EN JUICIO
EN JUIOCIO. Span. Judicially; in a court of law; in a suit at law. White, New
Terms beginning with "E" (344 total)
EN MORT MEYNE
L. Fr. hand; in mortmain. Britt. c. 43.
EN OWEL MAIN. IL
Fr. In equal hand. The word “oicel” occurs also in the phrase “owelty of partition.”
EN RECOUVREMENT
Fr. In French law. An expression employed to denete that an indorsement made in favor of a person does not transfer to him the property in the bill of exchange, but merely constitutes an authority to such person to recov...
EN ROUTE
Fr.. On the way; in the course of a voyage or journey; in course of transportation. McLean v. U. S., 17 Ct Cl. 90. =
EN VENTRE SA MERE
L. Fr. In its mother’s womb. A term descriptive of an unborn child. For some purposes the law regards an infant en ventre as in being. It ‘may take a legacy; have a guardian; an es-
EN VIE
L. Fr. In life; alive. Britt.
ENBREVER
L. Fr. To write down in short; to abbreviate, or, in old language, émbreviate; to put into a schedule. Britt. e 1. .
ENCROACH
identify it as an act of legislation proceeding from the proper legislative authority. Various formulas are used for this clause, such as “Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois represented in general ass...
END LINES
in mining law, the end lines of a claim, as platted or laid down on the ground, are those which mark its boundaries on the shorter dimension, where it crosses the vein, while the “side lines” are those which mark its...
ENDENZIE, or ENDENIZEN
free; to enfranchise.
ENDORSE. See INDOBSE
ENDOWED SCHOOLS. In England, certain schools having endowments are distinctively known as “endowed schools ;” and a series of acts of parliament regulating them are known as the “endowed schools acts.” Mozley & W...
ENDOWMENT
1. The assignment of dower; the setting off a woman’s dower. 2
ENFITEUSIS
3. The act of settling a fund, or permanent pecuniary provision, for the maintenance of a public institution, charity, college, ete.
ENFORCE
ENFORCE. To put into execution; to cause to take effect; to make effective; as, to énforce a writ, a judgment, or the collection of a debt or fine. Breitenbach v.
Engel y. Ayer, 85 Me
448, 27 Atl. 852; Smith v. Cornell University, 21 Misc. Rep. 220, 45 N. Y. Supp. 640; Wilson v. Higbee (C. C.) 62 Fed. 726; Hurd y. Curtis, 7 Metc. (Mass.)’ 110.
Engiand by St
14 Car. II. c. 10. consisting of two shillings on every hearth or stove in the kingdom. It was extremely unpopular, and was abolished by 1 W. & M. St. 1, c. 10. This tax was otherwise called “chimney money.”
England
1 Bl. Comm. 120.—County court. A court of high coed rtd in England, incident to the jurisdiction of the sheriff. It is not a court of record, but may hold pleas of debt or damages, under the value of forty shillings. T...
England by 24 & 25 Vict
c. 98, §§ 27, 28. and in theAUnited States, generally, by statute. 2
England cannot be changed
buoy. parHament. ae. ec eer T
England. Western Union Tel. Co
v. Call " Pub. Co., 181 U. 8. 92, 21 Sup. Ct. 561, 45
Englisb law
he power of supervising and correcting the weights and measures of bread and ale, (assising bread and beer.) Cowell.
English eyre, (g
v.) Skene de Verb. Sign.
ENGLISH INFORMATION. In Eng
lish law. A proceeding in the court of exchequer in matters of revenue. .
English law
3 Bl. Comm. 27. Free-fold; a privilege for the lord to have all the sheep of his tenants and the inhabitants within his seigniory, in his fold, in his demesnes, to manure his land. Keilw. 198. -Frank-law. An obsolete ex...
English law. A court-baron. Fieta, lib
2, c. 53.—Curia Christianitatis. The ecclesias-. tical court.—Ouria comitatus. The county court, (g. v.}—-Curia cursus aque. A court held by the lord of the manor of Gravesend for the better management of barges an...
English law. A fiat
in bankruptcy, issued
English law. Ancient demesne. Bract
fol. 3690. DOMINIO. Sp. In Spanish law. A
English Magistrates’ Cases, vol
3 New Sessions Cases.
English navy for their pay
etc.—Navy department. One of the executive departments
English statute (38 & 39 Vict
c. 87) providing for the establishment of a registry for titles to real property, and making sundry provisions for the transfer of lands and the recording of the evidences thereof. It presents some analogies to the recor...
English statute 19 & 20 Vict
c. 16, enabling aA person accused of a crime committed out of the jurisdiction of the central criminal court, to be-tried in that court. °
English writ which issued out of chancery
to remove both the body and the record, touching the cause of any man lying in execution upon a judgment for debt, into the king’s bench, there to remain until he satisfied the aps, ag Cowell; Blount.Oorpus delicti. he...
English’s Reports, yols
6-13 Arkansas ;— English Reports. Eng. Rep. R. (or Re.). Full Reprint. . Eng. Ru. Oa. English Ruling Cases. Eng. Ry. &C.Oas. English Railway and
Englishman or a foreigner. Hawk. P. C. b
1, ce 13, § 3. The killing of any person under the king’s peace, with malice prepense or aforethought, either express, or implied by law. 1
ENGROSSING
the means of carrying on a trade. But ina more limited sense it means a thing. of con-. siderable dimensions, of a fixed or permanent nature, analogous to an erection or building.
ENHANCED
ENHANOED. This word, taken in an unqualified sense, is synonymous with ‘“increased,” and comprehends any increase of value, however caused or arising. Thornburn v. Doscher (C. C.) 32 Fed. 812.
ENROLLMENT OF VESSELS
wards that end. When used in the formér sense, as in statutes conferring a right to compel the military service of enlisted men, the enlistment is not deemed completed until the man has been mustered into the service. T...
ENS LEGIS
L. Lat. A creature of the law; an artificial being, as contrasted with a natural person. Applied to corporations, considered as deriving their existence entirely from the law.
ENSERVER. IL
Fr. To make subject to a service or servitude. Britt. c. 54.
ENTEROEUR
L.Fr. A party challenging (claiming) goods; he who has placed them in the hands of a third person. Kelham. . a. ie ‘ a
ENTIRE
but in common parlance the entry is now merged in the taking possession. See Entry. 410.—Entire tenancy. A sole possess on by one person, called “severalty,” which is contrary to several tenancy, where a joint or ...
ENTREBAT
L. Fr. interloper. Britt. c 114.
ENTRY
1. In real property law. Entry is the act of going peaceably upon a piece of land which is claimed as one’s own, but which is held by another person, with the intention and for the purpose of taking possession of the s...
ENUMERATIO INFIRMAT
specifically,” “designated,” or “expressly named or granted;” as in speaking of “enumerated” governmental powers, items of property, or articles in a tariff schedule See Bloomer v. Todd, 8 Wash. T. 599, 19
EO DIE
Lat. On ‘that day; on the
EO INSTANTE
Lat. At that instant; at the very or same instant; immediately. 1
EO LOCI
Lat. In the civil law. In that state or condition; in that place, (eo loco.) Calvin.
EO NOMINE
Lat. Under that name: by that appellation. Perinde ac si eo nomine Ubi tradita futsset, just as if it had been delivered to you by that name. Inst. 2, 1, 43. A common phrase in the books.
EOOLKSIA NON MORITUR
ft can make its own condition better, but not worse.