The trust given to a ship-master. … [Read more...]
EXHIBLTANT
One who exhibits any thing; one who is complainant in articles of the peace. … [Read more...]
EXERCITUAL
In old English law. A heriot paid only in arms, horses, or military accouterments. … [Read more...]
EXHUMATION
Disinterment; the removal from the earth of anything previously buried therein, particularly a human corpse. … [Read more...]
EXERCITUS
In old European law. An army; an armed force. The term was absolutely indefinite as to number. It was applied, on various occasions, to a gathering of forty-two armed men, of thirty-five, or even of four. Spelman. … [Read more...]