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EFFLUX

EITHER

EFFLUX. The running of a prescribed period of time to its end; expiration by lapse of time. Particularly applied to the termi nation of a lease by the expiration of the term for which it was made. EFFLUXION OF TIME. When this phrase is used in leases, conveyances, and other like deeds, or in agreements expressed in simple writing, it indicates the conclusion or expiration of an agreed term of years specified in the deed or writing, such conclu sion or expiration arising in the natural course of events, in contradistinction to the determination of the term by the acts of the parties or by some unexpected or unusual in cident or other sudden event. Brown. EFFORCIALITER. Forcibly; applied to military force. EFFRACTION. A breach made by the use of force. EPPEACTOR. One who breaks through; one who commits a burglary. EFFUSIO SANGUINIS. In old En glish law. The shedding of blood; the mulct, fine, wite, or penalty imposed for the shedding of blood, which the king granted to many lords of manors. Cowell; Tomlins. See BLOODWIT. EFTERS. In Saxon law. Ways, walks, or hedges. Blount. EGALITY. Owelty, (q. ».) Co. Litt. 169a. EGO. I; myself. This term is used in forming genealogical tables, to represent the person who is the object of inquiry. EGO, TALIS. I, such a one. Words used in describing the forms of old deeds. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 14, § 5. EGREDIENS ET EXEUNS. In old pleading. Going forth and issuing out of (land.) Townsh. PI. 17. EGYPTIANS, commonly called "Gyp sies," are counterfeit rogues, Welsh or En glish, that disguise themselves in speech and apparel, and wander up and down the coun try, pretending to have skill in telling fort unes, and to deceive the common people, but live chiefly by niching and stealing, and, therefore, the statutes of 1 & 2 Mar. c. 4, and 5 Eliz. c. 20, were made to punish such as felons if they departed not the realm or con tinued to a month. Termes de la Ley.

Ei incumbit probatio, qul dicit, non qui negat; cum per rerum naturam factum negantis probatio nulla sit. The proof lies upon him who affirms, not upon him who denies; since, by the nature of things, he who denies a fact cannot produce any proof. Ei nihil turpe, cui nihil satis. To him to whom nothing is enough, nothing is base. 4 Inst. 53. EIA, or EY. An island. Cowell. EIGNE. L.Fr. Eldest; eldest-born. The term is of common occurrence in the old books. Thus, bastardeigne means an illegit imate son whose parents afterwards marry and have a second son for lawful issue, the lat ter being called mulier puisne, (after-born.) Eigne is probably a corrupt form of the French "ain6." 2 Bl. Comm. 248; Litt. §399. EIK. In Scotch law. An addition; as, eik to a reversion, eik to a confirmation. Bell. EINECIA. Eldership. See ESNEOY. EINETIUS. In English law. The old est; the first-born. Spelman. EIRE, or EYRE. In old English law. A journey, route, or circuit. Justices in eire were judges who were sent by commission, every seven years, into various counties to hold the assizes and hear pleas of the crown. 3 Bl. Comm. 58. EIRENARCHA. A name formerly given to a justice of the peace. In the Digests, the word is written "irenarcha." Eisdem modis dissolvitur obligatio quse nascitur ex contractu, vel quasi, quibus contrahitur. An obligation which arises from contract, or quasi contract, is dis solved in the same ways in which it is con tracted. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 60, § 19. EISNE. The senior; the oldest son. Spelled, also, "eigne," "einsne, tf "aisne," "eign." Termes de la Ley; Kelham. EISNETIA, EINETIA. The share of the oldest son. The portion acquired by primogeniture. Termes de la Ley; Co. Litt. 1666/ Cowell. EITHER. May be used in the sense of "each." 59111.87. This word does not mean "all;" but does mean one or the other of two or more speci fied things. (Tex.) 4 S. W. Rep. 538.

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