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Exaction
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ExactionTorts. A willful wrong done by an officer, or by one who, under color of his office, takes more fee or pay for his services than what the law allows.
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Wrong
An injury; a tort a violation of right. In its most usual sense, wrong signifies an injury committed to the person or property of another, or to his relative rights, unconnected with contract; and these wrongs are committed with or without force. But in a more extended signification, wrong includes the violation of a contract; a failure by a man to perform his undertaking or promise is a wrong or injury to him to whom it was made.
Office
An office is a right to exercise a public function or employment, and to take the fees and emoluments belonging to it
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Ex tempore
From the time without premeditation.
Ex turpi causa
An abbreviation of the Latin maxim "ex turpi causa non oritur actio", meaning "from a base cause no action arises". The legal principle thus expressed is that, on grounds of public policy, no court will lend its aid to a party who founds his cause of action on an illegal or an immoral act.
Ex turpi causa non oritur actio
A Latin maxim, meaning "from a base cause no action arises". The legal principle thus expressed is that, on grounds of public policy, no court will lend its aid to a party who founds his cause of action on an illegal or an immoral act.
Ex vi termini
By force of the term; as a bond ex vi termini imports a sealed instrument.
Ex visitatione dei
By or from the visitation of God. This phrase is frequently employed in inquisitions by the coroner, where it signifies that the death of the deceased is a natural one.
Exaction
Examination-in-chief
The questioning of your own witness under oath. Witnesses are introduced to a trial by their examination-in-chief, which is when they answer questions asked by the lawyer representing the party which called them to the stand. After their examination-in-chief, the other party's lawyer can question them too; this is called "cross-examination".
Examined copy
This phrase is applied to designate a paper which is a copy of a record, public book, or register, and which has been compared with the original.
Examiners
Practice. Persons appointed to question students of law, in order to ascertain their qualifications before they are admitted to practice.
Example
An example is a case put to illustrate a. principle.
Excambiator
The name of an exchanger of lands; a broker.
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Wrong
An injury; a tort a violation of right. In its most usual sense, wrong signifies an injury committed to the person or property of another, or to his relative rights, unconnected with contract; and these wrongs are committed with or without force. But in a more extended signification, wrong includes the violation of a contract; a failure by a man to perform his undertaking or promise is a wrong or injury to him to whom it was made.
Office
An office is a right to exercise a public function or employment, and to take the fees and emoluments belonging to it
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Ex tempore
From the time without premeditation.
Ex turpi causa
An abbreviation of the Latin maxim "ex turpi causa non oritur actio", meaning "from a base cause no action arises". The legal principle thus expressed is that, on grounds of public policy, no court will lend its aid to a party who founds his cause of action on an illegal or an immoral act.
Ex turpi causa non oritur actio
A Latin maxim, meaning "from a base cause no action arises". The legal principle thus expressed is that, on grounds of public policy, no court will lend its aid to a party who founds his cause of action on an illegal or an immoral act.
Ex vi termini
By force of the term; as a bond ex vi termini imports a sealed instrument.
Ex visitatione dei
By or from the visitation of God. This phrase is frequently employed in inquisitions by the coroner, where it signifies that the death of the deceased is a natural one.
Exaction
Examination-in-chief
The questioning of your own witness under oath. Witnesses are introduced to a trial by their examination-in-chief, which is when they answer questions asked by the lawyer representing the party which called them to the stand. After their examination-in-chief, the other party's lawyer can question them too; this is called "cross-examination".
Examined copy
This phrase is applied to designate a paper which is a copy of a record, public book, or register, and which has been compared with the original.
Examiners
Practice. Persons appointed to question students of law, in order to ascertain their qualifications before they are admitted to practice.
Example
An example is a case put to illustrate a. principle.
Excambiator
The name of an exchanger of lands; a broker.
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