Just; conformable to the principles of natural justice and right
Category: E
EQUINOXES
The two periods of the year (vernal equinox about March 21st, and autumnal equinox about September 22d) when the time from the rising of the snn to its setting is equal to the time from its set-ting to its rising. See Dig. 43, 13,1, 8
EQUILOCUS
An equal. It ls mention-ed in Simeon Dunelm, A. D. 882. Jacob
EQUES
Lat In Roman and old English law. A knight
EQUERRY
An officer of state under the master of the horse
EQUALITY
The condition of possessing the same rights, prlvlleges, and immunlties, and belng liable to the same duties
EQUAL
Alike; uniform; on the same plane or level with respect to efficiency
EFOCH
The time at which a new’ computation is begun; the time whence dates are numbered. Enc. Loud
EPISTOLX
In the civil law. Rescripts; opinions given by the emperors ln cases sub* mitted to them for decision
EPISTOLA
A letter; a charter; an ln-stroment ln writing for conveyance of lands or assurance of contracts. Calvin; Spel-man
EPISCOPUS
In tbo civil law. An
EPISCOPATE
A bishopric. The dignity or office of a bishop
EPISCOPALIAN
of or pertalning to episcopacy, or to the Episcopal Church
EPISCOPALIA
In ecclesiastical law. 8ynodals, pentecostals, and other customary payments from the clergy to their diocesan bishop, formerly collected by the rural deans. Cowell
EPISOOPAGY
The office of overlook-ing or overseeing; the office of a bishop, who is to overlook and oversee the concerns of the church. A form of church government by diocesan bishops. Trustees of Diocese of Central New York v. Colgrove, 4 Hun (N. Y.) 368
EPIMENIA
Expenses or gifts. Blount
EPILEPSY
In medical jurisprudence. A disease of the brain, which occurs in paroxysms with uncertain intervals between them
EPIDEMIC
This term, in its ordinary and popular meaning, applies to ang disease which is widely spread or generally prevail* ing at a given place and tlme. Pohalski v. Mutual L. Ins. Co., 36 N. Y. Super. Ct 234
EOTH
In Saxon law. An oath
EORLE
In Saxon law. An earL
EO NOMINE
Lat Under that name; by that appellation. Perinde ac si eo nomine tibi tradita fuisset, Just as lf lt had been delivered to you by that name. lnst. 2, 1, 43. A common phrase in the hooks
EO LOCI
Lat. In the civll law. In that state or condltion; in that place, (eo loco.) Calvin
EO INTUITU
Lat with or in that view; with that intent or object. Hale, Anal, t 2
EO INST ANTE
Lat. At that instant; at the very or same instant; Immediately. 1 Bl. Comm. 196, 249 ; 2 Bi. Comm. 168; Co. Lltt. 298a; 1 Coke. 138
EO DIE
Lat on that day; on the same day
ENVOY
In international law. A pub-11c minister of the Becond class, ranking next after an ambassador
ENUMERATORS
Persons appointed to collect census papers or schedules. 33 & 34 Vict C. 108, $ 4
ENTRY, WRIT OF
In old Engllsh practice. This was a writ made use of in a form of real actlon brought to recover the possession of lands from one who wrongful-ly withheld the same from the demandant
ENTRY
1. In real property law. En
ENTREPOT
A warehouse or magazine for the deposit of goods. In France, a bulld-ing or place where goods from abroad may be deposited, and from whence they may be withdrawn for exportation to auother coun-try, without paying a duty. Braude; web-ster
ENTREGA
Span. Delivery. Las Partidas, pt. 6, tlt 14, L 1
ENTREBAT
L. Fr. An intruder or interloper. Britt c. 114
ENTITLE
In its usual sense, to entitle is to glve a right or title. Therefore a per son ls said to be entitled to property when he has a right to it. Com. v. Moorhead, 7 Pa. Co. Ct. R. 516; Thompson v. Thompson, 107 Ala. 103, 18 South. 247
ENTIRETY
The whole, in contradls-tinctlon to, a moiety or part only, when land is conveyed to husband and wife, they do not take by moieties, hut both are seised of the entirety. 2 Kent, Comm. 132; 4 Kent, Comm. 362. Parceners, ou the other hand, have not an entirety ot interest, but each is properly entitled […]
ENTICE
To solicit, persuade, or pro-cure. Nash v. Douglass, 12 Abb. Prac. N. S. (N. Y.) 190; People v. Carrier, 46 Mich; 442, 9 N. W. 487; Gould v. State, 71 Neb. 651, 90 N. W. 543
ENTEROEUR
L. Fr. A party challeng-ing (claiming) goods; he who has placed them ln the hands of a third person. Eel-ham
ENTER
In tbe law of real property
ENTENDMENT
The old form of intendment, (q. v.) derived directly from the Freuch, and used to denote the true meaning or signification of a word or sentence; that is, the understanding or construction of law. Cowell
ENTENOION
In old English law. The plaintiff’s count or declaration
ENTAILED
Settled or limited to sped-fied heirs, or ln tail
ENSERVER
L. Fr. To make subject to a service or servitude. Britt c. 54
ENSEAL
To seal. Ensealing ls still used as a formal word in conveyancing
ENSCHEDULE
To insert ln a list, ae-count, or writing
ENS LEGIS
L Lat A creature of the law ; an artificial being, as contrasted with a natural person. Applied to corporations, considered as deriving their existence entire-ly from the law
ENROLLMENT OF VESSELS
In the
ENROLL
To register; to make a record ; to enter on the rolls of a court; to tran-scrlbe. Ream v. Com., 3 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 209
ENQUEST
or ENQUEST. In canon law. An examination of wltnesses, taken down in writing, by or before an authorized judge, for the purpose of gathering testimony to be used on a trial
ENPLEET
Anciently used for implead. CowelL
ENORMIA
In old practlce and pleadlng. Unlawful or wrongful acts; wrongs. Et alia enormia, and other wrongs. Thls phrase con-stantly occurs ln the old writs and declara-tlons of trespass
ENLISTMENT
The act of one who voluntarily enters the military or naval service of the government, contracting to serve In a subordinate capacity. Morrissey v. Perry, 137 U. S. 157, 11 Sup. Ct. 57, 34 L. Ed. 644; Babbitt v. U. S., 16 Ct. Cl. 213; Erichsou v. Beach, 40 Conn. 28G