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To break the peace; to commit open violence. Jacob

To abdicate or re-sign ; to resign or surrender an estate, office, or dignity, by the symbolical delivery of a staff or rod to the alienee

The name given to a record preserved among the muniments and charters belonging to the dean and chapter of Exeter Cathedral, which con-tains a description of the western parts of the kingdom, comprising the counties of wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, and Corn-wall. The Exeter Domesday was published with several other surveys nearly contem-porary, by order […]

In old European law. An army; an armed force. The term was absolutely indefinite as to number. It was applied, on various occasions, to a gathering of forty-two armed men, of thirty-five, or even of four. Spelman

In old English law. A heriot paid only in arms, horses, or mili-tary accouterments

The trust given to a ship-master

In the civU law. An action which lay against the employer of a vessel (exercitor navis) for the contracts made by the master. Inst. 4, 7, 2; 3 Kent, Comm. 161. Mackeld. Rom. Law, ?S 512

A soldier; a vassal. Spelman

To make use of. Thus, to exercise a right or power is to do something which it enables the holder to do. U. S. v. Souders, 27 Fed. Cas. 1267; Cleaver v. Comm., 34 Pa. 284; Branch v. Glass works, 96 Ga. 573, 23 S. E. 128

Lat. Let it be exe-cnted. In French practice, this term Is sub-scribed by judicial authority upon a transcript of a judgment from a foreign country, or from another part of France, and author-? izes the execution of the judgment within the jurisdiction where it is so indorsed

Persons who are not bound by law, but excused from the performance of duties imposed upon others

Freedom from a general duty or service; immunity from a general burden, tax, or charge. Green v. State, 59 Md. 128, 43 Am. Rep. 542; Koenig v. Rail-road Co., 3 Neb. 380; Long v. Converse, 91 0. 8. 113, 23 L. Ed. 233

A writ grant-ed for the exemplification or transcript of an original record. Reg. orig. 290

An official tran-script of a document from publlc records

See Damages

In Scotch law. The mov-able estate of a person dying, which goes to hls nearest of kin. So called as falling under the distribution of an executor. BelL

A woman who has been appointed by will to execute such will or tes-tament

A female executor. Hardr. 165, 473. See Execotbix

That which is yet to be executed or performed; that which remains to be carried into operation or effect; incomplete ; depending upon a future performance or event The opposite of executed

A person appointed by a testator to carry out the directions nnd re-quests in his will, and to dispose of the prop-erty according to his testamentary provisions after his decease. Scott v. Guernsey, 60

The name given to him who puts criminals to death, according to their sentence; a hangman

A writ directed to the judge of an inferior court to do-execution upon a judgment therein, or to return some reasonable cause wherefore he de-lays the execution. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 20

A writ that lay for taking cattle of one who has conveyed the cattle of another out of the county, so that the sheriff cannot replevy them. Reg. Orig. 82

A writ commanding execution of a judgment Ob-solete. CoweU

The completion, fulfill-ment, or perfecting of anything, or carrying it lnto operation and effect. The signing, sealing, and delivery of a deed. The signing and publicatlon of a will. The performance of a contract according to Its terms

Lat The doing or fojlow-ing np of a thing; the doing a thing com-pletely or thoroughly; management or ad-ministration

Completed; carried lnto full effect; already done or performed; tak-ing effect lmmediately; now ln existence or in possesslon; conveying an immediate right or possession. The opposite of executory

To finlsh, accomplish, make complete, fulfill. To perform; obey the in-j unctions of

A permission which a bishop grants to a priest to go out of hls diocese; also leave to go out generally

To selze and detain by law

A reason alleged for doing or not doing a thing, worcester

In Enclisb law. An

In the civil law. An excuse or reason which exempts from some dnty or obligation

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A writ commanding that persons excommu-nlcated, who for their obstinacy had been committed to prison, but were unlawfully set free before they had given caution to obey the authority of the church, should be sought after, retaken, and Imprisoned again. Reg., orig. 67.

A writ to the sheriff for delivery of an ex-communicated person out of prison, upon certificate from the ordinary of his conform-ity to the ecclesiastical jurisdiction. Fltzh. Nat Brev. 63.

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A sentence of censure prouounced by one of the spiritual courts for offenses falling under ecclesiastical cognizance. It is described in the books

Excommunication, (q. v.) Co. Litt. 134a

In old English law. A sluice to carry off water; the payment to the lord for the benefit of such a slulce. Cowell

That department of the English government whlch has charge of the collection of the national revenue; the treas-ury department

In conveyancing. A

Tending to or marked by excess, which ls the quality or state of ez

or EXCERPTS. Extracts

In old English law. A party who entered an exception or plea

Lat. with all necessary exceptions

In praotioe. A formal objection to the action of the court, during the trial of a cause, in refusing a request or overruling an objection; implying that the party excepting does not acquiesce in the decision of the court, but will seek to procure its reversal, and that he means to save the benefit of […]

In Boman law. An ex

An exchange; a place where merchants meet to transact their busi-ness; also an equivalent ln recompense; a recompense ln lieu of dower ad ostium eccle-Sia

In Scotch law. Ex-change. 1 Forb. Inst, pt 2, p. 173