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...]
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...]
EXIGENTER
An officer of the English court of common pleas, whose duty it was to make out the exigents and proclamations in the process of outlawry. Cowell. Abolished by St 7 Wm. IV. and 1 Vict. c. 30. Holtbouse. … [Read more...]
EXONERATE
Absolve from blame. … [Read more...]
EXHEREDATE
In Scotch law. To disinherit; to exclude from an inheritance. … [Read more...]