An excuse for not appearing in court at the return of process; the allegation of an excuse to the court.
Excuse; exemption. [Obs.] From every work he challenged essoin. Spenser. Essoin day (Eng. Law), the first general return day of the term, on which the court sits to receive essoins. Blackstone.
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