A name formerly given to a justice of the peace. In the Digests, the word is written "irenarcha." Eisdem modis dissolvitnr obligatio qua nascitur ex contractu, vel quasi, quibna eontrabitnr. An obligation which arises from contract, or quasi contract, is dissolved in the same ways in which it is contracted. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 60, f 19. … [Read more...] about EIRENARCHA
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EJUSDEM GENERIS
Of the same kind, class, or nature. In statutory construction, the "ejusdem generis rule" is that where general words follow an enumeration of persons or things, by words of a particular and specific meaning, such general words are not to be construed in their widest extent, but are to be held as applying only to persons or things of the same general kind or class as those … [Read more...] about EJUSDEM GENERIS
ELECTIVE SHARE
See statutory share. … [Read more...] about ELECTIVE SHARE
EISNE
The senior; the oldest son. Spelled, also, "eigne," "einsne," "aisene," "eign." Termes de la Ley; Kelham. … [Read more...] about EISNE
ELABORARE
In old European law. To gain, acquire, or purchase, as by labor and industry. … [Read more...] about ELABORARE