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English law. A journey. Justices in eyre, were itinerant judges, who were sent once in seven years with a general commission in divers counties, to hear and determine such causes as were called pleas of the crown. Vide Justices in eyre. … [Read more...] about EIRE OR EYRE

In Spanish law. Commons; lands used in common by the inhabitants of a city, pueblo, or town, for pasture, wood, threshing-ground, etc. Hart v. Burnett, 16 Gal. 554. … [Read more...] about EJIDOS

Campaigning near a voting booth or poll. This is usually illegal and a statutory distance must be adhered to by campaigners. … [Read more...] about ELECTIONEERING

In old English law. A journey, route, or circuit. Justices in eire were judges who were sent by commission, every seven years, into various counties to hold the assizes and hear pleas of the crown. 3 Bl. Comm. 58. … [Read more...] about EIRE, OR EYRE

Renouncing or resigning one's place. Ejus est interpretari cujus est condere. It is his to interpret whose it is to enact. Tayl. Civil Law, 96. Ejus est nolie, qui potest velie. He who can will, [exercise volition,] has a right to refuse to will, [to withhold consent] Dig. 60, 7, 3. Ejus est periculum cujus est dominium aut commodum. He who has the dominion or advantage has the … [Read more...] about EJURATION