Latin for Lawyers

EX TEMPORE

EX TEMPORE [L. ex + tempus, temporis / a division, a section, as of time or space; time] Measured or controlled by the passage or lapse of time. For the time being; temporarily. Also, on the spur of the moment; as the occasion demands. EXTENDI FACIAS [L. extendere / to extend, expand + facere / to make, do] You shall cause to be extended. A writ requiring the sheriff to seize the lands of a debtor, to appraise them, and to apply the value in satisfaction of the claims of a creditor. See FACIAS, FIERI FACIAS EX TERRITORIAL See EXTRA TERRITORAL EXTERUS NON HABET TERRA A foreigner or alien cannot hold land. EX TESTAMENTO [L. ex + testari / to bear witness, give evidence] By the will. According to the will or testament. EXTINGUISH [L. ex + stinguere / to wipe out or annihilate] To terminate or cancel. To discharge. To make void, as a debt or commitment. EXTINGUISHMENT [L. extinguere ] The termination of a right, power, duty or obligation or of an interest in prop erty or contract. Used in extinguishment of a debt (as by payment or through bankruptcy); extinguishment of a legacy (as through ademption); or extin guishment of a lien (discharge or cancellation of a lien by court order or oper ation of law). See ADEMPTION EXTORT, EXTORTION [L. ex + torqueo, torquere / to twist, wind around, wrench; to torment, plague] To take by force. To remove money or property from a person by the use or threat of force or the exercise or threat of excessive or unlawful authority. To compel or coerce by overpowering a person's free will or ability to resist, as to extort a confession . The crime of extortion (called blackmail in some states) is the taking of property by a threat of future harm. EXTRADITE, EXTRADITION [L. extra / outside, beyond + traditio / a giv ing up or surrender (fr. trado, tradere / to hand over, give up, surren der)] To surrender a prisoner to another jurisdiction or country. The act of one country or state in surrendering to another country or state a person accused

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