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In English law. An excuser. In old German law. A defendant; he who utterly denies the plaintiff's claim. Du Cange. Excusatur quis quod elameum non opposuerit, ut si to to tempore litigii fnit ultra mare quacunque occasione. Co. Litt. 260. He is excused who does not bring his claim, if, during the whole period in which it ought to have been brought, he has been beyond sea for … [Read more...] about EXCUSATOR

To act upon and to put into effect a judgment of the court, e.g. to seize money pursuant to a money judgment. … [Read more...] about EXECUTION OF JUDGMENT

A reason alleged for the doing or not doing a thing. This word presents two ideas differing essentially from each other. In one case an excuse may be made in, order to own that the party accused is not guilty; in another, by showing that though guilty, he is less so, than he appears to be. Take, for example, the case of a sheriff who has an execution against an individual, and … [Read more...] about EXCUSE

By the term execution paree, which is used in Louisiana, is meant a right founded on an authentic act; that is, and passed before a notary, by which the creditor may immediately, without citation or summons, seize and cause to be sold, the property of his debtor, out of the proceeds of which to receive his payment. It imports a confession of judgment, and is not unlike a … [Read more...] about EXECUTION PAREE

A sentence of censure pronounced by one of the spiritual courts for offenses falling under ecclesiastical cognizance. It is described in the books as twofold: (1) The lesser excommunication, which is an ecclesiastical censure, excluding the party from the sacraments; (2) the greater, which excludes him from the company of all Christians. Formerly, too, an excommunicated man was … [Read more...] about EXCOMMUNICATION