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EXEMPLIFICATIONE

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A writ granted for the exemplification or transcript of an original record. Reg. Orig. 290. … [Read more...]

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

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A comprehensive but brief summary (usually no more than one page) of a complete business plan. … [Read more...]

EXEMPLUM

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In the civil law. Copy; a written authorized copy. This word is also used in the modern sense of "example,"ad exemplum constituti singularee non trahi, exceptional things must not be taken for examples. Calvin. … [Read more...]

EXECUTOR

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The executor is the person named in a will that manages and distributes the property of the person who has died. The executor manages the estate property including collecting money owed to the estate, paying debts and taxes and will then distribute the proceeds of the estate as specified within the will. The executor is involved in any probate court proceedings that may occur … [Read more...]

EXEMPT

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(verb) - To relieve, excuse, or set free from a duty or service imposed upon the general class to which the individual exempted belongs; as to exempt from militia service. See 1 St at Large, 272. To relieve certain classes of property from liability to sale on execution.(noun) - One who is free from liabillty to military service; as distinguished from a detail, who is one … [Read more...]

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