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Suit to a Court Baron, the Civilians.

It is equivalent to Excufatio fent tetters unto all the Jews, that mere in all the 'Provinces, &c. 'Tis alfo "fuppofed, that Queen Ether

The Caufes that fcrve to Effoin, arc clivers ; yet may her felf, might have fome Share therein ; it beinr. be reduced to five Heads: The firft is, Effoin £e ultra in the fame Chapter, Ver. 29. that Efther and Mordecai inare, when the Party is beyond Sea : The fecond, He wrote a fecond Letter with the King's Authority, to ordain terra fanlia, when on an Expedition in the Holy Land: the folemnizing a Yearly Feaft, call'd Vurm^ that is, Days The third, de mulo vemendi, when he is infirm of Body, of Lots, in Commemoration of the jews being deliver d. and cannot come; which is alfo call'd, the Common Ef- from the Lots, or Sortes, whereby they 'had been condemned Join : The fourth, Effoin de male leSi, when the De- Some will have this Book to be only Deuterocanonicaf.

t — 1 contend for its being Canonical, as far as Chap. X. inclufive; and all the refl Deuterocanonical. Of this'

fendW is fick a-bed : The fifth, de fervitio Regis, when Othe

he is in the King's Service. Horn mentions feveral other Ver.

Fjjoins touching the Service of the King Celeflial.

The Word is form'd of the French, Fffoinie, i. e. Cau- farws miles, he that has his Prefence torborn upon any full Caufe, as Sicknefs, or other Impediment.

ESSOINS and PROFFERS. See Proffer.

Sentiment are S. Jerom, He Lyra, Diomfms the Carthtt- fian, Cajetan, and others. The Council* of Trent turn'd the Scale for its being Canonical throughout: fo that the Matter is determined for the Catholic Countries.

But as to the Proteftants, they retain to the old Opir

LSSORANT, in Heraldry, a Term ufed to exprefs a and only admit it as far as the 3 i Vcrfc of the Xth Bird handing on the Ground with the Wings expanded, Chapter. Sec Deuterocanonical.

ESTIVAL, orJEs-rivAt, Solftice. See Solstice. ESTOILEE'. A Crofs EJloilee, is a Star with only- four long Rays, in manner of a Crofs ; and accordingly broad in the Centre, and terminating in fharp Points. See

as if it had been wet, and were drying it felf.

ESTANDARD. See Standard.

ESI ATE, in Law, the Title, or Intcrcfl: a Man hath in Lands or Tenements.

EJlate is either fimple or conditional: EJlate Jimple, Cros.

call'd alfo Fee Jimple, is where a Man by Deed Indented enfeoffs another in Fee, referving to him and his Heirs a Yearly Rent ; with this Provifo, that if the Rent be be- hind, (5c. it foall be lawful for the Fcoffer and his Heirs, ' to enter. See Fee.

■:>.te Conditional, or upon Condition at Law, is fuch, Imped as hath a Condition annexed to it, tho' it be not fpecified in Writing, e. gr. If a Man grant to another, by his Deed, the Office of Park-Keeper for Life: this EJlate is upon Condition in Law, viz. If the Park-Keeper ffiall fo long well and truly keep the Park.

Estate, or limply State, the Empire, Kingdom, Provinces, or Extent of Lands under any one Government or Dominion.

The Eftates of the Grand Seignior, of the King of Spam, &c. are very extenfive : Thofe of the King of

ESTOPPEL, in Law, an Impediment, or Bar of Action growing from a Man's own Act, who hath, or otherwife might have had his Aftion. See Bar.

Goddard defines an Eftoppel to be a Bar, or Hindrance, to one to plead the- Truth; and extends it not to the

ipediment given by his own Aft only, but anothers alfo.

There are three Kinds of Eftoppel, viz. by Matter of Record; by Matter in Writing ; and by Matter in pais.

The Word is form'd of the French, Eftouper, oppilare, obftipare.

ESTOVERS, in Law, is ufed by Sratlon, for that Suftenance, which a Man committed for Felony, is to have out of his Lands, or Goods, for himfelf and his Family, during Imprifonmcnt.

In Stat. 6. Edit. I. it is ufed for an Allowance in Meat or Clothes. In Stat. Weft, it is alfo ufed for certain Allowan-

Fravce are compact, and well peopled. Italy is canton'd ccs f Wood, to be taken out of another Man's Woods.

See

out into a great Number of petty Estates.

Minifters of EJlate, Secretaries of EJlate, &c. Minister, Secretary, (5c.

Estate is particularly applied to the feveral Ranks, or Claflts, of a People alfembled together, for the concert- ing of Meafures, reforming Abufcs, or compofing the Di- fiurbances of a State.

In England, the Three Eftates, viz. King, Lords, and Commons, meet ordinarily in Parliament.

In this Iaft Senfe Eftovers comprehends Houfe-bote, Hay-bote, and 'Plow-bote : So that if a Man hath in his Grant thefe general Words, de Rationabili Eftoverio in Sofcis, &c. he may thereby claim all three. ■ In. fome Manners, the Tenants have Common of Efto- vers ; that is, nectifary Botes out of the Lord's Wood. See Alimony.

ESTRADE, a French Term, literally Unifying a pub- lic Road, or High-way. Hence the Military Phrafe, In France, the Eftates confift of the Chutchmen, the Sattre I'Eftrade, to Seat the Efirade, that is, to fend Noblcffe, and the Third EJlate. Scouts, or Horfcmcn, to get Intelligence, to learn the Dif-

Some will have thefe Affemblies of Eftates to be a pofitions of the Enemy, and inforfo the General of every very ancient Conftitution: All we know is, that there Thing like to fafl in the Way. An Army never marches, were general Aflcmblics held in the Gauls, before Ctffar's without fending Sattears d' EJlrade on every Side. Conqucft. But then the People, or third EJlate, had no The Word 'is form'd of the Italian Strada, Street or Share in 'em. Under the Ift and lid Race ot the French R oa d, which is derived from the Latin Strata, a paved Kings, there were alfo folemn Convocations, call'd Var- Street. Some derive it from EJlradiots, who were Cavaliers liaments; but it was only the great Lords of the Realm anciently employ'd in beating the Eftra.de.

that were call'd to 'cm. S ee Parliament.

Estates General. r c f c ~ ,

Estates of Holland. \ Sce I States General, &c.

ESTERL1NG, or Easterling. See Sterling.

ESTETE ', in Heraldry, is ufed by the French to fig- nify a Beat! whole Head has been, as it were, torn off by Force ; and confequently the^Neck left rough and rugged

tly employ'd in beating' the Eftr,

Estrade is alfo us'd, for a littie'Elevation in the Floor of a Room, frequently encompafs'd with an Alcove, or Rail, for the placing a Bed in ; and fometimes, as in Turkey, only cover 'd with fine Carpets, to receive Vilitors of Diftinction in. See Alcove. ■

ESTRANGEL, in the Syriac Grammar. The Eftr an- gel, or Eftrangelus Character, is a particular Species, or

In Contra-diihnction to deffait, or decapite, where the p ofm f syriac Letters j ferving as the Maiufcule Letters

Neck is left fmooth 5 as if the Head had been cut off. f the Syriac Language.

Ste t J ) T ' r 1, 1 "' „ .. . _ . j. ., >.,s „,„ Abraham Ecchellenfis takes the Eftr angel Chafer,

ER, a Canonical Book of the Old Tcflament. f or the true, ancient, Chaldee Character. And 'tis certain,

the Jews, from the Death, to which Ahafuerus had doom'd 'em, by the Councils of his Favourite Haman : The Hiilory of which Tranfaflion makes the Subject of the Book of Efther.

The Criticks are divided about the Author of this Book : S. Epiphanius, s. Avgnftin, and IJidore, attribute it w Ezra; But Eufebiv.s Will have it of a later Date. Some afcribe it to Joachim, High-Prieft of the Jews, and Grand-fon of Jofedek. Others will have it com'pofed

Eftrangel Alphc, ESTRAY, fignifics any tame Beaft found within any Lordmip, and not owned by any Man 5 in which Cife, being cried, according to Law, in the Market adjoyning, if it be ' not claimed by the Owner in a Year and a Day, it is then the Lord's of the Soil where found.

ESTREAT, in Law, is ufed for the true Copy, or Duplicate, of an original Writing : For Example, of Amerciaments, or Penalties, fet down in the Rolls of a Court, to be levied by the Bailiff, or other Officer, of

by an AEfembly, or Synagogue of the Jews, to whom

Mordecai wrote Letters, informing 'em of what had hap- evel 7 Man lor his Offence.

■pen'd, EftbAX. 19. Clerk of the Estreats. See Clerk.

But the Generality of Interpreters, both Hebrew, Greek, ESTREPEMENT, in Law, an impoverilhing, or mak-

Zatin,tkc. afcribe the Book to Mordecai himfelf: Elias ing of Land barren, by continual Plowing and Sowing}

. Prat. 3. mentions this Sen- without due Manuring, Red, and ottur Husbandry.

The Word is alfo ufed, for any Spoil made by the

Ch. IX. Ver. ;o. Tenanr for Life, upon any Lands, or Woods, to the Preju-

timent as unqueilionable.

Tis chicfiv founded on the Paffa

where it is laid, That Mordecai wrote thefe Things, and dice of him in Reverfion ; as the cutting down of Trees,