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| EASEMENT | ||
| right held by one person to use the land of another for a special purpose | ||
| EMINENT DOMAIN | ||
| the power to take private property for public use by condemnation, i.e., the legal process by which real estate of a private owner is taken for public use without the owner's consent, but upon the award and payment of just compensation | ||
| ENJOIN | ||
| to require a person, by writ of injunction from a court of equity, to perform or to abstain or desist from some act | ||
| EQUITY | ||
| equitable action (equity matter): | ||
| an action which may be brought for the purpose of restraining the threatened infliction of wrongs or injuries, and the prevention of threatened illegal action; case in which payment of money damages will not be adequate compensation | ||
| ERRATUM | ||
| An error | ||
ESTATE |
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| From 14th Century French estat of “physical condition as regards form or structure of country, supreme civil power and/or government as a PERSONALITY” itself from 13th Century Latin status meaning STATE = “circumstances, conditions and/or temporary attributes of a PERSON or THING”. From 15th Century, estate acquired the additional meaning “property/assets attributed to a PERSON or THING subject to higher legal authority”. |
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| ESTOP | ||
| to stop, bar, or impede | ||
| ESTOPPEL | ||
| a rule of law which prevents a person from alleging or denying a fact, because of his/her own previous act | ||
| EX PARTE | ||
| a proceeding, order, motion, application, request, submission etc., made by or granted for the benefit of one party only; done for, in behalf of, or on application of one party only | ||
| EX POST FACTO | ||
| "By a subsequent act" - Something that occurs after the event but having a retrospective effect | ||
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