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Easement	A right of use over the property of another: an interest that one person has in the land of another.
Ensue	To follow after; to follow in order or train of events.
En Ventre Sa Mere	In its mother's womb; unborn child.
Et al	and other; and another.
Exculpatory	Clearing or tending to clear from alleged fault or guilt, excusing.
Ex curia	Out of court; away from the court
Execute	To carry out according to its terms; to complete
Ex gratia	Out of grace; term applied to anything accorded as favor.
Exigency	Pressing need or demand; imperativenss.
Exigible	Able to be charged (in the context of a tax, duty, or other payment)
Ex parte	Without Notice; on one side only; done for, on behalf of. one party only.
Expunge	To destroy or erase; the act of physically destroying information.
Expurgation	The act of purging or cleansing, as where a book is published without its obscene passages.
Ex turpi causa non oritur actio	No cause of action may be founded upon an immoral or illegal act.
Facto	In fact; by an act; by the act or fact.
Feasor	Doer; maker
Femme sole	a single woman (including divorced or widowed)
Fiat	"let it be done; an authority issuing from some competent source for the doing of some legal act.
Fiduciary	The character of a trustee or the nature of trust. (Confidence)
Fieri Facias	Cause it to be done; judicial writ directing a sheriff to satisfy a judgement from the debtor's property. (Modern writ of execution)
Fortuitous	Happening by chance or accident; unexpected; resulting from unavoidable causes.
Forum domicilii	The forum or court of the domicile; the domicile of a party to an action, considered as a place of jurisdiction.
Fraudulent Conveyance	A conveyance or transfer of property, the object of which is to defraud a creditor, or hinder or delay him, or to put such property beyond his reach; conveyance made with the intent to avoid some duty or debt by the person making the transfer.
Garnishment	A proceeding whereby a plaintiff creditor (granishor) seeks to subject to his claim the property or money of a third party (granishee) owed by such party to the defendant debtor.
Gift inter vivos	Gifts between the living
Grantor	The person by whom a grant is made; a transferor of property.
Guarantee	One to whom a guaranty is made.
Guaranty	A promise to answer for the debt or default of another.
Hebeas Corpus	You have the body; the name given to a variety of writs, having for their object to bring a party before a court or judge.
Hereditaments	Things capable of being inherited.
Holograph	A will or deed written entirely by the testator or grantor with his own hand and not witnessed. (attested)

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