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ET ADJOURNATUR

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And it is adjourned. A phrase used in the old reports, where the argument of a cause was adjourned to another day, or where a second argument was had. 1 Keb. 692, 754, 773. … [Read more...]

ET MODO AD HUNC DIEM

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Lat. And now at this day. This phrase was the formal beginning of an entry of appearance or of a continuance. The equivalent English words are still used in this connection. … [Read more...]

ESTATE OF FREEHOLD

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An estate in land or other real property, of uncertain duration; that is, either of inheritance or which may possibly last for the life of the tenant at the least (as distinguished from a leasehold;) and held by a free tenure, (as distinguished from copyhold or villeinage.) … [Read more...]

ESTOP

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To stop, bar, or impede; to prevent; to preclude. Co. Litt 352a. See ESTOPPEL. … [Read more...]

ESTATE OF INHERITANCE

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A species of freehold estate in lands, otherwise called a "fee," where the tenant is not only entitled to enjoy the land for his own life, but where, after his death, it is cast by the law upon the persons who successively represent him in perpetuum, in right of blood, according to a certain established order of descent 1 Steph. Comm. 218; Litt s 1; Nellis v. Munson, 108 N. Y. … [Read more...]

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