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Litt 60. Experience by various acts makes law. Experience is the mistress of things. EXPERIMENT. In patent law, either a trial of an uncompleted mechanical structure to ascertain what changes or additions may be necessary to make it accomplish the de sign of the projector, or a trial of a complet ed machine to test or illustrate its practical efficiency. In the former case, the inventor's efforts, being incomplete, if they are then abandoned, will have no effect upon the right of a subsequent inventor; but if the experi ment proves the capacity of the machine to effect what its inventor proposed, the law as signs to him the merit of having produced a complete invention. Northwestern Fire Ex tinguisher Co. v. Philadelphia Fire Extin guisher Co., 10 Phila. 227, 18 Fed. Cas. 394. EXPERTS. Persons examined as wit nesses in a cause, who testify in regard to some professional or technical matter arising in the case, and who are permitted to give their opinions as to such matter on account of their special training, skill, or familiarity with it An expert is a person who possesses peculiar skill and knowledge upon the subject-matter that he is required to give an opinion upon. State v. Phair, 48 Vt. 366. An expert is a skillful or experienced person; a person having skill or experience, or peculiar knowledge on certain subjects, or in certain professions; a scientific witness. See Congress & E. Spring Co. v. Edgar, 99 U. S. 657, 25 L. Ed. 487; Heald v. Thing, 45 Me. 394; Nelson v. Sun Mut. Ins. Co., 71 N. Y. 460; Koccis v. State, 56 N. J. Law, 44, 27 Atl. 800; Dole T. Johnson, 50 N. H. 453; Ellingwood T. Bragg, 52 N. H. 489. EXPILARE. In the civil law. To spoil; to rob or plunder. Applied Ao inheritances. Dig. 47, 19; Cod. 9, 32. EXPIXATIO. In the civil law. The offense of unlawfully appropriating goods belonging to a succession. It is not technic ally theft (furtum) because such property no longer belongs to the decedent, nor to the heir, since the latter has not yet taken pos session. EXPILATOR. In the civil law. A rob ber; a spoiler or plunderer. Expilatores sunt atroeiores fares. Dig. 47, 18, 1, 1. EXPIRATION. Cessation; termination from mere lapse of time; as the expiration of a lease, or statute, and the like. Mar shall v. Rugg, 6 Wyo. 270, 45 Pac. 486, 33 L. R. A. 679; Bowman v. Foot, 29 Conn. 338; Stuart v. Hamilton, 66 111. 255; Farn um v. Piatt 8 Pick. (Mass.) 341, 19 Am. Dec. 330. EXPIRY OF THE LEGAL. In Scotch law and practice. Expiration of the period within which an adjudication may be re deemed, by paying the debt in the decree of adjudication. Belt

existence of the present condition of things un til the happening of some future event. Pear sail v. Great Northern R. Co., 161 U. S. 646, 16 Sup. Ct. 706, 40 L. Ed. 838.—Expectation of life, in the doctrine of life annuities, is the share or number of years of life which a person of a given age may, upon an equality of chance, expect to enjoy. Wharton. EXPEDIENTE. In Mexican law, a term including all the papers or documents con stituting a grant or title to land,from govern ment Vanderslice v. Hanks, 3 Cal. 27, 38. EXPEDIMENT. The whole of a person's goods and chattels', bag and baggage. Whar ton. Expedlt reipublicse ne sua re quia male utatur. It is for the interest of the state that a man should not enjoy his own prop erty improperly, (to the injury of others.) Inst 1, 8, 2. Expedlt reipublicse ut sit finis litium. It is for the advantage of the state that there be an end of suits; it is for the public good that actions be brought to a close. Co. Litt 303o. EXPEDITATiE ARBORES. Trees root ed up or cut down to the roots. Fleta, L 2, c. 41. EXPEDITATION. In old forest law. A cutting off the claws or ball of the forefeet of mastiffs or other dogs, to prevent their running after deer. Spelman; Cowell. EXPEDITIO. An expedition; an irreg ular kind of army. Spelman. EXPEDITIO BREVIS. In old practice. The service of a writ Townsh. PI. 43. EXPEIi. In regard to trespass and other torts, this term means to eject, to put out to drive out, and generally with an implication of the use of force. Perry v. Fitzhowe, 8 Q. B. 779; Smith v. Leo, 92 Hun, 242, 36 N. Y. Supp. 949. Those who expend or disburse certain taxes. Es pecially the sworn officer who supervised the repairs of the banks of the canals in Romney Marsh. Cowell. EXPENSiE LITIS. Costs or expenses of the suit which are generally allowed to the successful party. EXPENSIS MILITUM NON LEVAN DIS. An ancient writ to prohibit the sher iff from levying any allowance for knights of the shire upon those who held lands in ancient demesne. Reg. Orig. 261. Ezperientia per varios actus legem facjt. Magistra rernm ezperientia. Co. EXPENDITORS. Paymasters.