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EXPOSITIO

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Lat. Explanation; exposition ; interpretation. Expositio qusa ex visceribus causae naseitnr, est aptlssima et fortissima in lege. That kind of interpretation which is born [or drawn] from the bowels of a cause is the aptest and most forcible in the law. 10 Coke, 24b. … [Read more...]

EXPIRED

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When an active agreement or contract ends. The state of a right after the period within which it may be enforced ends. … [Read more...]

EXPIRY OF THE LEGAL

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In Scotch law and practice. Expiration of the period within which an adjudication may be redeemed, by paying the debt in the decree of adjudication. Bell. … [Read more...]

EXPOSITION DE PART

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French law. The abandonment of a child, unable to take care of itself, either in a public or private place. 2. If the child thus exposed should be killed in consequence of such exposure; as, if it should be devoured by animals, the person thus exposing it would be guilty of murder. Rose. Cr. Ev. 591. … [Read more...]

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