Express trust – this term applies in the area of Trusts and Probates. It details a trust, established in benefit and in favor of a concrete private individual, and not in public benefit. In the express trust, one or more…

Exploratory employment – this legal term finds usage in the sphere of Labor Law in some jurisdictions. It details a temporary employment, which has the goal to review the skills and labor abilities of the candidate for a permanent job…

Entitlement – this term details a special and exclusive legal advantage or right such as a benefit, exemption, power or immunity. An example would be the special privileges that some persons have in a bankruptcy to recoup their debts from…

Eyewitness – the term sets up the legal figure of a witness during court trial, who has observed with his own eyes the event they are testifying on, so he/she is able to confirm the fact, respectively to produce a…

Ex turpi causa non oritur actio – this legal phrase comes from Latin. Literally it means “of an illegal act there can be no lawsuit”. In the legal practice, it finds application in the area of Tort Law in many…

Extrinsic fraud – in Criminal Law the term refers to a type of fraud that prevents a person from being informed about their own rights, respectively avoid using these rights.

Extrinsic evidence – the term refers to external evidence, which has not been presented in court room. See also http://www.lectlaw.com/def/e078.htm .

Extreme cruelty – the term refers to a behavior which destroys the strengthens of the marriage via affecting one of the parties.

Extra work – this is a term used in Building Law to detail performance of building work by the assignee, which work has not been required under the terms of the construction contract, but at the end of the day…

Extraterritorial jurisdiction – the term refers to the legal capability of a local court to operate behind the borders of its area of regular practice. For a district court it would be a case where to operate in another Municipality.