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EBRIETY
In criminal law and medical jurisprudence . Drunkenness ; alcoholic intoxication .Com. v. Whitney, 11 Cusli. (Mass.) 479.Ecce modo minim, quod fcemina fert breve regis, non nominando virum, conjunctumrobore legis. […]
ECCENTRICITY
In criminal law and medical jurisprudence . Personal or individualpeculiarities of mind and disposition which markedly distinguish the subject from theordinary, normal, or average types of men, but do not […]
ECCHYMOSIS
In medical jurisprudence . Blackness. It is an extravasation of bloodby rupture of capillary vessels, and hence it follows contusion; but it may exist, as incases of scurvy and other […]
ECCLESIA
ECCLESIA. Lat. An assembly. A Christian assembly; a church. A place of religiousworship. Spelman.Ecclesia ecclesise decimas solvere non debet. Cro. Eliz. 479. A church ought not topay tithes to a […]
ECCLESIARCH
The ruler of a church.
ECCLESIASTIC
n. A clergyman; a priest; a man consecrated to the service of the church.
ECCLESIASTICAL
Something belonging to or set apart for the church, as distinguished from “civil” or “secular,” with regard to the world. Wharton.
ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONERS
In English law . A body corporate , erected by St. 6 & 7 Wm. IV. c. 77. empowered to suggest measures conducive to theefficiency of the established church, to […]
ECCLESIASTICAL CORPORATION
See CORPORATION
ECCLESIASTICAL COUNCIL
In New England. A church court or tribunal, having functions partly judicial andpartly advisory, appointed to determine questions relating to church discipline,orthodoxy, standing of ministers, controversies between ministers and their […]
ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS
A system of courts in England, held by authority of the sovereign, and havingjurisdiction over matters pertaining to the religion and ritual of the established church,and the rights, duties, and […]
ECCLESIASTICAL DIVISION OF ENGLAND
This is a division into provinces, dioceses, archdeaconries, rural deaneries, and parishes.
ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION
Jurisdiction over ecclesiastical cases and controversies ; such as appertains to the ecclesiasticalcourts. Short v. Stotts, 58 Ind. 35.
ECCLESIASTICAL LAW
The body of jurisprudence administered by theecclesiastical courts of England; derived, in large measure, from the canon and civil law.As now restricted, it applies mainly to the affairs, and the […]
ECCLESIASTICAL THINGS
This term, as used in the canon law, includes church buildings,church property, cemeteries, and property given to the church for the support of thepoor or for any other pious use. […]
ECCLESLX SCULPTURA
The image or sculpture of a church In ancient times wasoften cut out or cast in plate or other metal, and preserved as a religious treasure orrelic, and to perpetuate […]
ECDICUS
The attorney, proctor, or advocate of a corporation . Episcoporum ecdi- ci; bishops’ proctors; church lawyers. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 65.
ECHANTILLON
In French law . One of the two parts or pieces of a wooden tally.That in possession of the debtor is properly called the “tally,” the other ” echantillon .”Poth. […]
ECHEVIN
In French law . A municipal officer corresponding with alderman orburgess, and having in some instances a civil jurisdiction in certain causes of trifling importance.
ECHOLALIA
In medical jurisprudence . The constant and senseless repetition of particular words or phrases, recognized as a sign or symptom of insanity or of aphasia.
ECHOUEMENT
In French marine law. Stranding. Emerig. Tr. des Ass. c. 12, s. 13, no. 1.
ECLAMPSIA PARTURIENTIUM
In medical jurisprudence . Puerperal convulsions; a convulsive seizure which sometimessuddenly attacks a woman in labor or directly after, generally attended by unconsciousnessand occasionally by mental aberration.
ECLECTIC PRACTICE
In medicine. That system followed by physicians who selecttheir modes of practice and medicines from various schools. Webster.”Without professing to understand much of medical phraseology, we suppose thatthe terms ‘allopathic […]
ECONOMIC CAPITAL
CAPITAL resources that a company allocates internally to conduct its operations and support its RISKS (including FINANCIAL RISK and OPERATING RISK ). Economic capital , which is a key measure […]