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crim. law. The figure or representation of a person. 2. To make the effigy of a person with an intent to make him the object of ridicule, is a libel. 3. In France an execution by effigy or in effigy is adopted in the case of a criminal who has fled from justice. By the public exposure or exhibition of a picture or representation of him on a scaffold, on which his name and the … [Read more...] about EFFIGY

In old pleading. Going forth and issuing out of (land.) Townsh. PI. 17. … [Read more...] about EGREDIENS ET EXEUNS

The running of a prescribed period of time to its end; expiration by lapse of time. Particularly applied to the termination of a lease by the expiration of the term for which it was made. … [Read more...] about EFFLUX

This means to leave or an exit. Used frequently in leases to express the right of the lessee to enter, go upon, and return from the lands in question. Ingress is to enter, egress is to leave, regress is to return. See also ingress and regress. … [Read more...] about EGRESS

When this phrase is used in leases, conveyances, and other like deeds, or in agreements expressed in simple writing, it indicates the conclusion or expiration of an agreed term of years specified in the deed or writing, such conclusion or expiration arising in the natural course of events, in contradistinction to the determination of the term by the acts of the parties or by … [Read more...] about EFFLUXION OF TIME