A place in a foreign country where an ambassador on behalf of the U.S. government works., also for the process of managing visa and immigration applications for that country. … [Read more...] about EMBASSY
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EMERGE
To arise; to come to light. "Unless a matter happen to emerge after issue joined." Hale, Anal. s 1. … [Read more...] about EMERGE
EMBER DAYS
In ecclesiastical law. Those days which the ancient fathers called "quatuor tempora jejunii" are of great antiquity in the church. They are observed on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday next after Quadragesima Sunday, or the first Sunday in Lent after Whitsuntide, Holyrood Day, in September, and St Lucy's Day, about the middle of December. Brit c. 53. Our almanacs call the weeks … [Read more...] about EMBER DAYS
EMERGENCY
An immediate and unforeseen incident that occurs which requires action to combat a threat to life or property. … [Read more...] about EMERGENCY
EMBEZZLEMENT
The fraudulent appropriation to his own use or benefit of property or money intrusted to him by another, by. a clerk, agent, trustee, public officer, or other person acting in a fiduciary character. See 4 Bl. Comm. 230, 231; 3 Kent, Comm. 194; 4 Steph. Comm. 168, 169, 219; Fagnan v. Knox, 40 N. Y. Super. Ct 49; State v. Sullivan, 49 La. Ann. 197, 21 South. 688, 62 Am. St Rep. … [Read more...] about EMBEZZLEMENT