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To become bound by a novation.

the term “expropriation” includes, but is not limited to, any abrogation, repudiation, or impairment by a foreign government, a political subdivision of a foreign government, or a

Of his own motion.

Of its own force.

By provision of the husband.

By provision of the husband.

By provision of the husband.

forcing someone out of the United States who is actually within the United States or is treated as being so.

Although a railroad or steamboat company can properly refuse to transport a drunken or insane man, or one whose character is bad, they cannot expel him, after having admitted him a

To blot out; to efface designedly; to obliterate; to strike out whollyWebster. See Cancel.

The act of purging or cleansing.

One who corrects by expurging.

As if from a contract.

According to equity; in equity. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 10, § 3.

A phrase derived from the civil law, meaning, in justice and fairness; according to what is just and good; according to equity and conscience. 3 Bl. Comm. 163.

In Roman law. One who had filled the office of quaestor. A title given to Tribonian. Inst, proem. § 3. Used only in the ablative case {exquaestore). EXROGARE (Lat. ex, from, and ro

Ex relatione.

On the relation of; on the information of.

Lat. On the relation, or information. Beg. Grig. 34, 36, 42.

According to the rigor of the law.

To adopt part of an old law in a new one.

From writings formerly seen.

A sale by a sheriff or other ministerial officer under the authority of a writ of execution which he has levied on property of the debtor. Noland v. Barrett, 122 Mo. 181, 26 S. W.

We are constrained to define the term 'ex-servicemen,' for the purposes of this particular statute, as relating only to those who performed military service on full-time active dut

By special favor.

According to the statute.

In the civil law. An action of stipulation. An action given to recover marriage portions. Inst. 4, 6, 29.

1. The utmost; the highest under the circumstances: as, extraordinary care or diligence. See Cake; Negligence. 3. Out of the common order; rot usual or regular: as, extraordinary j

The privilege _ of those persons (such as foreign ministers) who, though temporarily resident within a state, are not subject to the operation of its laws.

Extemporaneous; from lapse of time.

to widen to new cases not before within the scope of the power.

For purposes of this subsection, the term “extended active duty” means any period of active duty pursuant to a call or order to such duty for a period in excess of 90 days or for a

The term “extended care services” means the following items and services furnished to an inpatient of a skilled nursing facility and (except as provided in paragraphs (3), (6), and

The term “extended duty” means any period of active duty pursuant to a call or order to such duty for a period in excess of 90 days or for an indefinite period.

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “extended low-income housing commitment” means any agreement between the taxpayer and the housing credit agency— (i) which requires that th

In this part, subject to subparagraph (B), the term “extended-monopoly drug” means, with respect to an initial price applicability year, a selected drug for which at least 12 years

The term “extended period of time” means a period that is normally 1 year, but not less than 6 months.

The term “extended services” means ongoing support services and other appropriate services, needed to support and maintain an individual with a most significant disability in suppo

For purposes of this section, the term “extended trails” means trails or trail segments which total at least one hundred miles in length, except that historic trails of less than o

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “extended use period” means the period— (i) beginning on the 1st day in the compliance period on which such building is part of a qualified

The term “extended-year adjusted cohort graduation rate” means the fraction— (i) the denominator of which consists of the number of students who form the original cohort of enterin

/. I In old English law. To appraise or value; to lay out, survey, or make an inventory; to set off, or assign. Extendere et appreclare: to lay out and appraise. Extendere se: to a

A writ of extent.

that prisoners whose rights are not violated will not obtain relief; and "least intrusive means necessary to correct the violation of the Federal right" means that no other relief

The power granted by paragraph 21 is confined to extensions within the undertaking of the carrier to serve, and cannot be extended to embrace the building of what is essentially a

For purposes of this subsection, the term “extension disapproval resolution” means a resolution of either House of the Congress, the sole matter after the resolving clause of which

Extension of a Program.—In this chapter, the term "extension of a program" means, with respect to a major automated information system program or other major information

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “extension of credit” shall have the meaning prescribed by the Board pursuant to section 375b of this title , and the term “executive offic

An extension of the life of a patent for an additional period of seven years, formerly allowed by law in the United States, upon procf being made that the inventor had not succeede

The term “extension of protection” means the protection resulting from an international registration that extends to the United States at the request of the holder of the internati

in Texas titles the final 'extension of title,' as it is called, which is usually issued by a local commissioner appointed for that purpose, is regarded more as a certificate of lo

Extension plans, therefore, differ materially from straight bankruptcy, arrangements under Chapters XI and XII, and wage-earner plans by way of composition, all of which contemplat

The term “extension program” means the rural electronic commerce extension program established under subsection (b) of this section.

that an "'assumption' of nonpre-emption is not triggered." "Locke, supra, "at 108 .

I. I In old English law. An extent

Extenders; appraisers.

A writ, issuing from the exchequer, by which the body, goods, and lands of the debtor may all be taken at once to satisfy the judgment. It is so called because the sheriff is to ca

I. I. In old English law. An extent; an estimate or valuation, or, more properly, a survey or register of lands. Extenta manerii: the extent or survey of a manor, — the title of a

(Tbe extent or survey of a manor.) The title of a statute passed 4 Edw. I. St. 1; being a sort of direction for making a survey or terrier of a manor, and all its appendages. 2 Ree

That kind of extent which issues at the instance and for the benefit of a debtor to the crown, for the recovery of a debt due to himself. 2 Tidd, Pr. 1045; 4 Steph. Comm. 47.

Extent at the instance of the king.

extensio, I I. In old English law. An extending, surveying or laying out of lands.

The term “extent of growth lag” means the number of persons who would have been residents in a metropolitan city or urban county, in excess of the current population of such metrop

The term “extent of housing overcrowding” means the number of housing units with 1.01 or more persons per room based on data compiled by the United States Bureau of the Census and

Under § 9(c)(5), 'the extent to which the employees have organized shall not be controlling' in determining the appropriate bargaining unit; however, 'the provision was not intende

The term “extent of poverty” means the number of persons whose incomes are below the poverty level. Poverty levels shall be determined by the Secretary pursuant to criteria provide

To lessen; to palliate; to mitigate. Connell v. State, 46 Tex. Cr. R. 259, 81 S. W. 748.

Facts palliating or mitigating a crime. Sometimes applied to torts for which exemplary dajnages may be recovered.

That which renders a crime or tort less heinous than it would be without it. It is opposed to "aggravation." EXTERRITORIALITY (Fr.) This term (exterritorialite) is used by French j

not only what is properly called military power, but the power likewise of making war or peace, the power of engaging in alliances for an encrease of strength, .

The term “external organization” means— (A) a nonprofit organization with a record of success in running or working with before and after school (or summer recess) programs and act

The term “external power supply” means an external power supply circuit that is used to convert household electric current into DC current or lower-voltage AC current to operate a

As a result of the separation from Great Britain by the colonies, acting as a unit, the powers of external sovereignty passed from the Crown not to the colonies severally, but to t

The privileges and immunities of diplomatic representatives during residence in a foreign country.

Lat A foreigner or alien; one born abroad. The opposite of civis.

An alien holds no lands. Tray, Lat. Max. 203. EXTINCT (Lat. extinguere, to destroy or put out). Extinguished. A rent is said to be extinguished when it is destroyed and put out. Co

By will.

Extinguished; discharged.

See Extinguishment. Extincto subjecto, tollitur adjunctum. When the subject is extinguished, the incident ceases. Thus, when the business for which a partnership has been formed is

TOLLITUR ADjunctum. When the substance is gone, the adjuncts disappear. 16 Johns. (N. Y.) 438, 492.

The subject matter having become extinct, the adjunct is removed.

* To put out or quench: to destroy, annihilate; to pay in full, satisfy: as, to extinguish a debt, an estate, a right to rent, a right of way, the rights of a corporation. Extingtu

The destruction of a right or contract; the act by which a contract is made void; the annihilation of a collateral thing or subject in the subject itself out of which it is derived

Destruction of a debt. This may be by the creditor's accepting a higher security. Plowd. 84; 1 Salk. 304; 1 Md. 492; 5 Md. 389; 24 Ala. (N. S.) 439. A judgment recovered extinguish

Loss of the right to have common. This may happen from various causes,^by the owner of the common right becoming owner of the fee; by severance from the land; by release; by approv

This takes place by a union of the copyhold and freehold estates in the same person; also by any act of the tenant showing an intention not to hold any longer of his lord. Hutt. 81

This takes place by payment; by accord and satisfaction; by novation, or the substitution of a new debtor; by merger, when the creditor recovers a judgment or accepts a security of

Termination by acquiring ownership of the land.

The power of Congress in that regard is supreme. The manner, method and time of such extinguishment raise political not justiciable issues.

A destruction of the rent by a union of the title to the lands and the rent in the same person, Termes de la Ley; Cowell; 3 Sharswood, Bl. Comm, 325, note,

Destruction of a right of way, effected usually by a purchase of the close over which it lies by

/. In old English law. To extirpate or root out; to destroy utterly, or from the foundation.

In English law. A species of destruction or waste, analogous to estrepement. See "Estrepement,"

A judicial writ, either before or after judgment, that lay against a person who, when a verdict was found against him for land, etc., maliciously overthrew any house, or extirpated

In old records. To grub woodland, and reduce it to arable or meadow; "to stock up." Cowell.

A technical word used in indictments for extortion. When a person is charged with extorsively taking, the very import of the word shows that he is not acquiring possession of his o

The natural meaning of the word "extort" is to obtain money or other valuable thing either by compulsion, by actual force or by the force of motives applied to the will, and often

Extortion is a crime when under color of office anyone extorts what is not due, or more than is due or before the time when it is due.

10 Coke, 102. Extortion is a crime when, by color of office, any persen extorts that which is not due or more than is due or before the time when it is due,

the obtaining of property from another, with his consent, induced by wrongful use of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear, or under color of official right.