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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 a long time, on condition that he should: improve it, by building, planting or cultivating it, and should pay for it an annual rent; with a right to the grantee to alienate it, or transmit it by descent to his heirs, and under a condition that … [Read more...] about EMPHYTEOSIS

In medical jurisprudence. The ejection or throwing out of any secretion or other matter from the body; the expulsion of urine, semen, etc. … [Read more...] about EMISSION

In the Roman and civil law. A contract by which a landed estate was leased to a tenant, either in perpetuity or for a long term of years, upon the reservation of an annual rent or canon, and upon the condition that the lessee should improve the property, by building, cultivating, or otherwise, and with a right in the lessee to alien the estate at pleasure or pass it to his … [Read more...] about EMPHYTEUSIS

An act by which a person, who was once in the power of another, is rendered free. For example, President Lincoln declared the Emancipation Proclamation which freed slaves from their masters and, after the Civil War, this emancipation was made a part of the Constitution with the 13th Amendment. Modern day this term usually refers to the time when a child is free from parental … [Read more...] about EMANCIPATION

A human embryo from the date of conception to the eighth week of gestation. … [Read more...] about EMBRYO