Black's Law Dictionary (2nd edition)

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Ebriety

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In criminal law and medical jurisprudence. Drunkenness; alcoholic in-toxication. Com. v. whitney, 11 Cush. (Mass.) 479 Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Eccentricity

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In criminal law and medical jurisprudence. Personal or indlvid-ual peculiarities of mind and disposition which markedly distinguish the subject from the' ordinary, normal, or average types of men, but do not amount to mental unsound* ness or insanity. Eklu v. …

Ebdomadarius

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In ecclesiastical law. An officer in cathedral churches who supervised the regular performance of divine service, and prescribed the particular duties of each person in the choir Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Eaves

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The edge of a roof, built so as to project over the walls of a house, in order that the rain may drop therefrom to the ground Instead of running down the wall. Center St. Church r. Machias Hotel Co., 61 Me. 413 Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Eavesdropping

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In English criminal law. The ofTense of listening under walls or windows, or the eaves of a house, to hearken after discourse, and thereupon to frame slanderous and mischievous tales. 4 Bl. Comm. 168. It is a misdemeanor at common law, indictable at sessions, …

Eat Inde Sine Die

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In criminal practice, words used on the acquittal of a defendant, that he may go thence without a day, i. e., be dismissed without any further continuance or adjournment Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Eating-House

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Any place where food or refreshments of any kind, not including spirits, wines, ale, beer, or other malt liquors, are provided for casual visitors, and sold for consumption therein. Act Cong. July 13, 1866, | 9 (14 St. at Large, 118). And see Carpenter v. …

Easterly

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This wofd, when used alone, will be construed to mean “due east.” But that is a rule of necessity growing out of the indeflniteness of the term, and has no application where other words are used for the purpose of qualifying its meaning, where such is the …

Eastinus

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An easterly coast or coun-try Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Easter

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A feast of the Chrlstlan church held in memory of our Saviour’s resurrection. The Greeks and Latins call it “pascha,” (passover,) to which Jewish feast our Easter answers. This feast has been annually cele-brated since the tlme of the apostles, and is one of …

Easterling

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A coin struck by Rich-ard 11. which is supposed to have given rise to the name of “sterling,” as applied to Eng-lish money Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

East Greenwich

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The name of a royal manor in the county of Kent, England; mentioned in royal grants or patents, as descriptive of the tenure of free socage Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

East India Company

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The East India Company was originally established for prosecuting the trade between England and India, which they acquired a right to carry on exclusively. Since the middle of the last century, however, the company’s political af-falrs had become of more …

Easement

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A right in tbe owner of one parcel of land, by reason of such owner-shlp, to use the laud of another for a special purpose not inconsistent with a general prop-erty in the owner. 2 Washb. Real Prop. 25 Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

East

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In the customs laws of the United States, the term “countries east of the Cape of Good Hope” means countries with which, formerly, the United States ordinarily car-ried on commercial intercourse by passing around that cape. Powers v. Comley, 101 U. S. 790, 25 …

Earnings

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This term is used to denote a larger class of credlts than would be in-cluded in the term “wages.” Somers v. Kellher, 115 Mass. 165; Jenks v. Dyer, 102 Mass. 235 Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Earth

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Soil of all klnds, including gravel, clay, loam, and the like, lu distinction from the firm rock. Dickinson v. Pough-keepsle, 75 N. Y. 76 Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Earles-Penny

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Money given in part payment. See Earnest Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Earnest

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The payment of a part of the price of goods sold, or the delivery of part of such goods, for the purpose of binding the contract Howe v. Hayward, 108 Mass. 54, 11 Am. Rep. 306 Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)