The epoch or date whence any people begin to compute their time. … [Read more...] about EMERGENT TEAR
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EMBLEMENTS
The vegetable chattels called "emblements" are the corn and other growth of the earth which are produced annually, not spontaneously, but by labor and industry, and thence are called "fructus industriales" Reiff v. Reiff, 64 Pa. 137. The growing crops of those vegetable productions of the soil which are annually produced by the labor of the cultivator. They are deemed personal … [Read more...] about EMBLEMENTS
EMIGRANT
One who quits his country for any lawful reason, with a design to settle elsewhere, and who takes his family and property, if he has any, with him. … [Read more...] about EMIGRANT
EMBLERS DE GENTZ
L. Fr. A stealing from the people. The phrase occurs in the old rolls .of parliament: "Whereas divers murders, emblers de gentz, and robberies are committed," etc … [Read more...] about EMBLERS DE GENTZ
EMIGRATION
The act of changing one's domicile from one country or state to another. It is to be distinguished from "expatriation." The latter means the abandonment of one's country and renunciation of one's citizenship in it, while emigration denotes merely the removal of person and property to a foreign state. The former is usually the consequence of the latter. Emigration is also used … [Read more...] about EMIGRATION