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Engleshire
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EngleshireA law was made by Canutus, for the preservation of his Danes, that when a man was killed, the hundred or town should be liable to be amerced, unless it could be proved that the person killed was an Englishman. This proof was called Engleshire. It consisted, generally, of the testimony of two males on the part of the father of him that had been killed, and two females on the part of his mother.
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Preservation
keeping safe from harm; avoiding injury. This term always presupposes a real or existing danger.
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.
Hundred
English law. A district of country originally comprehending one hundred families. In many cases, when an offence is committed within the -hundred, the inhabitants tire civilly responsible to the party injured.
Town
This word is used differently in different parts of the United States. In Pennsylvania and some other of the middle states, it signifies a village or a city. In some of the northeastern states it denotes a subdivision of a county, called in other places a township.
Liable
Legally responsible.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Proof
Practice. The conviction or persuasion of the mind of a judge or jury, by the exhibition of evidence, of the reality of a fact alleged: as, to prove, is to determine or persuade that a thing does or does not exist.
Engleshire
A law was made by Canutus, for the preservation of his Danes, that when a man was killed, the hundred or town should be liable to be amerced, unless it could be proved that the person killed was an Englishman. This proof was called Engleshire. It consisted, generally, of the testimony of two males on the part of the father of him that had been killed, and two females on the part of his mother.
Testimony
Evidence. The statement made by a witness under oath or affirmation
Father
Domestic relations. He by whom a child is begotten.
Mother
Domestic relations. A woman who has borne a child.
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Endorsee
A party to whom an order bill of lading is endorsed by the original consignee or a previous endorsee of that same bill of lading.
Endorsement
Indorsement. Criminal law, practice. When a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with a crime has been issued by a justice of the peace of one county, which is to be executed in another county, it is necessary in some states that it should be indorsed by a justice of the county where it is to be executed: this indorsement is called backing.
Endowment
The bestowing or assuring of a dower to a woman.
Enfeoff
To give a feud.
Engagement
This word is frequently used in the French law to signify not only a contract, but the obligations arising from a quasi contract.
Engleshire
Engrosser
Practice, conveyancing. To copy the rude draught of an instrument in a fair and large hand.
Enjoin
To order a person to perform, or to abstain and desist from performing a specified act or course of conduct.
Enjoyment
The right which a man possesses of receiving all the product of a thing for his necessity, his use, or his pleasure.
Enlarging
Extending or making more comprehensive.
Enlistment
The act of making a contract to serve the government in a subordinate capacity, either in the army or navy. The contract so made, is also called an enlistment.
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Preservation
keeping safe from harm; avoiding injury. This term always presupposes a real or existing danger.
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.
Hundred
English law. A district of country originally comprehending one hundred families. In many cases, when an offence is committed within the -hundred, the inhabitants tire civilly responsible to the party injured.
Town
This word is used differently in different parts of the United States. In Pennsylvania and some other of the middle states, it signifies a village or a city. In some of the northeastern states it denotes a subdivision of a county, called in other places a township.
Liable
Legally responsible.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Proof
Practice. The conviction or persuasion of the mind of a judge or jury, by the exhibition of evidence, of the reality of a fact alleged: as, to prove, is to determine or persuade that a thing does or does not exist.
Engleshire
A law was made by Canutus, for the preservation of his Danes, that when a man was killed, the hundred or town should be liable to be amerced, unless it could be proved that the person killed was an Englishman. This proof was called Engleshire. It consisted, generally, of the testimony of two males on the part of the father of him that had been killed, and two females on the part of his mother.
Testimony
Evidence. The statement made by a witness under oath or affirmation
Father
Domestic relations. He by whom a child is begotten.
Mother
Domestic relations. A woman who has borne a child.
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Endorsee
A party to whom an order bill of lading is endorsed by the original consignee or a previous endorsee of that same bill of lading.
Endorsement
Indorsement. Criminal law, practice. When a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with a crime has been issued by a justice of the peace of one county, which is to be executed in another county, it is necessary in some states that it should be indorsed by a justice of the county where it is to be executed: this indorsement is called backing.
Endowment
The bestowing or assuring of a dower to a woman.
Enfeoff
To give a feud.
Engagement
This word is frequently used in the French law to signify not only a contract, but the obligations arising from a quasi contract.
Engleshire
Engrosser
Practice, conveyancing. To copy the rude draught of an instrument in a fair and large hand.
Enjoin
To order a person to perform, or to abstain and desist from performing a specified act or course of conduct.
Enjoyment
The right which a man possesses of receiving all the product of a thing for his necessity, his use, or his pleasure.
Enlarging
Extending or making more comprehensive.
Enlistment
The act of making a contract to serve the government in a subordinate capacity, either in the army or navy. The contract so made, is also called an enlistment.
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