In Scotch law. An addition; as, eik to a reversion, etfc, to a confirmation . Bell.
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EINECIA
Eldership. See ESNECY.
EINETIUS
In English law . The oldest; the first-born. Spelman.
EIRE, or EYRE
In old English law . A journey, route, or circuit. Justices in eire werejudges who were sent by commission, every seven years , into various counties to holdthe assizes and […]
EIRENARCHA
A name formerly given to a justice of the peace . In the Digests, theword is written “irenareha.” Eisdem modis dissolvitur obligatio quae nascitur ex contractu , vel quasi, quibuscontrahitur. […]
EISNE
The senior; the oldest son. Spelled, also, “eigne,” “cinsne,” “aisne,” “eign.” Termes de la Ley ; Kelham.
EISNETIA, EINETIA
The share of the oldest son. The portion acquired by primogeniture . Termes de la Ley ; Co. Litt. 1066; Cowell.
EITHER
May be used in the sense of “each.” Chidester v. Railway Co., 59 111. 87.This word does not mean “all;” but does mean one or the other of two or […]
EITHER/OR FACILITY
A customer can borrow money or Eurodollars from the bank’s head office or from a foreign branch. Agreement-based.
EJECT
To cast, or throw out; to oust, or dispossess; to put or turn out of possession.3 Bl. Comm. 198, 199, 200. See Bo- hannon v. Southern Ry. Co., 112 Ky. […]
EJECTA
In old English law . A woman ravished or deflowered, or cast forth from the virtuous. Blount.
EJECTION
A turning out of possession. 3 Bl. Comm. 199.
EJECTIONE CUSTODIJE
In old English law . Ejectment of ward. This phrase, which isthe Latin equivalent for the French “ejectment de garde,” was the title of a writ whichlay for a guardian […]
EJECTIONE FIRMZE
Ejection, or ejectment of farm. The name of a writ or action oftrespass, which lay at common law where lands or tenements were let for a term ofyears, and afterwards […]
EJECTMENT
At common law , this was the name of a mixed action (springing from’he earlier personal action of ejectione firmce) which lay for the recovery of the possession of land, […]
EJECTMENT BILL
A bill in equity brought merely for the recovery of real property , togetherwith an account of the rents and profits, without setting out any distinct groundof equity jurisdiction ; […]
EJECTOR
One who ejects, puts out. or dispossesses another.
EJECTUM
That which is thrown up by the sea. Also jetsam, wreck, etc.
EJECTUS
In old English law . A whoremonger. Blount
EJERCITORIA
In Spanish law. The name of an action lying against a ship’s owner,upon the contracts or obligations made by the master for repairs or supplies. Itcoresponds to the actio excrcitoria […]
EJIDOS
In Spanish law. Commons; lands used In common by the inhabitants of acity, pueblo, or town, for pasture, wood, threshing-ground, etc. Hart v. Burnett, 15 Cal. 554.
EJTJRATION
Renouncing or resigning one’s place. Ejus est interpretarl cujus est con- dere. It is his to interpret whose it is to enact. Tayl. Civil Law, 9G.Ejus est nolle, qui potest […]
EJUSDEM GENERIS
Of the same kind, class, or nature.In statutory construction , the ” ejusdem generis rule” is that where general words follow an enumeration of persons or things, by words of […]
ELABORARE
In old European law. To gain, acquire, or purchase, as by labor and industry.
ELABORATES
Property which is the acquisition of labor. Spelman.