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  • EFFRACTION
    A breach made by the use of force.
  • EFFRACTOR
    One who breaks through; one who commits a burglary.
  • EFFUSIO SANGUINIS
    In. old English law. The shedding of blood; the mulct fine, wite, or penalty imposed for the shedding of blood, which the king granted to many lords of manors. Cowell; Tomlins. See BLOODWIT.
  • EFTERS
    In Saxon law. Ways, walks, or hedges. Blount
  • EGALITY
    Owelty, (q. v.) Co. Litt l69a.
  • EGO
    I; myself. This term is used in forming genealogical tables, to represent the person who is the object of inquiry.
  • EGO, TALIS
    I, such a one. Words used in describing the forms of old deeds. Fleta, lib. 3, c 14, s 5.
  • EGREDIENS ET EXEUNS
    In old pleading. Going forth and issuing out of (land.) Townsh. PI. 17.
  • EGYPTIANS
    commonly called "Gypsies," (in old English statutes,) are counterfeit rogues, Welsh or English, that disguise themselves in speech and apparel, and wander up and down the country, pretending to have skill in telling fortunes, and to deceive the common people, but live chiefly by filching and stealing, and, therefore, the More...
  • EIA, OR EY
    An island. Cowell.
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