Category: International Law

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EASTERLY

EASTERLY. This wofd, when used alone, will be construed to mean “due east.” But that is a rule of necessity growing out of the indefiniteness of the term, and has bo application where other words are used for the purpose of qualifying its meaning...

EMPLOYER

cfal employment, it is understood to mean some permanent employment or position.” The word is more extensive than “clerk” or “officer.” It signifies any one in place, or having charge or using a function, as well as one in office. See Ritte...

EMPTOR

Lat. A buyer or purchaser. Used in the maxim “caveat emptor,” let the buyer beware; i. e., the buyer of an article must be on his guard and take the risks of his purchase.

ESTANDARD

L. Fr. A standard, (of weights and measures.) So called because it stands constant and immovable, and hath all other measures coming towards it for their conformity. Termes de la Ley.

Ex parte Bell, 19 Fla

612;' Barnhart v. State, 154 Ind. 177, 56 N. E. 212; People v. Righetti, 66 Cal. 184, 4 Pac. 1185.—Simple larceny. Larceny which is not complicated or aggravated with acts of violence. _ Larceny from the person, or with force and violence, is calle...

EXPRESS

EXPRESS. Made known distinctly and explicitly, and not left to inference or implication. Declared in terms; set forth in words. Manifested by direct and appropriate language, as distinguished from that which is inferred from conduct. The word is usua...