Estate Law

A term used by the law to describe that part of the law which regulates wills, probate and other subjects related to the distribution of a deceased person's estate

Estoppel

A rule of law that when person A, by act or words, gives person B reason to believe a certain set of facts upon which person B takes action, person A cannot later, to his benefit, deny those facts or say that his earlier act was improper

Euthanasia

The putting to death, by painless method, of a terminally-ill or severely debilitated person through the omission or commission of an act

Eviction

Some permanent act by landlord, or by person or thing under his control, which deprives a tenant of the rented premises

Evidence

1) something which provides proof or disproves a claim or otherwise believed statement 2)to make clear or evident, to show by proof

Ex Parte

Latin, 'for one party only'

Ex Patriate

A person who has abandoned his or her country of origin and citizenship and has become a subject or citizen of another country

Ex Post Facto

Latin for 'after the fact'

Examination For Discovery

An oral examination under oath

Examination In Chief

The questioning of your own witness under oath