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  • ESCHECCUM
    In old English law. A jury or inquisition.
  • ESCHIPARE
    To build or equip. Du Cange.
  • ESCOT
    A tax formerly paid in boroughs and corporations towards the support of the community, which is called "scot and lot."
  • ESCRIBANO
    In Spanish law. An officer, resembling a notary in French law, who has authority, to set down in writing, and verify by his attestation, transactions and contracts between private persons, and also judicial acts and proceedings.
  • ESCRITURA
    In Spanish law. A written instrument. Every deed that is made by the hand of a public escribano, or notary of a corporation or council (concejo,) or sealed with the seal of the king or other authorized parsons. White, New Recop. b. 3, tit. 7, c. 5.
  • ESCROQUERIE
    Fr. Fraud, swindling, cheating.
  • ESCROW
    A scroll; a writing; a deed. Particularly a deed delivered by the grantor into the hands of a third person, to be held by the latter until the happening of a contingency or performance of a condition, and then by him delivered to the grantee. Thomas v. Sowards, 25 Wis. More...
  • ESCROWL
    In old English law. An escrow; a scroll. "And deliver the deed to a stranger, as an escrowl." Perk. c. 1, f 9; Id. c. 2, H 137, 138.
  • ESCUAGE
    Service of the shield. One of the varieties of tenure in knight's service, to the duty imposed being that of accompanying the king to the wars for forty days, at the tenant's own charge, or sending a substitute. In later times, this service was commuted for a certain payment in More...
  • ESCURARE
    To scour or cleanse. Cowell.
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