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E.G
E.G. [exempli gratia], for the sake of an instance of example.
Education
for the education of special classes of persons, or by executive, as opposed to legislative methods, as, for example, by a system of grants in aid. This Act was followed by a series of Acts, known collectively
Incidere
that entangles a person in a legal action. This term had a similar meaning under English law. For example, a person might become liable to amercement, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 765
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Executed consideration
promiser, but a merely voluntary courtesy, it will not suffice to support a promise; therefore, in the first example, the promise would not be binding unless the bailing were at the master's precedent request. See notes to
Exempli gratia
Exempli gratia [abbrev. Ex. gr., or e.g., Lat.], for the purpose of example, or for instance.
Expiring laws continuance Acts
Solicitors' Journal, April 18th, 1903). The (English) Ballot Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 33), was, for example, kept in force by annual inclusion in successive Expiring Laws Continuance Acts until 1908, when it was made
Forcible entry
order to take possession. There may be a forcible entry although no actual force is used, as, for example, when threats are made or an unusual number of persons collected. Forcible entry was permissible at Common Law
Idoneus
Idoneus, means appropriate or suitable. A responsi-ble or solvent man, for example, was as an idoneus homo while a pledge of sufficient security was termed idonea cautio. Also spelled idoneous,
Imminently dangerous
reasonably certain to place life and limb in peril. This term is relevant in several legal contexts. For example, if a mental condition renders a person imminently dangerous to self or others, he or she may be
In mercy
the unsuccessful party was in the court's mercy. A plaintiff held in mercy for a false claim, for example, was said to be in misericordia pro falso clamore suo, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 791.
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