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  • ESGLISE, OR EGLISE
    A church. Jacob.
  • ESKETORES
    Robbers, or destroyers of other men's lands and. fortunes. Cowell.
  • ESKIPPAMENTUM
    Tackle or furniture ; outfit. Certain towns in England were bound to furnish certain ships at their own expense and with double skippage or tackle. Cowell.
  • ESKIPPER, ESKIPPARE
    To ship.
  • ESKIPPESON
    Shippage, or passage by sea. Spelled, also, "skippeson." Cowell.
  • ESLISORS
    See ELISORS.
  • ESNE
    In old law. A hireling of servile condition.
  • ESNECY
    Seniority; the condition or right of the eldest; the privilege of the eldest-born. Particularly used of the privilege of the eldest among coparceners to make a first choice of purparts upon a voluntary partition.
  • ESPERA
    A period of time fixed by law or by a court within which certain acts are to be performed, e. g., the production of papers, payment of debts, etc.
  • ESPERONS
    L. Fr. Spurs.
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