Law Dictionary

If the abandonment was legal, it put the underwriters completely in the place of the assured, and Parker became their agent. When he contracts on behalf of the owners of the goods,

it is elementary and has been decided over and over again that the effect of the adjudication in bankruptcy is to transfer the title of the property of the bankrupt and vest the sa

By an appeal from the sentence of a District Court to a Circuit Court, the latter becomes possessed of the cause, and executes its own judgment without any intervention of the form

That the sentence is avowedly made under a decree subversive of the law of nations, will not help the Appellant's case, in a Court which cannot revise, correct, or even examine tha

It is in the general true that the province of an appellate court is only to inquire whether a judgment when rendered was erroneous or not. But if, subsequent to the judgment, and

by the judgment, they have both become principal debtors, and if the endorser suffers any injury by the negligence of the judgment creditor, it is clearly his own fault, it being h

The agreement is no longer the one into which the defendant entered. Its identity is changed: another is substituted without his consent; and by a party who had no authority to con

This judgment, whether it proceeds upon good reasons or upon bad reasons, whether it was right or wrong, settled finally and everywhere, and so far as Eldred, by virtue of his owne

The act of Congress, of course, conveyed no title, and did not attempt to found one by delegating the power to take by eminent domain. ... It made the erection of telegraph lines f

In case a statute is repealed or rendered inoperative, no further proceedings can be had to enforce it in pending prosecutions unless competent authority has kept the statute alive

it is well settled, that an offence against a temporary act cannot be punished after the expiration of the act, unless a particular provision be made by law for the purpose.

that the effect of the revolution was not to deprive an individual of his civil rights... it is too clear to require the support of argument, that all contracts and rights respecti

The effect of a contract made and signed by a shipper, which is lawful from the point of view of the established rate sheets, may not be avoided by the suggestion that, by neglect

property or worldly substance.

it is a point too well settled, to be now drawn in question, that the effect and sufficiency of the evidence, are for the consideration and determination of the jury; and the error

The act should be punished that the consequence may not follow. See 5 Har. & J. (Md.) 317, 9 Am. Dec. 534.

The effect follows the cause. Wingate, Max. 226.

In Turkish language. Master; a title of respect.

The term “efficacy supplement” means a supplement to an approved premarket application under section 262 of title 42 that requires substantive clinical data.

The term “efficiency descriptor” means the ratio of the useful output to the total energy input, determined using the test procedures prescribed under section 6293 of this title an

“efficiency measure” means a ratio of a program activity's inputs (such as costs or hours worked by employees) to its outputs (amount of products or services delivered) or outcomes

the term “Efficiency Program” means the Small Business Energy Efficiency Program established under subsection (c)(1);

Efficient means adequate in performance; producing properly a desired effect. Inefficient means not producing or not capable of producing the desired effect; incapable; incompetent

The working cause, or that cause which produces effects or results. Ford v. Hine, etc., Co., 237 111. 469.

The figure or representation of a person. To make the ef Bgy of a person with an intent to make him the object of ridicule is a libel (g. v.) Hawk. P. C: bk. 1, c. 73, § 2; 14 East

The term “effluent limitation” means any restriction established by a State or the Administrator on quantities, rates, and concentrations of chemical, physical, biological, and oth

For purposes of this section, the term "effluent standard or limitation under this chapter" means (1) effective July 1, 1973, an unlawful act under subsection (a) of sect

Running of time; expiration by lapse of time.

When this phrase is used in leases, conveyances, and other like deeds, or in agreements expressed in simple writing, it indicates the conclusion or expiration of an agreed term of

Forcibly.

A breach made by tte use of force.

One who breaks through; one who commits a burglary.

In old English and civil law. Burglars or prison breakers. EFFUSIO SANGUINIS (Law Lat.) In old English law. The shedding of blood; the mulct, fine, wite, or penalty imposed for the

To clothe with a franchise.

Same as affray.

Bloodshed. Egality. Equality.

In Saxon law. Ways, walks, or hedges. Blount.

The title of a code of ne Spanish law promulgated by Alphonso the Learned, (ef Sabio,) A.D. 1255. It was the precursor of the Partidas. Schm. Civil Law, Introd. 67.

Exempli gratia, for example.

Owelty (q. v.) Co. Litt. 1693.

Fr. Equality. Litt. sect. 253.

To eject.

The term “egg” means the shell egg of the domesticated chicken, turkey, duck, goose, or guinea.

The term “egg handler” means any person who engages in any business in commerce which involves buying or selling any eggs (as a poultry producer or otherwise), or processing any eg

eglise,/r. Church; a church.

The term “egg producer” means the person owning laying hens engaged in the production of commercial eggs.

The term “egg product” means any dried, frozen, or liquid eggs, with or without added ingredients, excepting products which contain eggs only in a relatively small proportion or hi

The term “egg products” means products produced, in whole or in part, from eggs.

The term “commercial eggs” or “eggs” means eggs from domesticated chickens which are sold for human consumption either in shell egg form or for further processing into egg products

A church.

TALIS. I, such a one. Used in old forms to indicate where the name ard description of a party should be inserted. EGREDIENS ET EXEUNS (Law Lat.) In old pleading. Going forth and is

I, such a one.

Going forth and issuing.

See Ingress., EI rNCUMBIT. See Peobatio.

7, In old English law. A going forth; egress, v. Accesst Ls; Ingressus. Ei incumbit probatio qui dicit, iion qui negat, /. The proof lies upon him who afl Brms, not upon him who de

/. A going forth; an issue, exit. Ei incumbit probatio qui dicit, non qui aegat,;. The burden of proof lies upon him who affirms, not him who denies. Eide,/;-. Aid; relief.

The transformation, by a doctrine of equity, of personalty into realty, in respect to its qualities and disposition, and of real estate into personalty. By this doctrine, money whi

Commonly called "Gypsies," (in old English statutes,) are counterfeit rogues, Welsh or English, that disguise themselves in speech and apparel, and wander up and down the country,

<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 therei

Fromthe opposite; on the EACH, The effect of this word, used in contrary. the covenants of a bond, is to create a several obligation. 3 Dowl. & R, 112; 5 Term

In old pleading. Spring tides. Townsh. Pl. 197.

An innkeeper. Now applied, under the form “ostler,” to these who look to a puest’s horses, Cowell.

In the civil law. A man’s ez heir; a decedent’s proper or natural heir, This name waa given to the lineal descendants of the deceased. Inst, 3, 1, 4-4.

For purposes of this paragraph, paragraph (4), and paragraph (5), the terms “certified EHR technology”, “eligible hospital”, “EHR reporting period”, and “payment year” have the mea

Inthe civil law. An exception or plea of matter adjudged; a plea that the subject-matter of the action had been determined in a previous action. Inst. 4, 13, 5. This term is adopte

An island.

4. In the law of sealed instruments, the nal, absolute transfer to the grantee of a )mplete legal instrument sealed by the rantor, covenantor, or obligor. As a poputr word, signifi

Statutes making eight hours a day's labor for workmen, laborers, and mechanics. Acts regulating the hours of labor for women and children are generally upheld; Com. v. Mfg. Co., 12

A corruption of the French word aine. Eldest, or first-born. It is frequently used in our old law books. Bastard eigne signifies an elder bastard when spoken of two children, one o

I. fr. In old English law. Eldership; an eldest sister's privilege of first choice on a partition of lands held in coparcenary.

I. fr. A bench; the table or Banque route: a broken bench or English, hankerout. v. Bank; Bankrupt

, An entering on a roll, or

The burden of proof is upon him who alleges, not upon him who denies.

The proof lies upon him who affirms, not upon him who denies; since, by the nature of things, he who denies a fact cannot produce any proof.

In Scotch law. An addition; as, eik to a reversion, eik to a confirmation. Bell, Diet.

esnecia, I. I. In old English law. Eldership; the right or privilege of the first born. v. Eignesse; Aisnecia.

Eldership; the right or privilege of the first bom.

An eldest son’s share.

EINSNE, or EIGN. In English law. The oldest; the first born, Spelman.

To him to whom nothing is enough, nothing is base. 4 Inst. 53.

Inasmuch as.

Errant; wandering.

or EYRE. In English law. A Journey. 'Justices in eyre were itinerant judges, who were sent once in seven years with a general commission into divers counties, to hear and determine

A name formerly given to a justice of the peace. In the Digests, the word is written "irenarcha

In old English law. A journey, route or circuit. Justices in eire were judges who were sent by commission, every seven years, into various counties to hold the assizes and hear ple

The term &quot;E-ISAC&quot; means the Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center.

An obligation which arises in contract or quasi contract is dissolved in the same manner in which it is contracted.

An obligation which arises from contract or quasi contract, is dissolved in the same ways in which it is contracted. Fleta, llb. 2, c. 60, § 19.

The eldest.

The senior; the oldest son. Spelled, also, eigne, einsne, aisne, eign. Termcs dc la Ley; 1 Kelham.

or EINETIA (Lat.) The share of the oldest son; the portion acquired by primogeniture. Termes de la Ley; Co. Litt. 166b; Cowell.

The share of the oldest son. The portion acquired by primogeniture. 'Termes de la Ley; Co.Litt. 1666; Cowell.

Fr. To go out of; to issue. Kelham.

Old forms: either, eyther, aither, ayther. Each of two; the one and the other. 172 "1- The 68. word "either",,. is sometimes used in the sense of one or the other of several things

all who may have an'interest in the litigation, would be carrying construction to the point of legislation.

To turn out; to expel.

A woman ravished or deflowered, or cast forth from the virtuous. Blount. EJECTIONE CUSTODIAE (Lat.) A writ which lay for a guardian to recover the land or person of his ward, or bo

Ouster from possession. Ejection and Intrusion. (Scotch) An action to recover real property and damages by one forcibly dispossessed.

In old English law. Ejectment of ward. This phrase, which is the Latin equivalent for the French "ejectment do garde," was the title of a writ which lay for a guardian when turned

See De ejectione custodiae .