A species of release which inures by way of enlarging an estate, and consists of a conveyance of the ulterior interest to the particular tenant; as if there be tenant for life or years, remainder to another in fee, and he in remainder releases all his right to the particular tenant and his heirs, this gives him the estate in fee. 1 Steph. Comm. 518. … [Read more...] about ENLARGER L'ESTATE
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ENGLESHIRE
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...] about ENGLESHIRE
ENLARGING
Extending or making more comprehensive; as an enlarging statute, which is one extending the common law. … [Read more...] about ENLARGING
ENABLING STATUTE
A statute enabling persons or corporations to do what before they could not. … [Read more...] about ENABLING STATUTE
ENCUMBER
See encumbrance. A lien. A claim by a party other than the owner on a parcel of real estate or other property or property right. See INCUMBER. … [Read more...] about ENCUMBER