Law Dictionary

To proclaim.

A written instrument.

Same as Escript.

In Spanish law. A written instrument. Every deed that is made by the hand of a public escribano, or notary of a corporation or council (concejo), or sealed with the seal of the kin

Fr. Fraud, swindling, cheating.

It is admitted by the counsel in this case, that a bond cannot be delivered to the obligee as an escrow. But it is contended that where there are several obligees constituting a co

"Escrow funds" means the moneys derived from the joint reservation which are held in trust by the Secretary in the accounts entitled— (A) "Proceeds of Labor-Hoopa Va

the effect of the deposit of the contract and check with the bank was to constitute it a custodian or stakeholder for the benefit of both parties, holding the money without right o

In old English law. An escrow; a scroll. "And deliver the deed to a stranger, as an escrowl." Perk. c. 1, § 9; Id. c. 2, §§ 137, 138.

It is a principle of the common law, too well settled to be controverted, that where an instrument is delivered as an escrow, or where one surety has signed it, on condition that i

In old English law. Service of the shield. Tenants who hold their land by escuage hold by knight's service. 1 Thomas, Co. Litt. 272; Litt. § 95, 86b.

To scour or cleanse. Cowell.

eschambinm, excambium, I. I. In old English law. Exchange. Escambium ad valentiam: an allowance to a tenant who vouched another to warranty out of the land of the vouchee to make u

323, a; 10 East, 476; 2 Br. practice, properly speaking, is the ————E——_—T—_ & Bing. 403; Cowp. 215; 2 Wils. notice taken by a grand jury of any 53. The subjects of prescription of

The termination or suspension of an estate-tail, in consequence of the act of the tenant in tail, in conveying a larger estate in the land than he was by law entitled tode, 2 Bl. C

A measure of corn. Cowell.

A church. Jacob.

or EGLISH. A church. Jacob,

In Spanish law. A written instrument. Every deed that is made by the hand of a public escribano or notary of a corporation or council (concejo,) or scaled with the seal of the king

Robbers.

Tackle or furnitute; outfit. Certain towns in England were tackle. The modern word "outfit" would seem to render the passage quite as satisfactorily, though the conjecture of Cowel

Lat. In old English kw. To ship. Toums. PL 223. Bast. Entr. 409.

or ESKIPPARE. To ship. Kelham; East. Entr. 409.

To ship.

To ship.

Shippage, or passage by sea. Spelled, also, "skippeson." Cowell.

To choose.

Same as Elisor.

See "Elisors."

To eloign.

In old law. A hireling of servile condition.

Eldership. In the English law, this word signifies the right which the eldest coparcener of lands has to choose one of the parts of the estate after it has been divided.

I. I. In old English law. To discharge; to relieve or release from a burden or liability.

The term “ESOP” has the meaning given the term “employee stock ownership plan” in section 4975(e)(7) of title 26 .

The term “ESOP beneficiary” means any beneficiary which is an employee stock ownership plan (as defined in section 4975(e)(7)) that holds a remainder interest in qualified employer

Lat. In old English law. To expeditate or disable dogs. CowelL See Expeditate.

a conscienceless or pitiless crime which is unnecessarily torturous to the victim.

No particular form of words or phrases has ever been declared necessary in which the claim of Federal rights must be asserted. It is sufficient if it appears from the record that s

In Spanish law. A junction of all the separate papers made in the course of any one proceeding and which remains in the office at the close of it Cas-tillero v. In S., 2 Black (In

When complete, an espediente usually consists of the petition, with the diseño annexed; a marginal decree, approving the petition; the order of reference to the proper officer, for

The period fixed by a competent judge within which a party is to do certain acts, as, e. g., to effect certain payments, present documents, etc.; and more especially the privilege

Spurs. 7 Coke, 13.

The products which the land or ground yields; as, the hay of the meadows, the herbage of the pasture, corn or other produce of the arable, rents and services. Termes de la Ley. See

The contract woman, to marry each

A mutual promise between a man and a woman to marry each other at some other time. It differs from a marriage, because then the contract is completed. Wood, Inst. 57. ESPURIO (Span

To give in marriage; to engage in one’s defense.

A bastard.

A title applied by courtesy to officers of almost every description, to members of the bar, and others. No one is entitled to it by law, and therefore it confers no distinction in

Cleared and cultivated woodland.

L, Fr. To cut down woods to clear land of trees and underwood; properly to thin woods, by cutting trees, etc., at intervals. Spelman.

Assarted or cleared woodland.

To be; being.

See In Esse. ESSENDI QUIETAM DE T0L0NE0 (Lat. of being quit of toll). A writ which lay anciently for the citizens or burgesses of a town which was entitled to exemption from toll,

That which is indispensable to that of which it is the essence. —Essence of the contract. Any condition or stipulation in a contract which is mutually understood and agreed by the

A stipulation is said to be "of the essence of the contract" when a strict compliance with its terms is essential to due performance. ESSENDI QUIETAM DE THEOLONIA (Lat. of being qu

Exemption from tolls.

A writ to be quit of toll; it lies for citizens and burgesses of any city or town who, by charter or prescription, ought to be exempted from toll, where the same is exacted of them

ESSENDL L.Lat. Being; of being. A barbarous gerund formed from the verb sum, esse, to be. See infra.

Essential Airport Facility Defined.—In this section, the term “essential airport facility” means a large hub airport in the contiguous 48 States at which one air carrier has more t

the question whether particular commerce is interstate or intrastate is determined by what is actually done and not by any mere billing or plurality of carriers, and where commodit

The term "essential components of reading instruction" has the meaning given the term in section 6368 of this title as such section was in effect on the day before Decemb

the term "essential employee" means an individual who is employed by a small business concern and whose managerial or technical expertise is critical to the successful da

The term “essential fish habitat” means those waters and substrate necessary to fish for spawning, breeding, feeding or growth to maturity.

those duties which the framers intended each member of the Union would assume in order adequately to function under the form of government guaranteed by the Constitution

Two guiding principles of limitation for holding the tax immunity of state instrumentalities to its proper function: The one, dependent upon the nature of the function being perfor

ownership and operation of water plants, power and transportation systems

In this title,1 the term “essential health benefits package” means, with respect to any health plan, coverage that— (1) provides for the essential health benefits defined by the Se

In this subsection, the term “essential hospital” means, with respect to an MA regional plan offered by an MA organization, a subsection (d) hospital (as defined in section 1395ww(

The essentials of the transaction.

The term “essential industrial process or feedstock use” means any use of natural gas in an industrial process or as a feedstock which the Secretary determines is essential.

It seeks to suspend the running of it only where fraud against the Government is an essential ingredient of the crime.

[m]odeling, teaching of and com- mitment to Catholic religious and moral values." Id., at 55a (boldface deleted); see also id., at 32a (Morrissey-Berru's teaching contract); App.

a shareholder has made a sufficient showing of causal relationship between the violation and the injury for which he seeks redress if, as here, he proves that the proxy solicitatio

The term "essentially a copy of an approved drug" means— (A) a drug that is identical or nearly identical to an approved drug, or a marketed drug not subject to section 3

The term “essentially derived variety” means a variety that— (i) is predominantly derived from another variety (referred to in this paragraph as the “initial variety”) or from a va

The sale and distribution of gas to local consumers made by one engaged in interstate commerce is 'essentially local' in aspect and is subject to state regulation without infringem

The general purpose of the statute was to include in a decedent's gross estate transfers that are essentially testamentary—i.e., transfers which leave the transferor a significant

In this section, the term "essential service provider" means an entity that— (1) (A) provides (i) wireline or mobile telephone service, Internet access service, radio or

the term “essential telephones” means only coin-operated telephones, telephones provided for emergency use, and other telephones frequently needed for use by persons using such hea

His (Benson's) order is not, it will be observed, a regulation of the use of the land, as an order to fence the lands might be, but is an absolute prohibition of use. It is not a p

In this chapter, the term “essential vessel” means a vessel that is— (1) (A) security for a mortgage indebtedness to the United States Government; or (B) constructed under this sub

An excuse for non appearance in court at the time set to defend an action.

or ESSOIGN. In old English law. An excuse for not appearing in court at the return of the process; presentation of such excuse. Spelman; 1 Sellon, Prac. 4; Comjm, Dig. "Exoine" (B

essoign, Essoiue, soniaiu, exonium, 1. 1. in court at the 'return such excuse to the court. which the court sat to (de service del roy): king's service. Essoin excuse that the part

Formerly, the first day In the term was essoin day; now practically abolished. Dowl. 448; 3 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 278, note.

An essoign of illness.

Same as Essoin de malo lecti.

Same as Essoin de malo veniendi.

An essoign that one was sick in bed.

An essoign that one met with an accident on the way.

when the defendant is in court the first day ; but gone without pleading, and being afterwards surprised by sickness, etc., cannot attend, but sends two essoiners, who openly prote

When the defendant is in court the first day, but gone without pleading, and being afterwards surprised by sickness, etc., cannot attend, he may send two essoiners, who openly prot

Same as Essoin de ultra mare.

An essoign that one was away in the king’s service.

An essoign that one was absent in the holy land.

Same as Essoin de terra sancta.

An essoign that one was beyond seas.

or ESSOINEOUR. An essioner. One who was sent to present an excuse for another. 1 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 116, 118.

He who presented an essoign to the court in behalf of the absent one.

The roll containing the essoins and the day of adjournment. Roscoe. Real Actions, 162 et seq.