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Common terminology used in legal business.
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Ex post facto
Law; General law
This means 'after the fact'. These laws make an act which was legal when committed, illegal after committing it. These laws are specifically prohibited by the US Constitution, Article I, Section 9.
Execution
Law; General law
This legal term in a wider sense, refers to the enforcement of or giving effect to the judgments or orders of the courts. It can also mean carrying out of a death sentence.
Expunge
Law; General law
The official and intentional destruction or erasure of records or information. When an offender who is a minor reaches majority, his records are expunged.
Expropriation
Law; General law
Confiscation of private property or rights by a government authority, with the purpose of public interest or maintaining social equality.
Extortion
Law; General law
An act of obtaining property or valuable security by intentionally putting a person in fear of injury or even dishonestly inducing a person.
Executor
Law; General law
An executor is a person to whom the last will of a deceased person is, by the testators appointment, confided.
Executory contract
Law; General law
A contract in which something is to be done after the contract is concluded.
