KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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E E. As an abbreviation, this letter may »tand for "Exchequer," "English," "Edward," "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 con trary.—E converse Conversely. On the oth er hand; on the contrary. Equivalent to e contra. —E mera gratia. Out 6f mere grace or favor.—E pluribus nnnm. 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, quae vitio caret. That interpretation is to be re ceived [or adopted] which is free from fault [or wrong.] The law will not intend a wrong. Bac. Max. 17, (in reg. 3.) With that intent. Held not to make a condition, but a confi dence and trust Dyer, 138&. Ea quae, commendandi cansa, in ven ditionibns dienntnr, 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 quae dari intpossibilia sunt, vel quae in rernm natura non sunt, pro non ad jectis babentur. 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 quae in enria nostra rite acta snnt debitse execution! demandari debent. Co. Litt 289. Those things which are properly transacted in our court ought to be commit ted to a due execution. Ea quae raro accidunt non tentere 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. A distributive adjective pronoun, which denotes or refers to every one of the EA INTENTIONE. E. G. An abbreviation of exempli gra tia. For the sake of an example.

persons or things mentioned; every one of two or more persons or things, composing the whole, separately considered. The effect of this word, used in the covenants of a bond, is to create a several obligation. Sel ler v. State, 160 Ind. 605, 67 N. E. 448; Knickerbocker v. People, 102 111. 233; Costi gan v. Lunt, 104 Mass. 219. Eadem cansa diversis rationibns co rant judicibus ecclesiasticis et secular!- 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. Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge, 7 Pick. (Mass.) 493. Eadem mens praesumitur regis quae est juris et qusB 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 old Saxon law. An elder or chief. EALDERMAN, or EALDORMAN. The name of a Saxon magistrate; alderman; an alogous to earl among the Danes, and sen ator among the Romans. See ALDERMAN.

EAXDOR-BISCOP. An archbishop.

EALDOBBUBG. Sax. The metropolis; the chief city. Obsolete. EAXEHUS.

EALHORDA.

Sax.

The privilege of

assising and selling beer. Obsolete.

EAR GRASS. 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 and literally, a mark upon the ear; a mode of marking sheep and other animals. Property is said to be ear-marked when it can be identified or distinguished from oth er property of the same nature. Money has no ear-mark, but it is an ordi nary term for a privy mark made by any one on a coin. In English law.