A person with many years of experience and skill within a particular field of study or work. Usually called to court to provide an expert opinion on some matter in question. … [Read more...] about EXPERT
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EXPECTATION DAMAGES
Monetary damages under contract that a rightful party has against a breaching defendant, the benefit of the bargain which a party expected. … [Read more...] about EXPECTATION DAMAGES
EXPERT EVIDENCE
Testimony given by an expert witness in court regarding a professional or scientific issue. … [Read more...] about EXPERT EVIDENCE
EXIGENT, OR EXIGI FACIAS
L. Lat. In English practice. A judicial writ made use of in the process of outlawry, commanding the sheriff to demand the defendant, (or cause him to be demanded, exigi faciat) from county court to county court, until he be outlawed; or, if he appear, then to take and have him before the court on a day certain in term, to answer to the plaintiffs action. 1 Tidd, Pr. 132; 3 Bl. … [Read more...] about EXIGENT, OR EXIGI FACIAS
EXOINE
In French law. An act or instrument in writing which contains the reasons why a party in a civil suit, or a person accused, who has been summoned, agreeably to the requisitions of a decree, does not appear. Poth. Proc. Crim. f 3, art. 3. The same as "Essoin," (q. v.) … [Read more...] about EXOINE