Latin, meaning Execution of the law does no injury. … [Read more...]
EXCUSABLE TRESPASS
A reasonable trespass that is pardonable and forgiven and does not rise to a lawsuit. … [Read more...]
EXECUTIO NON
These words occur in the stat. 13 Ed. I. cap. 45, in the following connexion: Et...precipiatur vice comiti quod scire faciat parti... quod sit ad certum diem ostensura si quid sciat dicere quare hujustnodi irrotulata vel in fine contenta executionem habere non debeant. This statute is the origin of the scire facias post annum et diem quare executionem non, etc. To a plea in bar … [Read more...]
EXCUSATIO
In the civil law. An excuse or reason which exempts from some duty or obligation. … [Read more...]
EXECUTION
(A) contracts. The accomplishment of a thing; as the execution of a bond and warrant of attorney, which is the signing, sealing, and delivery of the same. (B) crim. law. The putting a convict to death, agreeably to law, in pursuance of his sentence. (C) practice. The act of carrying into effect the final judgment of a court, or other jurisdiction. The writ which authorizes the … [Read more...]