In old English and Scotch law. Respite; delay; continuance of time; postponement Respiciendum est judieanti ne quid aut durius aut rewissius coustituatur quam causa deposcit; nee euim aut se- vcritatis […]

From the opposite; on the contrary.

Conversely. On the other hand; on the contrary. Equivalent to e contra.

An abbreviation of exempli gratia . For the sake of an example.

Out of mere grace or favor.

a Latin phrase that is the motto of the USA and states: Out of many, one or more commonly One for all and all for one.

Sax. The water or river; also the mouth of a river on the shore between highand low water-mark.Ea est accipienda interpretatio, quae vitio caret. That interpretation is to be received[or […]

With that intent. Held not to make a condition, but a confidence and trust. Dyer, 13S6.Ea quae, commendandi causa, in ven- ditionibus dicuntur, si palam appareant,venditorem non obligant. Those things […]

A distributive adjective pronoun, which denotes or refers to every one of thepersons or things mentioned; every one of two or more persons or things, composingthe whole, separately considered. The […]

A gold coin of the United States of the value of ten dollars.

In old Saxon law. An elder or chief.

The name of a Saxon magistrate ; alderman; analogous to carl among the Danes, and senatoramong the Romans. See ALDERMAN.

An archbishop.

Sax. The metropolis ; the chief city. Obsolete.

(Fr. ealc. Sax., ale, and hus, house.) An ale-house.

Sax. The privilege of assisiug and selling beer. Obsolete.

In English law . Such grass which is upon the land after the mowing, until the feast of the Annunciation after. 3 Leon. 213.

A mark put ui>on a thing to distinguish It from another. Originally andliterally, a mark upon the ear; a mode of marking sheep and other animals.Property is said to be […]

In the law of evidence . One who attests or can attest anything asheard ‘by himself.

A title of nobility, formerly the highest in England, now the third, rankingbetween a marquis and a viscount, and corresponding with the French “comte” and theGerman “graf.” The title originated […]

A great officer of state who had anciently several courts underhis jurisdiction , as the court of chivalry and the court of honor . Under him is theherald’s office, or […]

The dignity or jurisdiction of an earl. The dignity only remains now, as the jurisdictionhas been given over to the sheriff. 1 Bl. Comm. 339.

Money given in part payment. See EARNEST.

The money a person earns from working at a job.

If an insured person pays for a policy in advance, the “earned” premium is the portion of the policy that has already been used.