KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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EXPOSURE

EXPLEES

EXPOSE, v. To show publicly J to dis play; to offer to the public view; as, to "expose" goods to sale, to "expose" a tariff or schedule of rates, to "expose" the person. Boynton v. Page, 13 Wend. (N. Y.) 432; Comm. v. Byrnes, 158 Mass. 172, 33 N. E. 343; Adams Exp. Co. v. Schlessinger, 75 Pa. 246; Centre Turnpike Co. v. Smith, 12 Vt. 216. To place in a position where the object spoken of is open to danger, or where it is near or accessible to anything which may affect it detrimentally; as, to "expose" a child, or to expose oneself or another to a contagious disease or to danger or hazard of any kind. In re Smith, 146 N. T. 68, 40 N. E. 497, 28 L. R. A. 820, 48 Am. St Rep. 769; Davis v. Insurance Co., 81 Iowa, 496, 46 N. W. 1073, 10 L. R. A. 359, 25 Am. St Rep. 509; Miller v. Insurance Co., 39 Minn. 548, 40 N. W. 839. ac count; recital; explanation. The term is used in diplomatic language as descriptive of a written explanation of the reasons for a certain act or course of conduct EXPOSE, n. Fr. A statement;

EXPLEES.

See ESPLEES.

EXPLETA, EXPLETIA, EXPLE. CIA. In old records. The rents and profits of an estate. EXPLICATIO. In the civil law. The fourth pleading; equivalent to the surre joinder of the common law. Calvin. EXPLORATION. In mining law. The examination and investigation of land sup posed to contain valuable minerals, by drill ing, boring, sinking shafts, driving tunnels, and other means, for the purpose of discov ering the presence of ore and its extent Colvin T. Weimer, 64 Minn. 37, 65 N. W. 1079. The word "explosion" is variously used in or dinary speech, and is not one that admits of exact definition. Every combustion of an ex plosive substance, whereby other property is ig nited and consumed, would not be an "explo sion, ,,, within the ordinary meaning of the term. It is not used as a synonym of "combustion." An explosion may be described generally as a sndden and rapid combustion, causing violent expansion of the air, and accompanied by a re port But the rapidity of the combustion, the violence of the expansion^ and the vehemence of the report vary in intensity as often as the oc currences multiply. Hence an explosion is an idea of degrees; and the true meaning of the word, in each particular case, must be settled, not by any fixed standard or accurate measure ment, but by the common experience and no tions of men in matters of that sort. Insurance Co. v. Foote, 22 Ohio St. 348, 10 Am. Rep. 735. And see Insurance Co. v. Dorsey, 56 Md. 81, 40 Am. Rep. 403; Mitchell v. Insurance Co., 16 App. D. C. 270; Louisville Underwriters v. Durland, 123 Ind. 544, 24 N. E. 221, 7 L. R. A. 399. To send, take, or carry an article of trade or commerce out of the coun try. To transport merchandise from one country to another in the course of trade. To carry out or convey goods by sea. State v. Turner, 5 Har. Pel.) 501. EXPORT, n. A thing or commodity ex ported. More commonly used in the plural. In American law, this term is only used of goods carried to foreign countries, not of goods transported from one state to another. Brown v. Houston, 114 U. S. 622, 5 Sup. Ct. 1091, 29 L. Ed. 257; Patapsco Guano Co. v. Board of Agriculture, 171 U. S. 345, 18 Sup. Ct. 862, 43 L. Ed. 191; Swan v. U. S., 190 U. S. 143, 23 Sup. Ct. 702, 47 L. Ed. 984; Rothermel v. Meyerle, 136 Pa. 250, 20 Atl. 583, 9 L. R. A. 366. The act of sending or carrying goods and merchandise from one country to another. or EXPLORATOR. A scout, huntsman, or chaser. EXPLOSION. A sudden and rapid com bustion, causing violent expansion of the air, and accompanied by a report. EXPORT, v. EXPORTATION.

EXPOSITIO. Lat sition ; interpretation.

Explanation; expo

Expositio quae ex visceribus causss nascitnr, est aptissima et fortissima in lege. That kind of interpretation which is born [or drawn] from the bowels of a cause is the aptest and most forcible in the law. 10 Coke, 24&.

EXPOSITION.

Explanation;

interpre

tation.

EXPOSITION DE PART. In French law. The abandonment of a child, unable to take care of itself, either in a public or private place. EXPOSITORY STATUTE. One the of fice of which is to declare what shall be tak en to be the true meaning and intent of a statute previously enacted. Black, Const. Law, (3d ed.) 89. And see Lindsay v. United States Sav. & Loan Co., 120 Ala. 156, 24 South. 171, 42 L. R. A. 783. —Exposure of child. Placing it (with the intention of wholly abandoning it) in such a place or position as to leave it unprotected against danger and jeopard its health or life or subject it to the peril of severe suffering or se rious bodily harm. Shannon v. People, 5 Mich. 90.—Exposure of person. In criminal law. Such an intentional exposure, in a public place, of the naked body or the private parts as is calculated to shock the feelings of chastity or to corrupt the morals of the community. Gil more v. State, 118 Ga. 299, 45 S. E. 226.—In decent exposure. The same as exposure of the person, in the sense above defined. State v. Bauguess, 106 Iowa, 107, 76 N. W. 508. EXPOSURE. The act or state of expos ing or being exposed. See EXPOSE.