EQUIVALENT. Of the same value. Sometimes a condition must be literally accomplished in forma specifica; but some may be fulfilled by an equivalent, pe...
EQUITY. In the early history of the law, the sense affixed to this word was exceedingly vague and uncertain. This was owing, in part, to the fact, tha...
EPILEPSY, med. jur. A discase of the brain, which occurs in paroxysms, with uncertain intervals between them.2. These paroxysms are characterized by t...
ENTRY, commercial law. The act of setting down the particulars of a sale, or other transaction, in a merchant's or tradesman's accouut books; ...
ENTIRETY, or, ENTIERTIE. This word denotes the whole, in contradistinction to moiety, which denotes the half part. A hushand and wife, when jointly se...
TO ENLARGE. To extend; as, to enlarge a rule to plead, is to extend the time during which a defendant may plead. To enlarge, means also to set at libe...
ENDORSEMENT. Vide Indorsement.ENDOWMENT. The bestowing or assuring of a dower to a woman. It is sometimes used: metaphorically, for the setting a prov...
EMPTION. The act of buying.EMPTOR. A buyer; a purchaser.EN DEMEURE. In default. This term is used in Louisiana. 3 N. S. 574. See Moral in.ENABLING POW...
EMPHYTEOSIS, civil law. The name of a contract by which the owner of an uncultivated piece of land granted it to another either in perpetuity, or for ...
EMINENCE; A title of honor given to cardinals.EMINENT DOMAIN. The right which people or government retain over the estates of individuals, to resume t...