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Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

1.

An interest or condition of life. curtesy, dower, of To fall; to happen; to escheat.

Scotland.

Felons esoriea: notorious felons. writing; a written instrument. deed; v. Delivery. A deed delivered to a to hand it to the grantee when he perfornjs condition is fulfilled. the shield.) A kind of knight's service was bound to follow his lord into wars at his a certain money commutation was paid incertain, v. Scutage. /. To ship. Eskippamentuin, I. -. "E&W&oxi: ^i. Misors. remove; eloign; adjourn. of the eldest, v. Enitia pars. of land, including all crops, rents, issues, Woodland turned into tillage. In esse: in being. Essendum: being. theolonio. v.

De essendo

The essential parts of a ti-ansaotion. excuse for not appearing in court in answer an essoin: to essoin, to allege an excuse. first day of the term, on which the court sat There were several essoigns; as the essoign /., de service del xoy,fr., that the party King's service; de terra sancta, de terre Palestine; de ultra mare, de outre mer, de infirmitate or de malo lecti, de mal de malo veniendi, de mal de venue, that accident in coming. is. Est k sgavoir: it is to be understood, to judicis ampliare jurisdictionem: it is [the to enlarge [construe liberally] his jurisdiction. in land. 2. Property in general. 3. Status, Estate in common, coparcenary; by elegit; executory, equitable, legal; in fee; condition those titles. Estate for life: a freehold interest, not of inheritance, which a man has for his own Hfe, or for the life of another or others. If the latter, it is an estate pur auter vie. Estate in possession: where there is a right of present entry and enjoyment. Estate in remainder, reversion, severalty: see those titles. Estates of the realm: in England, the lords spiritual, the lords temporal, and the commons. Estate by statute merchant, statute staple, estate tail, tail special, etc.; see those titles. Estate for years: an interest, less than a freehold, for a fixed or determinable time. Estate at ■will: an interest less than freehold, which may be ended at the will of the lessor. Estate at sufferance: where a tenant is allowed to hold over after his term. Estate from year to year: a lease for a year, which, unless terminated by the lessor or lessee, will arise anew by implication, at the end of the year, for another year. Estate in vadio: in gage or pledge. Ester in jugement,/r. To appear in' court as a party. Eate./r. 1. Summer. 3. Been, from Ester, etre, to be.