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ENGLESHIRE

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A law was made by Canutus, for the preservation of his Danes, that when a man was killed, the hundred or town should be liable to be amerced, unless it could be proved that the person killed was an Englishman. This proof was called Engleshire. It consisted, generally, of the testimony of two males on the part of the father of him that had been killed, and two females on the … [Read more...]

ENLARGING

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Extending or making more comprehensive; as an enlarging statute, which is one extending the common law. … [Read more...]

ENLISTMENT

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The act of one who voluntarily enters the military or naval service of the government contracting to serve in a subordinate capacity. Morrlssey v. Perry, 137 U. S. 157, 11 Sup. Ct. 57, 34 L. Ed. 644; Babbitt v. TJ. S., 16 Ct. CI. 213; Erlchson v. Beach, 40 Conn. 286. The words "enlist" and "enlistment," in law, as in common usage, may signify either the complete fact of … [Read more...]

ENGLISH INFORMATION

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In English law. A proceeding in the court of exchequer in matters of revenue. … [Read more...]

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