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EXAMPLE

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An example is a case put to illustrate a. principle. Examples illustrate, but do not restrain or change the laws: illustrant non restringunt legem. … [Read more...]

EXANNUAL ROLL

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In old English practice. A roll into which (in the old way of exhibiting sheriffs' accounts) the illeviable fines and desperate debts were transcribed, and which was annually read to the sheriff upon his accounting, to see what might be gotten. Cowell … [Read more...]

EXCAMB

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In Scotch law. To exchange. 6 Bell, App. Cas. 19, 22. … [Read more...]

EX WIFE

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The wife is the female partner in a marriage, which is between a husband (male) and wife (female.) It is an ongoing marital relationship, wherein the wife may also be "a spouse" or the spouse of her husband. The term "ex-wife" usually refers to the former spouse of the husband, ex meaning "prior" or former." The term continues may be applied to a woman who has separated from … [Read more...]

EXCAMBIATOR

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The name of an exchanger of lands; a broker. This term is now obsolete. … [Read more...]

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