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Terms for subject Law (8349 entries)

Equity Cases Abridged	Eq.Cas.Abr.
Equity Reports	Eq.Rep.
Erie.	Erie County Legal Journal, Pa.
error	e.
error	er.
Error and Appeal Reports	E.&A.R.
error coram nobis	Petition filed in trial court seeking relief from conviction based on new facts
Error Correction Request	ECR
errors or omissions excepted	e.o.o.c.
escape by force or violence	Using force to escape from custody
Escaped Mental Patient	EMP
escheat	The process by which a deceased person's property goes to the state if there is no will or no heirs
escrow	Money or a written instrument such as a deed that, by agreement between two parties, is held by a neutral third party (held in escrow) until all conditions of the agreement are met
Espinasse's Nisi Prius Reports	Esp.
Essex County Detective	ECD
estate	a right to enjoy possession of a piece of land for a period of time	Millen­nium
estate	Everything a person (alive or dead) owns and owes. There are different types of estates, like probate, nonprobate, trust and taxable estates. Probate estate: The property in someone's will. Or, if they do not have a will, the property the probate court handles. Nonprobate estate: The property the probate court does not handle. For example, if there's a trust or joint tenancy. Trust estate: Property in a trust. A trustee controls the trust. Taxable estate: The property subject to federal estate tax when a person dies. For example, life insurance
estate in real property	estate in property	Moonra­nger
estate tax	Generally, a tax on the privilege of transferring property to others after a person's death. In addition to federal estate taxes, many states have their own estate taxes
Estimated Date Of Confinement	EDC