Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

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E. E. As an abbreviation, this letter may stand for "Exchequer," "English," "Ed ward," "Equity," "East," "Eastern," "Easter," or "Ecclesiastical." E. A Latin preposition, meaning from, out of, after, or according. It occurs in many Latin phrases; but (in this form) only before a consonant. When the initial of the following word is a vowel, ex is used. E CONTRA. From the opposite; on the contrary. E CONVERSO. Conversely. On the other hand; on the contrary. Equivalent to e contra. E. G. An abbreviation of exempli gra tia. For the sake of an example. E MESA GRATIA. Out of mere grace or favor. E PLTJRIBUS U N U M. One out of many. The motto of the United States of America. EA. Sax. The water or river; also the mouth of a river on the shore between high and low water-mark. Ea est accipienda interpretatio, qusB vitio caret. That interpretation is to be re ceived [or adopted] which is fiee from fault [or wrong.] The law will not intend a wrong. Bac. Max. 17, (in reg. 3.) EA INTENTIONE. With that intent. Held not to make a condition, but a confi dence and trust. Dyer, 1386. Ea quee, commendandi causa, in ven ditionibus dicuntur, si palam appareant, venditorem non obligant. Those things which are said on sales, in the way of com mendation, if [the qualities of the thing sold] appear openly, do not bind the seller. Dig. 18, 1, 43, pr. Ea quse dari impossibilia sunt, vel quse in rerum natura non sunt, pro non adjectis habentur. Those things which are impossible to be given, or which are not in the nature of things, are regarded as not added, [as no part of an agreement.] Dig. 50, 17, 135. Ea quse in curia nostra rite acta sunt debitse execution! demandari debent.

Co. Litt. 289. Those things which are prop erly transacted in our court ought to be com mitted to a due execution. Ea quse raro accidunt non temere in agendis negotiis computantur. Those things which rarely happen are not to be taken into account in the transaction of busi ness, without sufficient reason. Dig. 50,17, 64. EACH. The effect of this word, used in the covenants of a bond, is to create a sev eral obligation. 3 Dowl. & R. 112; 5 Term 522; 2 Day, 442; 104 Mass. 217. Eadem causa diversis rationibus co ram judicibus ecclesiasticis et seculari bus ventilatur. 2 Inst. 622. The same cause is argued upon different principles be fore ecclesiastical and secular judges. Eadem est ratio, eadem est lex. The same reason, the same law. 7 Pick. 493. Eadem mens prsesumitur regis qu» est juris et quse esse debet, prsesertim in dubiis. Hob. 154. The mind of the sovereign is presumed to be coincident with that of the law, and with that which it ought to be, especially in ambiguous matters. EAGLE. A gold coin of the United States of the value of ten dollars. EALDER, or EALDING. In oldSaxon law. An elder or chief. E ALDERMAN, or EALDORMAN. The name of a Saxon magistrate; alderman; analogous to earl among the Danes, and sen ator among the Romans. See ALDERMAN. EALDOR-BISCOP. An archbishop. EALDORBURG. Sax. The metropolis; the chief city. Obsolete. EALEHUS. (Fr. eale, Sax., ale, and hus, hbuse.) An ale-house. EALHORDA. Sax. The privilege of assising and selling beer. Obsolete. EAR GRASS. In English law. Such grass which is upon the land after the mow ing, until the feast of the Annunciation after. 3 Leon. 213. EAR-MARK. A mark put upon a thing to distinguish it from another. Originally

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