Latin for Lawyers

EMISSARY

stitution, which states “ . . . nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.” See CONDEMNATION; CONFISCATE; EXPROPRIATE EMISSARY [L. emitto, emittere / to send forth, dispatch, to let loose, free] A messenger or agent. A representative. A person designated to perform a diplomatic or political assignment. EMOLUMENT [L. emolumentum / the result of effort; reward] The compensation resulting from services in a position or office; salaries, fees, perquisites. Article 1, Section 9, cl. 8 of the U.S. Constitution is known as the Emolument Clause because it provides that no official of the U.S. shall accept any title or gift from a foreign country unless approved by Congress. EMPIRICAL [L. empiricus / an untrained physician who learned by experi ence alone] Depending on experience or observation alone without an accompanying or underlying system or theory. Data gathered through observation or trial. EMPLOY, EMPLOYEE [L. implico, implicare / to enfold, entangle, involve] To employ is to hire another to perform particular work or services, usually for wages or salary, although the word also has the general sense of utilizing any of the services of another, including executive and professional services. The word employee , however, generally refers to persons who work for wages or salary and are under the direct control and supervision of the employer. In this sense, employees are generally called servants and are dis tinguished from independent contractors, who perform their services without direct control by the person who hires them. An employer is vicariously lia ble for the torts of his employees, but not for the torts of the independent con tractors he engages. EMPLOYMENT [L. implico, implicare ] The act of utilizing the services of another for pay. The act of being hired or retained to perform labor or services. EMPTOR [L. emptitare / to buy] A buyer or purchaser. See CAVEAT EMPTOR ENABLE [L. in + habilis / easily managed, handy (from habere / to have, be able)] To make possible; to cause. To give power to.

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