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EXPECT

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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

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

EXIGENCE, OR EXIGENCY

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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

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In old English law. Outlawry. Spelman. … [Read more...]

EXIGENDARY

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In English law. An officer who makes out exigents. … [Read more...]

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