Latin for Lawyers

EFFLUENT [L. effluere / to flow out] Waste matter discharged into a stream or other body of water; more generally, any waste matter or pollutant; e.g., smoke, industrial waste, sewage dis charged into the environment. EFFLUVIUM [L. effluere ] An offensive odor. A by-product released as waste. EFFLUX [L. effluere ] An expiration or end. The passage or expiration of time. EFFLUXION OF TIME [L. effluere ] The orderly passage of time, undisturbed by human intervention or a sudden, unanticipated event. With the effluxion of time, leases terminate, contracts end, statutes expire, etc. EFFUSIO SANGUINIS [L. effusio / a pouring forth + sanguis / blood] The flow or shedding of blood; bloodshed. EGO [L. I. the first person pronoun] The pronoun I. See ALTER EGO EGRESS [L. egredior, egredi (pp. egressus )/ to go out, step out] The act of departing or going out. The means which permit someone to leave a place. An exit. The tort of false imprisonment occurs when one person intentionally confines another without means of escape or egress. EJECTMENT [L. eicio, eiciere / to throw out, cast out] At common law, an action to remove another from land to which he was not entitled. The plaintiff had to show not only that he was entitled to possession but that the defendant was in wrongful possession. Actions for the recovery of land are now defined by statute in most states and are given different names; e.g., summary proceedings, action for eviction, etc. EJECTUM [L. eicere / to cast out] Objects cast up by action of the sea. Flotsam and jetsam. EJUSDEM GENERIS [L. eiusdem / of the same, belonging to the same kind + genus, generis / class] A rule of construction which states that words of general application follow ing a listing or enumeration of specific components of a class of things shall be interpreted as including only other components of the same class as those specifically listed; e.g., in a statute prohibiting the possession of “handguns,

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