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Eminence
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EminenceA title of honor given to cardinals.
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Title
1) Estates. A title is defined by Lord Coke to be the means whereby the owner of lands hath the just possession of his property. 2) Legislation That part of an act of the legislature by which it is known, and distinguished from other acts the name of the act. 3) Rights. The name of a newwpaper a book, and the like.
Honor
1) High estimation. A testimony of high estimation. Dignity. Reputation. Dignified respect of character springing from probity, principle, or moral rectitude. A duel is not justified by any insult to our honor. Honor is also employed to signify integrity in a judge, courage in a soldier, and chastity in a woman. To deprive a woman of her honor is, in some cases, punished as a public wrong, and by an action for the recovery of damages done to the relative rights of a hushand or a father. 2) English law. The seigniory of a lord paramount.
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Eminent domain
The right which people or government retain over the estates of individuals, to resume the same for public use.
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Embraceor
Criminal law. He who, when a matter is on trial between party and party, comes to the bar with one of the parties, and having received some reward so to do, speaks in the case or privily labors the jury, or stands there to survey or overlook them, thereby to put them in fear and doubt of the matter.
Embracery
Criminal law. An attempt to corrupt or influence a jury, or any way incline them to be more favorable to the one side than to the other, by money, promises, threats, or persuasions; whether the juror on whom such attempt is made give any verdict or not, or whether the verdict be true or false.
Emendals
English law. This ancient word is said to be used in the accounts of the inner temple, where so much in emendals at the foot of an account signifies so much in bank, in stock, for the supply of emergencies.
Emigrant
One who quits his country for any lawful reason, with a design to settle elsewhere, and who takes his family and property, if he has any, with him.
Emigration
The act of removing from one place to another. It is sometimes used in the same sense as expatriation, but there is some difference in the signification.
Eminence
Eminent domain
The right which people or government retain over the estates of individuals, to resume the same for public use.
Emissary
One who is sent from one power or government into another nation for the purpose of spreading false rumors and to cause alarm.
Emission
Medical jurisprudence. The act by which any matter whatever is thrown from the body.
Emmenagogues
Medical jurisprudence. The name of a class of medicines which are believed to have the power. of favoring the discharge of the menses.
Emolument
The lawful gain or profit which arises from an office.
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Title
1) Estates. A title is defined by Lord Coke to be the means whereby the owner of lands hath the just possession of his property. 2) Legislation That part of an act of the legislature by which it is known, and distinguished from other acts the name of the act. 3) Rights. The name of a newwpaper a book, and the like.
Honor
1) High estimation. A testimony of high estimation. Dignity. Reputation. Dignified respect of character springing from probity, principle, or moral rectitude. A duel is not justified by any insult to our honor. Honor is also employed to signify integrity in a judge, courage in a soldier, and chastity in a woman. To deprive a woman of her honor is, in some cases, punished as a public wrong, and by an action for the recovery of damages done to the relative rights of a hushand or a father. 2) English law. The seigniory of a lord paramount.
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Eminent domain
The right which people or government retain over the estates of individuals, to resume the same for public use.
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Embraceor
Criminal law. He who, when a matter is on trial between party and party, comes to the bar with one of the parties, and having received some reward so to do, speaks in the case or privily labors the jury, or stands there to survey or overlook them, thereby to put them in fear and doubt of the matter.
Embracery
Criminal law. An attempt to corrupt or influence a jury, or any way incline them to be more favorable to the one side than to the other, by money, promises, threats, or persuasions; whether the juror on whom such attempt is made give any verdict or not, or whether the verdict be true or false.
Emendals
English law. This ancient word is said to be used in the accounts of the inner temple, where so much in emendals at the foot of an account signifies so much in bank, in stock, for the supply of emergencies.
Emigrant
One who quits his country for any lawful reason, with a design to settle elsewhere, and who takes his family and property, if he has any, with him.
Emigration
The act of removing from one place to another. It is sometimes used in the same sense as expatriation, but there is some difference in the signification.
Eminence
Eminent domain
The right which people or government retain over the estates of individuals, to resume the same for public use.
Emissary
One who is sent from one power or government into another nation for the purpose of spreading false rumors and to cause alarm.
Emission
Medical jurisprudence. The act by which any matter whatever is thrown from the body.
Emmenagogues
Medical jurisprudence. The name of a class of medicines which are believed to have the power. of favoring the discharge of the menses.
Emolument
The lawful gain or profit which arises from an office.
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