Here are the results for the letter e

EJECTMENT

the act of ejecting or state of being ejected; dispossession

ENCEPHALITIS

Swelling of the brain, aka sleeping sickness

ENFEOFF

To grant a person land by Means of a deed and livery of seisin (q.v.)

ENNUMERATION

Process by which persons are counted for purposes of a census

ENTAIL

To entail is to restrict the inheritance of land to a specific group of heirs, such as an individual's sons.

EPONYMOUS ANCESTOR

The individual from whom the family name was taken.

ERENAGH

Airchinneach in Irish Gaelic, meaning hereditary stewart of church lands. A family would hold the ecclesiastical office and the right to the church or monastery lands, the incumbent at any one time being the erenagh.

ERIN GO BRAGH

Ireland Forever (Variations: go Brah; go Brauch)

ESCHEAT

The reversion of ownership of property to the Crown, especially subsequent to treason or rebellion.

EXTENT

A survey and valuation of property, especially one made by royal inquisition.

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