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To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order; as, to enter a writ, appearance, rule, or judgment. Burrill.

That can be sustained or made available or effective in a court of equity, or upon principles of equity jurisprudence; as, an equitable estate; equitable assets, assignment, mortgage, etc. Abbott.

Controversial. [Archaic] A specimen of admirable special pleading in the court of eristic logic. Coleridge.

A mistake in the proceedings of a court of record in matters of law or of fact.

e of dignity next in degree below knight and above gentleman; also, a title of office and courtesy; -- often shortened to squire.

t the essence of this virtue [charity]. Addison. The essence of Addison's humor is irony. Courthope.

To excuse for nonappearance in court. "I 'll not essoin thee." Quarles.

An excuse for not appearing in court at the return of process; the allegation of an excuse to the court.

an original writing or record, esp. of amercements or penalties set down in the rolls of court to be levied by the bailiff, or other officer. Cowell. Estreat of a recognizance, the extracting or taking out a forfeited recognizance from among the other records of the court, for the purpose of a prosecution in another c…

on; conventional decorum; ceremonial code of polite society. The pompous etiquette to the court of Louis the Fourteenth. Prescott.

the purpose of putting the points decided on record so as to bring them before a superior court or the full bench for review.

One of the superior courts of law; -- so called from a checkered cloth, which covers, or formerly covered, the table. [Eng.]

with indulgence; to view leniently or to overlook; to pardon. And in our own (excuse some courtly stains.) No whiter page than Addison remains. Pope.

The carrying into effect the judgment given in a court of law.

To submit, as a document, to a court or officer, in course of proceedings; also, to present or offer officially or in legal form; to bring, as a charge. He suffered his attorney-general to exhibit a charge of high treason against the earl. Clarendon.

An officer in the Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas whose duty it was make out exigents. The office in now abolished. Cowell.

r damage to those on whom the expense falls; as, the expenses of war; an expense of time. Courting popularity at his party's expense. Brougham.

Out of or beyond the proper authority of a court or judge; beyond jurisdiction; not legally required. "An extrajudicial opinion." Hallam. -- Ex`tra*ju*di"cial*ly, adv.

Easy of access or converse; mild; courteous; not haughty, austere, or distant; affable; complaisant. I meant she should be courteous, facile, sweet. B. Jonson.

impartially. [Colloq.] -- To bid fair. See under Bid. -- To speak fair, to address with courtesy and frankness. [Archaic]