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EXTRAORDINARY RISK

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More risk than is usually necessary for a particular action or activity. … [Read more...]

EXTINCT

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Extinguished. A rent is said to be extinguished when it is destroyed and put out. Co. Litt. 147b. See EXTINGUISHMENT. Extincto subjecto, tollitur adjunctum. When the subject is extinguished, the incident ceases. Thus, when the business for which a partnership has been formed is completed, or brought to an end, the partnership itself ceases. Inst. 3, 26, 0; 3 Kent Comm. 52, … [Read more...]

EXTRADITION

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The surrender of a criminal by a foreign state to which he has fled for refuge from prosecution to the state within whose jurisdiction the crime was committed, upon the demand of the latter state, in order that he may be dealt with according to its laws. Extradition may be accorded as a mere matter of comity, or may take place under treaty stipulations between the two nations. … [Read more...]

EXTINCTION OF A THING

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When a thing which is the subject of a contract has been destroyed, the contract is of course rescinded as, for example, if Paul sell his horse Napoleon to Peter, and promises to deliver him to the buyer in ten days, and in the mean time the horse dies, the contract is rescinded, as it is impossible to deliver a thing which is not in esse; but if Paul engage to deliver a horse … [Read more...]

EXTRADITION TREATY

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A treaty between states or countries to transport criminals who are wanted in one jurisdiction for a crime and who may be captured in another jurisdiction for transfer of the prisoner to face charges in the original place or jurisdiction. … [Read more...]

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