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ERGO

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Lat. Therefore; hence; because. … [Read more...]

ERGOLABI

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In the civil law. Undertakers of work; contractors. Cod. 4, 59. … [Read more...]

EQUITY INTEREST

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An ownership, full or partial, in a company or item as opposed to an interest in something as a result of being owed money. … [Read more...]

ERIACH

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A term of the Irish Brebon law, denoting a pecuniary mulct or recompense which a murderer was judicially condemned to pay to the family or relatives of his victim. It corresponded to the Saxon "weregild." See 4 Bl. Comm. 313. … [Read more...]

EQUITY OF REDEMPTION

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A right which the mortgagee of an estate has of redeeming it, after it has been forfeited at law by the non-payment at, the time appointed of the money secured by the mortgage to be paid, by paying the amount of the debt, interest and costs. 2. An equity of redemption is a mere creature of a court of equity, founded on this principle, that as a mortgage is a pledge for securing … [Read more...]

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