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Of or pertaining to the system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.

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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, ...

expropriation

Law; General law

Confiscation of private property or rights by a government authority, with the purpose of public interest or maintaining social equality.

express trust

Law; General law

An express trust is a trust expressly declared by a will, deed or any written instrument or can be created orally too. For constituting an express trust, three matters have to be ...

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.

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.

extradition

Law; General law

Extradition is a process whereby under treaty or upon basis of reciprocity one state surrenders to another state at its request, a person accused or convicted of a criminal ...

ex turpi causa non oritur actio

Law; General law

This Latin doctrine means "an action does not arise from a base cause," i.e. a claimant will not be able to take action on an act which arises out of his own illegal act.