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Eloign
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EloignFrench eloigner, to remove to a distance: L. Latin e-longe, far off. When the sheriff seeks to replevy goods distrained, and finds them carried out of the county, or concealed, he may return that they are eloigned, elongata, carried to a distance, to places to him unknown.
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When
1) At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 2) The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy; but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, showing such to have been the testator's intent.
Sheriff
The name of the chief officer of the county. In Latin he is called vice comes, because in England he represented the comes or earl. His name is said to be derived from the Saxon seyre, shire or county, and reve, keeper, bailiff, or guardian.
Replevy
To re-deliver goods which have been distrained to the original possessor of them, on his giving pledges in all action of replevin. It signifies also the bailing or liberating a man from prison, on his finding bail to answer.
County
Originally, a province governed by a count, - the earl or alderman to whom the government of the shire was entrusted. 1 Bl. Com. 116.
Return
Contracts, remedies. Persons who are beyond the sea are exempted from the operation of the statute of limitations of Pennsylvania, and of other states, till after a certain time has elapsed after their returning.
Elongata
Practice. There turn made by the sheriff to a writ of replevin, when the goods have been removed to places unknown to him.
Unknown
When goods have been stolen from some person unknown, they may be so described in the indictment; but if the owner be really known, an indictment alleging the property to belong to some person unknown is improper.
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Eloigne
Practice. This word signifies, literally, to remove to a distance; to remove afar off.
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Eleemosynary
Charitable alms-giving.
Elegit
English practice, remedies. A writ of execution directed to the sheriff, commanding him to make delivery of a moiety of the party's land, and all his goods, beasts of the plough only excepted.
Elements of a crime
Specific factors that define a crime which the prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt in order to obtain a conviction: (1) that a crime has actually occurred, (2) that the accused intended the crime to happen, and (3) a timely relationship between the first two factors.
Elisors
Practice. Two persons appointed by the court to return a jury, when the sheriff and the coroner have been challenged as incompetent.
Ell
A measure of length
Eloign
Eloigne
Practice. This word signifies, literally, to remove to a distance; to remove afar off.
Elongata
Practice. There turn made by the sheriff to a writ of replevin, when the goods have been removed to places unknown to him.
Elopement
This term is used to denote the departure of a married woman from her hushand, and dwelling with an adulterer.
Elsewhere
In another place.
Emancipation
Term used to describe the act of freeing a person who was under the legal authority of another (such as a child before the age of majority) from that control (such as child reaching the age of majority). The term was also used when slavery was legal to describe a former slave that had bought or been given freedom from his or her master. When Abraham Lincoln outlawed slavery he did so in a law called the "emancipation proclamation".
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When
1) At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 2) The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy; but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, showing such to have been the testator's intent.
Sheriff
The name of the chief officer of the county. In Latin he is called vice comes, because in England he represented the comes or earl. His name is said to be derived from the Saxon seyre, shire or county, and reve, keeper, bailiff, or guardian.
Replevy
To re-deliver goods which have been distrained to the original possessor of them, on his giving pledges in all action of replevin. It signifies also the bailing or liberating a man from prison, on his finding bail to answer.
County
Originally, a province governed by a count, - the earl or alderman to whom the government of the shire was entrusted. 1 Bl. Com. 116.
Return
Contracts, remedies. Persons who are beyond the sea are exempted from the operation of the statute of limitations of Pennsylvania, and of other states, till after a certain time has elapsed after their returning.
Elongata
Practice. There turn made by the sheriff to a writ of replevin, when the goods have been removed to places unknown to him.
Unknown
When goods have been stolen from some person unknown, they may be so described in the indictment; but if the owner be really known, an indictment alleging the property to belong to some person unknown is improper.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Eloigne
Practice. This word signifies, literally, to remove to a distance; to remove afar off.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Eleemosynary
Charitable alms-giving.
Elegit
English practice, remedies. A writ of execution directed to the sheriff, commanding him to make delivery of a moiety of the party's land, and all his goods, beasts of the plough only excepted.
Elements of a crime
Specific factors that define a crime which the prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt in order to obtain a conviction: (1) that a crime has actually occurred, (2) that the accused intended the crime to happen, and (3) a timely relationship between the first two factors.
Elisors
Practice. Two persons appointed by the court to return a jury, when the sheriff and the coroner have been challenged as incompetent.
Ell
A measure of length
Eloign
Eloigne
Practice. This word signifies, literally, to remove to a distance; to remove afar off.
Elongata
Practice. There turn made by the sheriff to a writ of replevin, when the goods have been removed to places unknown to him.
Elopement
This term is used to denote the departure of a married woman from her hushand, and dwelling with an adulterer.
Elsewhere
In another place.
Emancipation
Term used to describe the act of freeing a person who was under the legal authority of another (such as a child before the age of majority) from that control (such as child reaching the age of majority). The term was also used when slavery was legal to describe a former slave that had bought or been given freedom from his or her master. When Abraham Lincoln outlawed slavery he did so in a law called the "emancipation proclamation".
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