecclesiastical law. The generic name for certain courts in England, having cognizance mainly of spiritual matters. Also called "Courts Christian." The jurisdiction which

This is a division into provinces, dioceses, archdeaconries, rural deaneries, and parishes.

Jurisdiction over ecclesiastical cases and controversies; such as appertains to the ecclesiastical courts. Short v. Stotts, 58 Ind. 35.

The law of the church. The existence in England of a separate order of ecclesiastical courts, and a separate system of law by them administered, may be traced back to the time of W

A secretary or clerk employed in the ecclesiastical courts and councils.

This term, as used in the canon law, includes church buildings, church property, cemeteries, and property given to the church for the support of the poor or for any other pious use

In the absence of fraud, collusion, or arbitrariness, the decisions of the proper church tribunals on matters purely ecclesiastical, although affecting civil rights, are accepted i

The image or sculpture of a church in ancient times was often cut ont or cast in plate or other metal, and preserved as a religious treasure or relic, and to perpetuate the memory

Ecclesiastical.

The attorney, proctor or advocate of a corporation. Episcoporum ecdici; bishops' proctors; church lawyers. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 65.

Godol. Ecc. Law, 172. The church is to be more favored than the par-sen.

In French law. One of the two parts or pieces of a wooden tally. That in possession of the debtor is properly called the "tally"; the other "echantillon." Poth. Obi. pt. 4, c. 1, a

In French law. A municipal officer corresponding with alderman or burgess, and having in some instances a civll jurisdiction in certain causes of trilling importance.

in medical jurisprudence. The constant and senseless repetition of particular words or phrases, recognized as a sign or symptom of insanity or of aphasia.

In French Marine Law. Stranding.

the term “ECI” means the Employment Cost Index (wages and salaries, private industry workers) published quarterly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics;

In Medical Jurisprudence. Puerperal convulsions. Convulsive movements, loss of consciousness, and coma occurring during pregnancy, parturition or the puerperiurn. The attack closel

In medicine. That system followed by physicians who select their modes of practice and medicines from various schools. Webster. "Without professing to understand much of medicai ph

See Corporation.

The term “ecological integrity” means a landscape where ecological processes are functioning to maintain the structure, composition, activity, and resilience of the landscape over

“Ecologically related species” means living marine species which are associated with anadromous stocks found in the Convention area, including, but not restricted to, both predator

such a prohibition was inadequate to protect the consumer from 'economic adulteration', by which less expensive ingredients were substituted, or the proportion of more expensive in

A share in the net profits derived from development and operation does not entitle the holder of such interest to a depletion allowance even though continued production is essentia

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “economically depressed region” means any geographical region which the Corporation determines by regulation to be a region within which re

The term “economically disadvantaged” means economic hardship due to the loss of jobs or income (labor or proprietor) derived from forestry, the wood products industry, or related

The term "economically disadvantaged community" has the meaning given the term as defined by the Secretary under section 160 of the Water Resources Development Act of 202

The term "economically distressed area" means an area described in section 3161(a) of this title. / The term “economically distressed area” means an area described in sec

In this section, the term "economically sustainable transportation" means demand responsive transportation for older individuals—

As used in this section, the term “economic assistance” means assistance under chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2151 and following; relating to

“economic benefit of the overloading” means the amount obtained by multiplying the weight of the overload (in tons) by the lesser of— (A) the average freight rate value of a ton of

where the grantor has neither the form nor substance of control and never will have unless he outlives his wife, we must conclude that he has lost all 'economic control' and that t

the term “economic damage”— (A) means the replacement costs of lost or damaged property or records, the costs of repeating an interrupted or invalidated experiment, the loss of pro

The term “economic development agencies” includes local planning and zoning commissions or boards, community development agencies, and other local agencies and institutions respons

The term "economic development agency" includes a local planning or zoning commission or board, a community development agency, or another local agency or institution res

The term "economic development district" means any area in the United States that— (i) is composed of areas described in section 3161(a) of this title and, to the extent

The term “economic discards” means fish which are the target of a fishery, but which are not retained because they are of an undesirable size, sex, or quality, or for other economi

The terms “community adjustment” and “economic diversification” include the development of feasibility studies and business plans for market diversification within a community adve

The term “economic embargo of Cuba” refers to— (A) the economic embargo (including all restrictions on trade or transactions with, and travel to or from, Cuba, and all restrictions

“Economic enterprise” means any Indian-owned (as defined by the Secretary of the Interior) commercial, industrial, or business activity established or organized for the purpose of

The lessor's right to a depletion allowance does not depend upon his retention of ownership or any other particular form of legal interest in the mineral content of the land. It is

What is ultimate is the principle that one state in its dealings with another may not place itself in a position of economic isolation. Formulas and catchwords are subordinate to t

For purposes of this section only, and except as otherwise specifically provided in a valid and enforceable written contract between the plaintiff and the defendant in a Y2K action

The term “economic net worth” means the current cash available to the Fund, plus the net present value of all future cash inflows and outflows expected to result from the outstandi

The term "economic or industrial espionage" means— (A) stealing a trade secret or proprietary information or appropriating, taking, carrying away, or concealing, or by fr

For purposes of this subsection, the term “economic performance” has the meaning given such term by subsection (h).

The term "economic sector" means a sector of the economy of the United States.

The term “economic security” has the meaning given such term in section 474(c)(2) of this title . / The term "economic security" means the condition of having secure and

For purposes of this section, the term “economic self-sufficiency program” means any program designed to encourage, assist, train, or facilitate the economic independence of partic

an employer may refuse to reinstate economic strikers if in the interim he has taken on permanent replacements

The term “economic substance doctrine” means the common law doctrine under which tax benefits under subtitle A with respect to a transaction are not allowable if the transaction do

On the contrary; on the other hand.