The voluntary act of abandoning one's country and becoming the citizen or subject of another. 2. Citizens of the United States have the right to expatriate themselves until restrained by congress; but it seems that a citizen cannot renounce his allegiance to the United States without the permission of government, to be declared by law. To be legal, the expatriation must be for … [Read more...]

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...]

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...]

Children; offspring. The rents, issues, and profits of lands and tenements. An export duty. The conclusion of the pleadings. … [Read more...]

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...]