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640; Ex parte Garland, 4 Wall. 380, 18
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EIGNE
L. Fr. Eldest; eldest-born. The term is of common occurrence in the old books. Thus, bastard eigne means an illegitimate son whose parents afterwards marry
EJERCITORIA
firme) which lay for the recovery of the possession of land, and for damages for the unlawful detention of its possession. The action was highly fictitious, being in theory only for the recovery of a term for years, and brought by a purely fictitious...
EJIDOS
EJIDOS. In Spanish law. Commons; lands used in common by the inhabitants of a city, pueblo, er town, for pasture, wood, threshing-ground, etc. Hart v. Burnett, 15
Elis
c. 1, whereby the supremacy end autonomy, of the crown In spiritual or ecclesiastical matters was declared and established.—Oath of supre - An oath to uphold the supreme power of the kingdom of England in the person ‘of the reigning sovereign.
Ellis, 11 Wend
(N. Y.) 259.—Plowman’s fee. In old English law, this was a species of tenure peculiar to peasants or small farmers, somewhat like gavelkind, by which the lands de scended in equal shares to all the sons of the tenant.—Qualified fee. In English ...
ELOIGNE. In practice
(Fr. éloigner, to remove to a distance; to remove afar off.) A return to a writ of replevin, when the chattels have been removed out of the way of the sheriff.
Emery v. San Francisco Gas Co., 28 Cal
356. The differences between taxation and taking property in right of eminent domain are that taxation exacts money or services from individuals, as and for their respective shares of contribution to any public burden; while private property taken fo...
EMOTIONAL INSANITY
advantage, profit, or gain arising from the possession of an office. Apple v. Crawford
EN GROS
emptio-venditio—Emptio rei sperats. <A purchase in the hope of an uncertain future profit; the purchase of a thing not yet in -existence or not yet in the possession of the seller, as, the cast of a net or a crop to be grown, and the price of which...
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 recover the amount of the Dill. Arg...
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 & Whitley.
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. The freeholders of the county (...
England by 24 & 25 Vict
c. 98, §§ 27, 28. and in theAUnited States, generally, by statute. 2
England cannot be changed
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England. Western Union Tel. Co
v. Call " Pub. Co., 181 U. 8. 92, 21 Sup. Ct. 561, 45
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 recording laws of the American stat...
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.
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 same. asmuch as the original e...
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
Eq
291. Corresponding with the order for the appointment of a guardian, in English and American practice—Act of God. Inevitable accident; vis major. Any misadventure or casualty is said to be caused by the “act of God” when it happens by the direc...
Equality is equity
Fran. Max. 9, max. 8 Thus, where an heir buys in an incumbrance for less than is due upon it, (except it be to protect an incumbrance to which he himself is entitled,) he shall be allowed no more than what he really paid for it, as against other incu...
EQUERRY
actual. cash value of property. The term is also applied to a similar process of leveling or adjusting the assessments of individual taxpayers, so that the property of one shall not be assessed at a higher (or lower) percentage of its market value th...
Esp
65. To set apart or expropriate property for public use, in the exercise of the power of eminent domain. Wulzen vy. San (or Esp. N.P.). Wspinasse’s English Nisi. Prius Reports.
ESSARTER. I
Fr. To cut down woods to clear land of trees and underwood ;. properly to thin woods, by cutting trees, etc., at intervals. Spelman.
ESSENDI QUIETUM DE TOLONIO
A writ to be quit of toll; it lies for citizens and burgesses of any city or town who, by charter or prescription, ought to be exempted from toll, where the same is exacted of them. Reg. Orig. 258.
ESTATE
1. The interest which any one has in lands, or in any other subject of property. 1 Prest. Est. 20. And see Van Rensselaer v. Poucher, 5 Denio (N. Y.) 40; Beall v. Holmes, 6 Har. & J. (Md.) 208; Mulford v. Le Franc, 26 Cal. 108; Robertson v. VanCleave...
ESTATE AD REMANENTIAM. An
estate in fee-simple. Glan. 1. 7, c 1.
ESTATE BY STATUTE MERCHANT
An estate whereby the creditor, under the custom of London, retained the possession of all his debtor’s lands until his debts were paid. 1 Greenl. Cruise, Dig. 515. See Stat-