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ERECT

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One of the formal words of incorporation in royal charters. "We do, incorporate, erect, ordain, name, constitute, and establish." … [Read more...]

ERRATICUM

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In old law. A waif or stray; a wandering beast Cowell. … [Read more...]

ERECTION

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Raising up; building; a completed building. In a statute on the "erection" of wooden buildings, this term does not include repairing, alteration, enlarging, or removal. See Shaw v. Hitchcock, 119 Mass. 256; Martine v. Nelson, 51 111. 422; Douglass v. Com., 2 Rawle (Pa.) 264; Brown v. Hunn, 27 Conn. 334, 71 Am. Dec. 71; McGary v. People, 45 N. Y. 160. … [Read more...]

ERRATUM

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Lat. Error. Used in the Latin formula for assigning errors, and in the reply thereto, "In nullo est erratum," i.e., there was no error, no error was committed. … [Read more...]

EREGIMUS

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We have erected. In England, whenever the. right of creating or granting a new office is vested in the king, he must use proper words for the purpose, as eregimus, constituimus, and the like. … [Read more...]

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