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Gordon Riots
fury of the mob, who amongst other outrages sacked and burned Lord Mansfield's house in Bloomsbury Square and destroyed his library and a priceless collection of manuscripts, many from the pen of Mansfield himself. At length the
Gardens
Preservation Act, 1931 (22 & 23 Geo 5, c. xciii.) and Housing Act, 1936. As to stealing or destroying any fruit or vegetable production in gardens, etc., see (English) Larceny Act, 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c.
Exceptio nulla est versus actionem que exceptionem perimit
Exceptio nulla est versus actionem que exceptionem perimit [Lat.], There is no exception against an action which entirely destroys an exception.
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Esketores
Esketores, robbers or destroyers of other men's lands or fortunes.
Equity of redemption
defeat the right is void as a 'clog on the equity' (see that title). But it may be destroyed by (1) a conveyance of the equity of redemption by the mortgagor to the mortgagee; (2) a sale
Eminent domain and police powers-distinction
are essentially distinct. Under the police power many restrictions may be imposed and the property may even be destroyed without compensation being given, whereas under the power of eminent domain, the property may be appropriated to public
Emancipation
(1) The old emancipation, which was by several man-cipationes, followed by several enfranchisements. The man-icipatio, or solemn sale, destroyed the patria potestas and put the filius familias in mancipio, which was a kind of slavery. The enfranchisement
Eggs
2 of the (English) Wild Birds Protection Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 24), the taking or destroying of eggs of wild birds or of any kind of wild birds, and by an Act of 1902
Dog
found in a highway or place of public resort, with the result that it may be sold or destroyed if not claimed after notice to the owner or person whose name and address is on its collar;
Debile fundamentum fallit opus
Debile fundamentum fallit opus [Lat.], A weak foundation destroys the superstructure.
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