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EXQUAESTOR
In Roman law. One who had filled the office of quaestor. A title given to Tribonian. Inst procem. s 3. Used only in the ablative case, (exquaestore.)

In Roman law. One who had filled the office of quaestor. A title given to Tribonian. Inst procem. s 3. Used only in the ablative case, (exquaestore.) Less...
EXROGARE
(From ex, from, and rogare, to pass a law.) In Roman law. To take something from an old law by a new law. Tayl Civil Law, 155.

(From ex, from, and rogare, to pass a law.) In Roman law. To take something from an old law by a new law. Tayl Civil Law, 155. Less...
EXTEND
To expand, enlarge, prolong, widen, carry out further than the original limit; as, to extend the time for filing an answer, to extend a lease, term of office, charter, railroad track, etc. Flagler v. Hearst 62 App. Div. 18. 70 N. Y. Supp. 956; Gouldlng v. Hammond, 54 Fed. 642. More...

To expand, enlarge, prolong, widen, carry out further than the original limit; as, to extend the time for filing an answer, to extend a lease, term of office, charter, railroad track, etc. Flagler v. Hearst 62 App. Div. 18. 70 N. Y. Supp. 956; Gouldlng v. Hammond, 54 Fed. 642. 4 C. C. A. 533; State v. Scott 113 Mo. 559, 20 S. W. 1076; James v. McMillan, 55 Mich. 136, 20 N. W. 826; Wilson v. Rousseau, 4 How. 697. 11 L. Ed. 1141; Orton v. Noonan, 27 Wis. 272; Moers v. Reading, 21 Pa. 201; People T. New York A H. R. Co., 45 Barb. (N Y.) 73. To extend a street means to prolong and continue it in the direction in which it already points, but does not include deflecting it from the course of the existing portion. Monroe v. Ouachita Parish, 47 La. Ann. 1061, 17 South. 498; In re Charlotte St., 23 Pa. 288; Seattle & M. Ry. Co. v. State, 7 Wash. 150, 34 Pac. 551, 22 L. R. A. 217, 88 Am. St Rep. 866. In English practice. To value the lands or tenements of a person bound by a statute or recognizance which has become forfeited, to their full extended value. 3 Bl. Comm. 420; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 131. To execute the writ ot extent or extendi facias, (q. v.) 2 Tidd, Pr. 1043, 1044. In taxation. Extending a tax consists in adding to the assessment roll the precise amount due from each person whose name appears thereon. "The subjects for taxation having been properly listed, and a basis for apportionment established, nothing will remain to fix a definite liability but to extend upon the list or roll the several proportionate amounts, as a charge against the several taxables." Cooley, Tax'n, (2d Ed.) 423. Less...
EXTENDI FACIAS
Lat. You cause to be extended. In English practice. The name of a writ of execution, (derived from its two emphatic words;) more commonly called an "extent." 2 Tidd, Pr. 1043; 4 Steph, Comm. 43.

Lat. You cause to be extended. In English practice. The name of a writ of execution, (derived from its two emphatic words;) more commonly called an "extent." 2 Tidd, Pr. 1043; 4 Steph, Comm. 43. Less...
EXTENSION
In mercantile law. An allowance of additional time for the payment of debts. An agreement between a debtor and his creditors, by which they allow him further time for the payment of his liabilities. In patent law. An extension of the life of a patent for an additional period of More...

In mercantile law. An allowance of additional time for the payment of debts. An agreement between a debtor and his creditors, by which they allow him further time for the payment of his liabilities. In patent law. An extension of the life of a patent for an additional period of seven years, formerly allowed by law in the United States, upon proof being made that the inventor had not succeeded in obtaining as reasonable remuneration from his patent-right. This is no longer allowed, except as to designs. See Rev. St U. S. f 4924 (U. S. Comp. St 1901, p. 3396). Less...
EXTENSORES
In old English law. Extenders or appraisers. The name of certain officers appointed to appraise and divide or apportion lands. It was their duty to make a survey, schedule, or inventory of the lands, to lay them out under certain heads, and then to ascertain the value of each, as More...

In old English law. Extenders or appraisers. The name of certain officers appointed to appraise and divide or apportion lands. It was their duty to make a survey, schedule, or inventory of the lands, to lay them out under certain heads, and then to ascertain the value of each, as preparatory to the division or partition. Bract fols. 72b, 75; Britt c 71. Less...
EXTENT
In English practice. A writ of execution issuing from the exchequer upon a debt due the crown, or upon a debt due a private person, if upon recognizance or statute merchant or staple, by which the sheriff is directed to appraise the debtor's lands, and, instead of selling them, to More...

In English practice. A writ of execution issuing from the exchequer upon a debt due the crown, or upon a debt due a private person, if upon recognizance or statute merchant or staple, by which the sheriff is directed to appraise the debtor's lands, and, instead of selling them, to set them off to the creditor for a term during which the rental will satisfy the judgment. Hackett v. Amsden, 56 Vt 201; Nasou v. Fowler, 70 N. H. 291, 47 Atl. 263. In Scotch practice. The value or valuation of lands. Bell. The rents, profits, and issues of lands. Skene. -Extent in aid. That kind of extent which issues at the instance and for the benefit of a debtor to the crown, for the recovery of a debt due to himself. 2 Tidd, Pr. 1045; 4 Steph. Comm. 47.-Extent in chief. The principal kind of extent, issuing at the suit of the crown, for the recovery of the crown's debt 4 Steph; Comm. 47. An adverse proceeding by the king, for the recovery of his own debt. 2 Tidd, Pr. 1045. Less...
EXTENTA MANERII
(The extent or survey of a manor.) The title of a statute passed 4 Edw. I. St. 1; being a sort of direction for making a survey or terrier of a manor, and all its appendages. 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 140.

(The extent or survey of a manor.) The title of a statute passed 4 Edw. I. St. 1; being a sort of direction for making a survey or terrier of a manor, and all its appendages. 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 140. Less...
EXTENUATE
To lessen; to palliate; to mitigate. Connell v. State, 46 Tex. Cr. R. 259, 81 S. W. 748.

To lessen; to palliate; to mitigate. Connell v. State, 46 Tex. Cr. R. 259, 81 S. W. 748. Less...
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
Such as render a delict or crime less aggravated, heinous, or reprehensible than it would otherwise be, or tend to palliate or lessen its guilt. Such circumstances may ordinarily be shown in order to reduce the punishment or damages.

Such as render a delict or crime less aggravated, heinous, or reprehensible than it would otherwise be, or tend to palliate or lessen its guilt. Such circumstances may ordinarily be shown in order to reduce the punishment or damages. Less...

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