Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

407 ECCLESIASTICAL AUTHORITIES

EATING-HOUSE

ECCLESIA. Lat. An assembly. A Christian assembly; achurcb. A place of re ligious worship. Spelman. Ecolesia ecelesiae decimas solvere non debet. Cro. Eliz. 479. A church ought not to pay tithes to a church. Ecclesia est domus mansionalis Om nipotentis Dei. 2 Inst. 164. The church is the mansion-house of the Omnipotent God. Ecclesia est infra setatem et in cus todia domini regis, qui tenetur jura et haereditates ejusdem manu tenere et defendere. 11 Coke, 49. The church is under age, and in the custody of the king, who is bound to uphold and defend its rights and inheritances. Ecclesia fungitur vice minoris; meli orem conditionem suam facere potest, deteriorem nequaquam. Co. Litt. 341. The church enjoys the privilege of a minor; it can make its own condition better, but not worse. Ecolesia non moritur. 2 Inst. 3. The church does not die. Ecelesise magis favendum est quam personse. Godol. Ecc. Law, 172. The church is to be more favored than the parson. ECCLESIiE SCULPTURA. The image or sculpture of a church in ancient times was often cut out or cast in plate or other metal, and preserved as a religious treasure or relic, and to perpetuate the memory of some fa mous churches. Jacob. ECCLESIARCH. The ruler of a church. ECCLESIASTIC, n. A clergyman; a priest; a man consecrated to the service of the church. ECCESIASTICAL. Something belong ing to or set apart for the church, as dis tinguished from "civil" or "secular," with regard to the world. Wharton. ECCLESIASTICAL AUTHORITIES. In England, the clergy, under the sovereign, as temporal head of the church, set apart from the rest of the people or laity, in order to superintend the public worship of God and the other ceremonies of religion, and to ad minister spiritual counsel and instruction. The several orders of the clergy are: (1) Archbishops and bishops; (2) deans and chapters; (3) archdeacons; (4) rural deans; (5) parsons (under whom are included ap propriators) and vicars; (6) curates. Ciiuieh

defendant, that he may go thenee without a day, i. 9., be dismissed without any further continuance or adjournment. EATING-HOUSE. Any place where food or refreshments of any kind, not in cluding 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.) EAVES. 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. EAVESDROPPING. In English crim inal law. The offense 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 com mon law, indictable at sessions, and punish able by fine and finding sureties for good be havior. Id.; Steph. Crim. Law, 109. See 8 Head. 300. EBB AND FLOW. An expression used formerly in this country to denote the limits of admiralty jurisdiction. See 3 Mason, 127; 2 Story, 176; 2 Gall. 398; 4 Wall. 562; 8 Wall. 15. EBBA. In old English law. Ebb. Elba et fluctus; ebb and flow of tide; ebb and flood. Biact. fols. 255, 338. The time oc cupied by one ebb and flood was anciently granted to persons essoined as being beyond sea, in addition to the period of forty days. See Fleta, lib. 6, c. 8, § 2. EBDOMADARIUS. 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. EBEREMORTH, EBEREMORS, EBERE-MURDER. See ABEREMURDEB. Ecce modo mirum, quod fosmina fert breve regis, non nominando virum, conjunctum robore legis. Co. Litt. 1326. Behold, indeed, a wonder! that a woman has the king's writ without naming her husband, who by law is united to her. ECCHYMOSIS. In medical jurispru dence. Blackness. It is an extravasation of blood by rupture of capillary vessels, and hence it follows contusion; but it may ex ist, as in cases of scurvy and other morbid conditions, without the latter. Ry. Med. Jur. 172.

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