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ECUMENICAL
General; universal; as an ecumenical council. Groesbeeck v. Dunscomb, 41 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 344.
EDDERBRECHE
In Saxon law. The offense of hedge-breaking. Obsolete.
EDESTIA
In old records. Buildings.
EDGE ACT BANK
A US banking entity, owned by a state or nationallychartered BANK, with an international business scope. Edge Act banks are authorized to operate interstate branches, accept DEPOSITS from offshore sources, […]
EDICT
A positive law promulgated by the sovereign of a country, and having referenceeither to the whole land or some of its divisions, but usually relating to affairs ofstate. It differs […]
EDICTAL CITATION
In Scotch law. A citation published at the market-cross ofEdinburgh, and pier and shore of Leith. Used against foreigners not within the kingdom,but having a landed estate there, and against […]
EDICTS OF JUSTINIAN
Thirteen constitutions or laws of this prince, found in mosteditions of the Corpus Juris Civilis , after the Novels. Being confined to matters of policeIn the provinces of the empire, […]
EDICTUM
In the Roman law. An edict; a mandate, or ordinance. An ordinance, orlaw, enacted by the emperor without the senate; belonging to the class of constitutionesprincipis. Inst. 1, 2. 6. […]
EDICTUM ANNUUM
The annual edict or system of rules promulgated by a Roman praetorimmediately upon assuming his office, setting forth the principles by which he wouldbe guided in determining causes during his […]
EDICTUM PERPETUUM
The perpetual edict. A compilation or system of law in fifty books,digested by Julian, a lawyer of great eminence under the reign of Adrian, from thepnetor’s edicts and other parts […]
EDICTUM PROVINCIALE
An edict or system of rules for the administration of justice, similar to theedict of the pnetor, put forth by the proconsuls and propraetors in the provinces of theRoman Empire. […]
EDICTUM THEODORICI
This is the first collection of law that was made after the downfall of the Roman power in Italy. It waspromulgated by Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths, at Rome in […]
EDICTUM TRALATITIUM
Where a Roman prator, upon assuming ollice, did not publish a wholly new edict, but retained the whole or aprincipal part of the edict of his predecessor (as was usually […]
EDITUS
In old English law. Put forth or promulgated, when speaking of the j>as- sage of a statute; and brought forth, orborn, when speak ing of the birth of a child.
EDUCATION
Within the meaning of a statute relative to the powers and duties ofguardians, this term comprehends not merely the instruction received at school or college,but the whole course of training, […]
EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PLAN
The employee’s educational costs are paid or reimbursed by the employer as an employee benefit.
EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Financial pay or reimbursement of up to $5,250 per year for approved undergraduate and graduate education is provided by an employer sponsored program for eligible employees. Payments must be for […]
EDUCATIONAL FUND
As a part of a life insurance policy , upon the family’s breadwinner death, money for a child’s education is supplied by this fund.
EEX
Lat. In the Roman law. Law; a law; the law. This term was often used as the synonym of jus, in the sense of a rule of civil conduct authoritatively […]
EFFECT
The result which an instrument between parties will produce In theirrelative rights, or which a statute will produce upon the existing law, as discovered fromthe language used, the forms employed, […]
EFFECTIVE AGE
Physical condition estimated by an appraiser of the condition of a building.
EFFECTIVE ANNUAL RETURN
Interest compounded in an account for a full year for monies that stay there for the year earn additional funds for savings or time deposit .
EFFECTIVE BUYING INCOME
The amount of money a taxpayer has on income from wages, interest, and other income minus taken out be taxes and other deductions such as FICA.
EFFECTIVE CAPACITY
The maximum capacity or demand a device or system actually has or can meet versus stated in a safety specification .