Search for: legalism
2521 Etymology dictionary, p. empowerment (n.).3
… for legal action; in early 20c. often in a spiritual sense. In social and political contexts, especially in reference to women or minorities, "a taking control …
2522 Etymology dictionary, p. entail (v.).2
… " + taile "legal limitation," especially of inheritance, ruling who succeeds in ownership and preventing the property from being sold off, from Anglo-French …
2523 Etymology dictionary, p. entitlement (n.).2
… in legal language; but also in part a native formation from entitle + -ment. Entitlement culture attested by 1994 ( culture of entitlement is from 1989).
2524 Etymology dictionary, p. equity (n.).3
… the legal codes ("governed by benevolence, while justitia yields to another only what is strictly due," Lewis & Short).
2525 Etymology dictionary, p. -er (1).4
… in legal language (such as lessor / lessee ) to distinguish actors and recipients of action has given the -or ending a tinge of professionalism, and this makes …
2526 Etymology dictionary, p. escheat (n.).2
… ; lapse (legally)," from Late Latin *excadere "to fall out," from Latin ex "out, away" (see ex- ) + cadere "to fall" (from PIE root *kad- "to fall"). As a verb, from late 14c. Related: Escheated …
2527 Etymology dictionary, p. estate (n.).2
… , status, legal estate" (13c., Modern French état ), from Latin status "state or condition, position, place; social position of the aristocracy," from PIE root *sta- "to …
2528 Etymology dictionary, p. estop (v.).2
… a legal sense, by one's own prior act or declaration), from Old French estoper "plug, stop up, block; prevent, halt" (also in obscene usage), from estope "tow, oakum," from …
2529 Etymology dictionary, p. euthanasia (n.).2
… of "legally sanctioned mercy killing" is recorded in English by 1869.
2530 Etymology dictionary, p. evict (v.).2
… by legal process" first recorded in English 1530s, from a post-classical sense of the Latin word. Related: Evicted; evicting. Compare evince .
2531 Etymology dictionary, p. evidence (n.).3
… evident. Legal senses are from c. 1500, when it began to oust witness. Also "one who furnishes testimony, witness" (1590s); hence turn (State's) evidence .
2532 Etymology dictionary, p. examine (v.).2
… , move"). Legal sense of "question or hear (a witness in court)" is from early 15c. Related: Examined; examining .
2533 Etymology dictionary, p. exception (n.).2
… a legal sense, "formal objection or protest entered by a defendant"), Old French excepcion, from Latin exceptionem (nominative exceptio ) "an exception, restriction …
2534 Etymology dictionary, p. excuse (v.).2
… "accusation, legal action" (see cause (n.)).
2535 Etymology dictionary, p. execution (n.).3
… English legal phrases such as don execution of deth "carry out a sentence of death." Literal meaning "action of carrying something into effect" is from late …
2536 Etymology dictionary, p. execute (v.).2
… earlier legal sense "perform judgment or sentence on" (early 15c.). Related: Executed; executing .
2537 Etymology dictionary, p. exorbitant (adj.).2
… ., a legal term, "deviating from rule or principle, eccentric;" from Late Latin exorbitantem (nominative exorbitans ), present participle of exorbitare "deviate …
2538 Etymology dictionary, p. ex parte.2
Latin legal term, "on the one side only," from ex "out of" (see ex- ) + parte, ablative of pars "a part, piece, a division, a fraction, a side of the body" (from PIE root *pere- (2) "to grant, allot").
2539 Etymology dictionary, p. expert (n.).2
… the legal sense, "person who, by virtue of special acquired knowledge or experience on a subject, presumably not within the knowledge of men generally, may …
2540 Etymology dictionary, p. extrajudicial (adj.).2
also extra-judicial, "outside judicial proceedings, outside the ordinary course of legal procedure," 1580s (implied in extrajudicially ); see extra- + judicial .