A term used in medical jurisprudence to denote the wound made by a weapon on the side where it emerges, after it has passed completely through the body, or through any part of it. … [Read more...]
EXPECT
To await; to look forward to something intended, promised, or likely to happen. Atchison, etc., R. Co. v. Hamlin, 67 Kan. 476, 73 Pac. 58. Expectancy. The condition of being deferred to a future time, or of dependence upon an expected event: contingency as to possession or enjoyment. With respect to the time of their enjoyment, estates may either be in possession or in … [Read more...]
EXITUS
Children; offspring. The rents, issues, and profits of lands and tenements. An export duty. The conclusion of the pleadings. … [Read more...]
EXIGENCE, OR EXIGENCY
Demand, want, need, imperativeness. Exigency of a bond. That which the bond demands or exacts, i.e., the act, performance, or event upon which it is conditioned. Exigency of a writ. The command or imperativeness of a writ; the directing part of a writ; the act or performance which it commands. … [Read more...]
EXLEGALITAS
In old English law. Outlawry. Spelman. … [Read more...]