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EROTOMANIA – a morbid propensity to love or
make love; uncontrollable sexual desire by
members of either sex.

ERROR IN PERSONAE – mistake in the identity of
the victim.

ERROR OF JUDGMENT – an error of judgment is
one, which the court may commit in the exercise of
its jurisdiction.

ERROR OF JURISDICTION – an error of jurisdiction
renders an order or judgment void or void able

ESPIONAGE – an act, without authority therefor,
enters a warship, fort, or naval or military
establishment or reservation to obtain any
information, plans, photographs, or other data of a
confidential nature relative to the defense of the
country spied upon; or being in possession, by
reason of the public office he holds, of the articles,
data, or information referred to in the preceding
paragraph, discloses their contents to a
representative of a foreign nation.

ESPOUSAL – mutual promise to marry

ESTOPPEL – the principle that precludes a person
from asserting something contrary to what is
implied by a previous action or statement of that
person or by a previous pertinent judicial
determination.

ET CETERA – other things of that type.

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