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ELOPEMENT
The act of a wife who voluntarily deserts her husband to cohabit with another man. 2 Bl. Comm. 130. To constitute an elopement the wife must not only leave the husband, but go beyond his actual control; for if she abandons the husband, and goes and lives in adultery in More...

The act of a wife who voluntarily deserts her husband to cohabit with another man. 2 Bl. Comm. 130. To constitute an elopement the wife must not only leave the husband, but go beyond his actual control; for if she abandons the husband, and goes and lives in adultery in a house belonging to him, it is said not to be an elopement Cogswell v. Tibbetts, 3 N. H. 42. Less...
ELSEWHERE
In another place; in any other place. See 1 Vera. 4, and note. In shipping articles, this term, following the designation of the port of destination, must be construed either as void for uncertainty or as subordinate to the principal voyage stated in the preceding words. Brown v. Jones, 2 More...

In another place; in any other place. See 1 Vera. 4, and note. In shipping articles, this term, following the designation of the port of destination, must be construed either as void for uncertainty or as subordinate to the principal voyage stated in the preceding words. Brown v. Jones, 2 Gall. 477, Fed. Cas. No. 2,017. Less...
ELUVIONES
In old pleading. Spring tides. Townsh. PI. 197.

In old pleading. Spring tides. Townsh. PI. 197. Less...
EMANCIPATION
The act by which one who was unfree, or under the power and control of another, is set at liberty and made his own master. Fremont v. Sandown, 56 N. H. 303; Porter v. Powell, 79 Iowa, 151, 44 N. W. 295, 7 L. R. A. 176, 18 Am. St More...

The act by which one who was unfree, or under the power and control of another, is set at liberty and made his own master. Fremont v. Sandown, 56 N. H. 303; Porter v. Powell, 79 Iowa, 151, 44 N. W. 295, 7 L. R. A. 176, 18 Am. St Rep. 353; Varney v. Young, 11 Vt 258. In Roman law. The enfranchisement of a son by his father, which was anciently done by the formality of an imaginary sale. This was abolished by Justinian, who substituted the simpler proceeding of a manumission before a magistrate. Inst 1, 12, 6. In Louisiana. The emancipation of minors is especially recognized and regulated by law. In England. The term "emancipation" has been borrowed from the Roman law, and is constantly used in the law of parochial settlements. 7 Adol. & E. (N. S.) 574, note. -Emancipation proclamation. An executive proclamation, declaring that all persons held in slavery in certain designated states and districts were and should remain free. It was issued January 1, 1863, by Abraham Lincoln, as president of the United States and commander in chief. Less...
EMBARGO
A proclamation or order of state, usually issued in time of war or threat* ened hostilities, prohibiting the departure of ships or goods from some or all the ports of such state until further order. The William King, 2 Wheat 148, 4 L. Ed. 206; Delano v. Bedford Ins. Co., More...

A proclamation or order of state, usually issued in time of war or threat* ened hostilities, prohibiting the departure of ships or goods from some or all the ports of such state until further order. The William King, 2 Wheat 148, 4 L. Ed. 206; Delano v. Bedford Ins. Co., 10 Mass. 351, 6 Am. Dec. 132; King v. Delaware Ins. Co., 14 Fed. Cas. 516. Embargo is the hindering or detention by any vernment of ships of commerce in its ports, the embargo is laid upon ships belonging to citizens of the state imposing it it is called a "civil embargo;" if, as more commonly happens, it is laid upon ships belonging to the enemy, it Is called a "hostile embargo." The effect of this latter embargo is that the vessels detained are restored to the rightful owners if no war follows, but are forfeited to the embargoing government if war does follow, the declaration of war being held to relate back to the original seizure and detention. Brown. The temporary or permanent sequestration of the property of individuals for the purposes of a government, e. g.t to obtain vessels for the transport of troops, the owners being reimbursed for this forced service. Man. Int Law, 143. Less...
EMBASSADOR
See AMBASSADOR.

See AMBASSADOR. Less...
EMBASSAGE, OR EMBASSY
The message or commission given by a sovereign or state to a minister, called an "ambassador," empowered to treat or communicate with another sovereign or state; also the establishment of an ambassador.

The message or commission given by a sovereign or state to a minister, called an "ambassador," empowered to treat or communicate with another sovereign or state; also the establishment of an ambassador. Less...
EMBER DAYS
In ecclesiastical law. Those days which the ancient fathers called "quatuor tempora jejunii" are of great antiquity in the church. They are observed on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday next after Quadragesima Sunday, or tbe first Sunday in Lent after Whitsuntide, Holyrood Day, in September, and St Lucy's Day, about the More...

In ecclesiastical law. Those days which the ancient fathers called "quatuor tempora jejunii" are of great antiquity in the church. They are observed on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday next after Quadragesima Sunday, or tbe first Sunday in Lent after Whitsuntide, Holyrood Day, in September, and St Lucy's Day, about the middle of December. Brit c. 53. Our almanacs call the weeks in which they fall the "Ember Weeks," and they are now chiefly noticed on account of the ordination of priests and deacons; because the canon appoints the Sundays next after the Ember weeks for the solemn times of ordination, though the bishops, if they please, may ordain on any Sunday or holiday. Enc. Lond. Less...
EMBEZZLEMENT
The fraudulent appropriation to his own use or benefit of property or money intrusted to him by another, by. a clerk, agent, trustee, public officer, or other person acting in a fiduciary character. See 4 Bl. Comm. 230, 231; 3 Kent, Comm. 194; 4 Steph. Comm. 168, 169, 219; Fagnan More...

The fraudulent appropriation to his own use or benefit of property or money intrusted to him by another, by. a clerk, agent, trustee, public officer, or other person acting in a fiduciary character. See 4 Bl. Comm. 230, 231; 3 Kent, Comm. 194; 4 Steph. Comm. 168, 169, 219; Fagnan v. Knox, 40 N. Y. Super. Ct 49; State v. Sullivan, 49 La. Ann. 197, 21 South. 688, 62 Am. St Rep. 644; State v. Trolson, 21 Nev. 419, 32 Pac. 930; Moore v. U. S., 160 U. S. 268, 16 Sup. Ct 294, 40 L. Ed. 422; Fulton y. Hammond (C. C.) 11 Fed. 203; People v. Gordon, 133 Cal. 328, 65 Pac. 746, 85 Am. St Rep. 174. Embezzlement is the fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom it has been intrusted. Pen. Code Cal. f 503; Pen. Code Dak. s 500. Embezzlement is a species of larceny, and the term is applicable to cases of furtive and fraudulent appropriation by clerks, servants, or carriers of property coming into their possession by virtue of their employment It is distinguished from "larceny," properly so called, as being committed in respect of property which is not at the time in the actual or legal possession of the owner. People v. Burr, 41 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 294; 4 Steph. Comm. 168. Embezzlement is not an offense at common law, but was created by statute. "Embezzle" includes in its meaning appropriation to one's own use, and therefore the use of the single word "embezzle," in the indictment or information, contains within itself the charge that the defendant appropriated the money or property to his own use: State v. Wolff, 34 La. Ann. 1153. Less...
EMBLEMATA TRIBONIANI
In the Roman law. Alterations, modifications, and -additions to the writings of the older jurists, selected to make up the body of the Pandects, introduced by Tribonian and his associates who constituted the commission appointed for that purpose, with a view to harmonize contradictions, exscind obsolete matter, and make the More...

In the Roman law. Alterations, modifications, and -additions to the writings of the older jurists, selected to make up the body of the Pandects, introduced by Tribonian and his associates who constituted the commission appointed for that purpose, with a view to harmonize contradictions, exscind obsolete matter, and make the whole conform to the law as understood in Justinian's time, were called by this name. Mackeld. Rom. Law, | 71. Less...

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