Exigent

exigent : requiring immediate aid or action see also exigent circumstances ...

Exigence, or exigency

Exigence, or exigency [probably a corruption of exigents, vitiated by an unskilful pronunciation], demand, want, need....

Allocatur exigent

Allocatur exigent, a writ which was issued when an outlaw had not been exacted five times under the exigi facias, in order to complete the number of exactions....

Exigent, or exigi facias (that your cause to be demanded), judicial writ commanding the sheriff to demand the defendant from county Court to county Court, or, if in London, from husting to husting, until he be outlawed; or if he appear, then to take and have him before the Court on a day certain to answer to the plaintiff in an action of, etc. see OUTLAW....

exigent circumstances

exigent circumstances : circumstances that are of such urgency as to justify a warrantless entry, search, or seizure by police when a warrant would ordinarily be required compare knock and announce rule no-knock search warrant at warrant ...

Exigible

Exigible, demandable, requirable....

Exigence

Exigency...

search

search 1 : an exploratory investigation (as of an area or person) by a government agent that intrudes on an individual's reasonable expectation of privacy and is conducted usually for the purpose of finding evidence of unlawful activity or guilt or to locate a person [warrantless es are invalid unless they fall within narrowly drawn exceptions "State v. Mahone, 701 P.2d 171 (1985)"] see also exigent circumstances, plain view probable cause at cause, reasonable suspicion search warrant at warrant compare seizure NOTE: The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits unreasonable searches and requires that a warrant may issue only upon probable cause and that the warrant must particularly describe the place to be searched. Some searches, such as a search incident to an arrest, have been held to be valid without a warrant. administrative search : an inspection or search carried out under a regulatory or statutory scheme esp. in public or commercial premises and usually to enf...

excuse

excuse ex·cused ex·cus·ing vt 1 : to grant exemption or release to [excused the prospective juror] [excused the witness after an hour of testimony] 2 : justify vi : to serve as an excuse or justification [exigent circumstances may "J. J. White and R. S. Summers"] [ik-skyüs] n 1 : excusal 2 a : a circumstance that allows for release under the law from an obligation, duty, or contractual liability compare act of god, force majeure, fortuitous event, impossibility of performance b : a circumstance (as a physical threat) that grants immunity for otherwise tortious or criminal conduct compare justification, privilege ...

Exigency

The state of being exigent urgent or exacting want pressing necessity or distress need a case demanding immediate action supply or remedy as an unforeseen exigency...

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