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EXTUMAE

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In old records. Relics. Cowell. … [Read more...]

EXTORTION

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crimes. In a large sense it, signifies any oppression, under color of right: but in a more strict sense it means the unlawful taking by any officer, by color of his office, of any money or thing of value that is not due to him, or more than is due, or before it is due. To constitute extortion, there must be the receipt of money or something of value; the taking a promissory … [Read more...]

EXTENTA MANERII

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(The extent or survey of a manor.) The title of a statute passed 4 Edw. I. St. 1; being a sort of direction for making a survey or terrier of a manor, and all its appendages. 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 140. … [Read more...]

EXTRA

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A Latin preposition, occurring in many legal phrases; it means beyond, except without, out of, outside. Extra allowance. In New York practice. A sum in addition to costs, which may, in the discretion of the court, be allowed to the successful party in cases of unusual difficulty. See Hascall v. King, 54 App. Div. 441, 06 N. Y. Supp. 1112. Extra costs. In English practice. Those … [Read more...]

EXTENUATE

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To lessen; to palliate; to mitigate. Connell v. State, 46 Tex. Cr. R. 259, 81 S. W. 748. … [Read more...]

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