Law Dictionary

The term “existing contract” means any contract for the first sale of natural gas in effect on November 8, 1978.

The term "existing contracting party" means a contracting party that has a contract under sections 5342 to 5348 of this title that is in effect on December 31, 2018.

The term “existing credit claimant” means a corporation— (i) (I) which was actively conducting a trade or business in a possession on October 13, 1995, and (II) with respect to whi

“existing dam” means any dam, the construction of which was completed or on 2 before July 22, 2005, and which does not require any construction or enlargement of impoundment struct

The term “existing dam or conduit” means any dam or conduit the construction of which was completed before November 15, 2021, and which does not require any construction or enlarge

As used in this section, the term “existing direct service industrial customer” means any direct service industrial customer of the Administrator which has a contract for the purch

The term “existing electric powerplant” means any electric powerplant other than a new electric powerplant.

For purposes of computing the increase under subparagraph (A) for any taxable year, the term “existing excess reserve” means the excess (if any) of— (i) the amount of assets set as

For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “existing facilities” means facilities that have been in operation for at least 2 years before the date on which the new environmental r

The term “existing Honey Board” means the Honey Board in effect on the date of enactment of this paragraph.

“existing line” means a line introduced into commerce before January 1, 1990.

"existing liquefied natural gas facility"— (A) means a liquefied natural gas facility for which an application to approve the site, construction, or operation of the faci

the term “existing mainline carrier” means a mainline carrier (as defined in this subsection) that on January 1, 2001, was— (A) certified under part 121; (B) qualified to provide m

The term “existing major fuel-burning installation” means any installation which is not a new major fuel-burning installation.

Each department, agency and instrumentality of the United States which administers lands acquired by the United States with one or more existing mineral lease shall transfer to the

The term “existing municipal waste energy project” means any municipal waste energy project which is not a new municipal waste project.

For purposes of this subsection, the term “existing plan of insurance” means, with respect to any contract, any plan of insurance which was filed by the company issuing such contra

For purposes of this section, the term “existing policyholders surplus account” means any policyholders surplus account which has a balance as of the close of December 31, 1983.

The term "existing program" means a program, designed to promote employee ownership, that exists on the date on which the Secretary is carrying out a responsibility autho

The term “existing public safety broadband spectrum” means the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum between the frequencies— (A) from 763 megahertz to 768 megahertz; (B) from 79

For the purposes of this paragraph, the term “existing qualifying cogeneration facility” means a facility that— (i) was a qualifying cogeneration facility on August 8, 2005; or (ii

The term “Existing Reservation” means that tract of approximately 630 acres conveyed to the State in trust for the Tribe by J.M. Doby on December 24, 1842, by deed recorded in York

In this paragraph, the term “existing retirement plan” means, with respect to a transferred employee, the retirement plan (including the Financial Institutions Retirement Fund), an

The term “existing senior mortgage” means, with respect to a mortgage insured under this section, the existing mortgage that has superior priority.

The term “existing solid waste incineration unit” means a solid waste unit which is not a new or modified solid waste incineration unit.

The term “existing source” means any stationary source other than a new source. / The term “existing source” means any stationary source other than a new source.

The term “existing subordinate mortgage” means, with respect to a mortgage insured under this section, an existing mortgage that has subordinate priority to the existing senior mor

The term “existing unit” means a unit (including units subject to section 7411 of this title ) that commenced commercial operation before November 15, 1990. Any unit that commenced

The term “existing use” means a use that— (A) is occurring in the Area as of February 20, 2003; or (B) is authorized in the Area after November 1, 1995, but before February 20, 200

“existing vessel” includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on the navigable waters, the

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It issues.

The term “exit point” means the area in close proximity to an actual exit for departing from the customs territory, including the gate holding area in the case of an airport, but o

Issue; child or children.

The wound made in coming out by a weapon which has passed through the body, or any part of it. 2 Beck, Med. Jur. 119. EX ITU S (Lat.) An export duty; issue, child or offspring; ren

By the law of nature.

With just cause.

Collateral.

In old English law. Outlawry. Laws Edw. Conf. c. 38; Spelman.

In old English law. Outlawry. Speiman.

He who is prosecuted as an outlaw. Jacob.

To outlaw.

An outlaw.

By law; by operation of law. EX LEGIBUS (Lat. according to the laws). A phrase of the civil law, which means according to the intent or spirit of the law, as well as according to t

According to the laws.

In old English law. An outlaw; qui est extra legem, one who is out of the law's protection. Bract, fol. 125. Qui beneficio legis privatur. Spelman.

By the king’s license.

From a letting.

From an evil cause no action arises. See 118 N. C. 783, 54 Am. St. Rep. 753, 32 L. R. A. 712, 24 S. E. 524.

From wrougdoing.

A contract cannot spring from wrongdoing.

Out of bad practices good laws are born.

2 Inst 161. Good laws arise from evil morals, i. e, are necessitated by the evll behavior of men.

From malice; maliciously. In the law of libel and slander, this term imports a publication that is false and without legal excuse. Dixon v. Allen. 69 Cal. 527, 11 Pan. 179.

With malice aforethought.

Of mere motion.

From delay.

From the debtor’s delay.

By the custom.

COLligitur Identltas vera. From the great number of signs, true identity is ascertained. Brae. Max. reg. 25; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 569. EX MUTUO (Lat. from or out of loa

From a multitude of marks, true identity is established.

From mutuality.

From the nature of the thing.

Of necessity.

By necessity of law.

By the necessity of the thing.

From nothing nothing comes. 13 Wend. (N. Y.) 178, 221; 18 Wend. (N. Y.) 257, 301.

No action arises on a contract without a consideration. Noy, Max. 24; 3 Burrows, 1670; 2 Sharswood, BL Comm. 445; Chit. Cont. (10th Am. Ed.) 25; 1 Story, Cont. § 525. See "Nudum Pa

Out of a nude or naked pact [that is, a bare parol agreement without consideration] no action arises. Bract fol. 99; Fleta, llb. 2, c. 56, § 3; Plowd. 305. Out of a promise neither

The term "ex-offender" means any individual who has been sentenced to a term of probation by a Federal or State court, or who has been released from a Federal, State, or

By virtue of (his) office.

In English law. A criminal information filed by the attorney general ex officio on behalf of the crown, in the court of king's bench, for offenses more immediately affecting the go

Proceedings filed in the English queen's bench division by the attorney general, at the direct and proper instance of the crown, in cases of such enormous misdemeanors as peculiarl

An oath used in the Ecclesiastical Courts, by which the person who took it swore to make true answer to all such questions as should be demanded of him. Stephen, Cr. Proc. EX PARTE

In French law. An act or instrument in writing which contains the reasons why a party in a civil suit, or a person accused, who has been summoned, agreeably to the requisitions of

To discharge; to exonerate.

(1) The taking off a burden or duty; the shifting of a burden from one person or one piece of property to another. Thus, it is a general rule in the distribution of an intestate's

A writ that lay for the crown's ward, to be free from all suit to the county court, hundred court, leet, etc., during wardship. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 158.

A writ of the same nature as that last above deseribed, issued by the guardian of the crown's ward, and addressed to the sheriffs or stewards of the court, forbidding them to distr

I. Discbarge; the discharge or unlading of a cargo.

Let him be discharged.

the term "exoneree" means an individual who— (A) has been convicted of a Federal, tribal, or State offense that is punishable by a term of imprisonment of more than 1 yea

Lat. Let him be relieved or discharged. An entry made on a bail-piece, whereby the surety is relieved or discharged from further obligation, when the condition is fulfilled by the

Fr. To excuse. See Essonier,

Tbe beginning or introductory part of a speech.

The term “exotic bird”— (A) means any live or dead member of the class Aves that is not indigenous to the 50 States or the District of Columbia, including any egg or offspring ther

From an unlawful agreement no action arises.

For purposes of this section, the terms “expanded” and “expansion” mean any alteration of the physical structure of the prison complex that is made to increase the number of inmate

The term “expanded affiliated group” means an affiliated group as defined in section 1504(a) of title 26 (without regard to section 1504(b) of such title), except that section 1504

The term "expanded amenity recreation fee" means the recreation fee authorized by section 6802(g) of this title.

The term “expanded learning time” means using a longer school day, week, or year schedule to significantly increase the total number of school hours, in order to include additional

The term “Reservation” or “Expanded Reservation” means the Existing Reservation and the lands added to the Existing Reservation in accordance with section 941j of this title, which

The term "expanded uses" means the following activities: (A) The maintenance dredging of a berth in a harbor that is accessible to a Federal navigation project and that b

For purposes of this section, the terms “expanded” and “expansion” mean any alteration of the physical structure of the prison complex that is made to increase the number of inmate

The term “expansion State” means a State that, beginning on January 1, 2014, or on any date thereafter, elects to provide medical assistance to all individuals described in section

From one party.

“ex parte communication” means an oral or written communication not on the public record with respect to which reasonable prior notice to all parties is not given, but it shall not

On the mother’s side.

On the mother's side; of the maternal line.

An order of court; made upon the application of one of the parties without notice to tho other.