Freedom from a general duty or service; immunity from a general burden, tax, or charge. Green v. State, 59 Md. 128, 43 Am. Rep. 542; Koenig v. Railroad Co., 3 Neb. 380; Long v. Converse, 91 U. S. 113, 23 L. Ed. 233.
A privilege allowed by law to a judgment debtor, by which he may hold property to a certain amount, or certain classes of property, free from all liability to levy and sale on execution or attachment. Turrill v. McCarthy, 114 Iowa, 681, 87 N. W. 667; Williams v. Smith, 117 Wis. 142, 93 N. W. 464. Exemption laws. Laws which provide that a certain amount or proportion of a debtor’s property shall be exempt from execution. Exemption, words of. It is a maxim of law that words of exemption are not to be construed to import any liability; the maxim exprcssio unius exclusio alterius, or its converse, exclusio unis inclutio alterius, not applying to such a case. For example, an exemption of the crown from the bankruptcy act 1869, in one specified particular, would not inferentially subject the crown to that act in any other particular. Brown.