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considerable number of Jews , Greeks, and Syrians, who-are min-gled with the other Egyptians.
Egyptians, or Gypsies. See Gypsies .
EH1NGEN, or EBINGEN, a town of Germany , inSuabia,on the Danube . Lon. 9 45. E. Lari 4S. 18. N.
Ehingen, or Ebinge.v, a town in Snabia, on the Neckar , be-longing also to Austria . Lon. 8. 45. E. Lai. 48.25. N.
EHLE, a river of Germany , in Upper Saxony, which runs intothe Elbe, near Magdeburg .
EHRETIA, a genus of the monogynia order, and pentandriaclass of plants; natural order, Asperifolia-. Fruit a bilocularberry; seeds solitary, bilocular; stigma ctnarginated. Five spe-cies, which are trees or shrubs.
EIIREELDEN, a town of Germany, in the circle of the Up-per Rhine, 8 miles W. of Darmstadt .
EHRIIARTA, in botany, a genus of the monogynia order,and hexandria class of plants. Calyx a two-valved, abbreviated,one-flowered glume; corolla a double glume, each two-valved,tiie exterior one compressed, and scymeter-shaped, transverselywrinkled, and gashed at the base ; stigma simple, compressed,four-tufted. It Inis five species.
EHUD , the sou of Gera, a Benjamite, who delivered the re-public of Israel from the oppressions of Eglon, king of the Moa-bites , by assassinating the tyrant in his own parlour; A. M. 2570,according to Alstcdius, or as others have it, A. M. 2679. Ehud is milked by ehronologers, as tile third judge of Israel after Moses ,although he is not expressly mentioned in scripture as a judge, butonly as a deliverer. See Judges iii. 15 — 31.
EIA and EY, in our old writers, are used for an island.Hence the names of places ending in ey, denote them to heislands. Thus, Ramsey, the isle of rams; Shepey, the isle'ofsheep, &c.
Eia is also sometimes used for water ; and hence the names ofplaces near waters or lakes terminate in ey.
EICHENBUHL, a town of Germany , in the late circle of theLower Rhine, 29 miles of Heidelberg .
EICHSFELD, or EISFELD, a county of Germany in thelate circle of the Lower Rhine.
EICHTERNACH, a town of France , in the department ofForets, and late province of Luxemburgh; 9 miles N. W. ofTreves.
EJECTA, a term used by lawyers for a woman deflowered, orcast from the virtuous.
EJECTION, [ejectio, Lat.] in Scots law, is the turning outthe possessor of any heritable subject by force ; and is either legalor illegal.
1. Ejection, Illegal, is one person’s violently turning an-other out of possession, without lawful authority.
2. Ejection, Legal, is where a person having no title to pos-sess, is turned out by the authority of law.
EJECTM ENT/in English law, a writ or action which lies forthe lessee for years, on his being ejected or put out of his land,before the expiration of his term, either by the lessor or a stranger.It may also be brought by the lessor against the lessee, for rent inarrears, or holding over his term, &c. Ejectment of late is be-come an action in the place of many real actions, as writs of righ‘,formedons, &c. which are very difficult, as well as tedious andexpensive ; and this is now the common action for trial of titles,and recovering of lands, &c.. illegally held from the right owner;yet where entry is taken away by descent, fines, recoveries, dissei-sins, &c. an ejectment shall not be brought; whereby we find thatail titles cannot be tried by this action. The method of proceed-ing in the action of ejectment is to draw up a declaration, andfeign therein a lease for three, five, or seven years, to him thatwould Iry the title ; and also feign a casual ejector or defendant;aud then deliver the declaration to the ejector, who serves a copyof it on the tenant in possession, and gives notice at the bottom,for him to appear and defend his title ; or that, he the feigned de-fendant will sutler judgement by default, whereby the true tenant.w ill be turned out of possession ; to this declaration the tenant is toappear at the beginning of next term by his attorney, and consentto a rule to be made defendant, instead of the casual ejector, andtake upon him the defence, in which lie mint confess lease, judge-ment, entry, and auster, and at the trial stand upon tlic title only :
but in case the tenant in possession does not appear, and enter intothe said rule in time, after the declaration served, then, on affida-vit being made of the service of the declaration, with the notice toappear as aforesaid, the court will order judgement to be enteredagainst the casual ejector hy default; and thereupon the tenant inpossession, by writ habere facias possessionem, is turned out. Onthe trial in ejectment, the plaintiff's title is to be set forth from theperson last seised in fee, under whom the lessor claims down tothe plaintiff, proving the deeds, &c. and the plaintiff shall recoveronly according to the right which lie has at the time of bringinghis action. Aud here, another who has title to the land, may bedefendant in the action with the tenant in possession ; for the pos-session of the lands is primarily in question, and to be recovered,which concerns the tenant, and the title thereto is tried collaterally,,which may concern some other.
EIFELD, KICIIFIELD, or ELF ELD, a town of Germany ,in the late circle of the Lower Rhine and electorate of Mcntz,eight miles N. W. of Mentz.
EIFFEL, a department of France one of the six new onesformed in Dec. 1797, out of the conquered countries on the leftbank of the Rhine. It comprehends part of the late duchies ofJulius ami Aremberg, part of the electorate of Cologne , with thetowns of Aix la Chapelle , Coblcntz, &c. Coblentz is reckonedthe chief town.
EIMEO, or EIMEEO, one of the Society islands , in theSouth Pacific ocean , almost wholly surrounded with rocks, fourleagues YV. from the N. \V. part of Otaheite . Lat. 17. 30. S. J.on.149. 54. W. in parts of a degree, and 9h. 59m. 36a. in time.
EINBECK, orElMBECK, a town of Germany, in LowerSaxony, 48 miles S. S. W. of Brunswick .
EISENACH, a late principality of Germany, in Thuringia , andcircle of Upper Saxony, situated on the confines of Hesse. It ismountainous, and hardly produces corn enough for the inhabitants.Some wine is made, but of a very indifferent sort. It lias somemines of copper, iron, vitriol, and alum, w ith some salt springs.
EISENACH, the capital of the above country, 26 milesW. S. \V. of Erfurt.
EiSKOI, a town of Russia , in the government of Caucasus, onthe E. coast of the sea of Azoph, 50 miles 8. W. of Azoph.
EISLEBEN, a town of Germany , in the late electorate ofSaxony , and county of Mansleld. It is 12 miles W. of Hall.
E KAT ER IN E R U RG, or CAT IIER1NBURG, a province ofRussia, in the government of Perm , about 360 miles long, andfrom 100 to 160 broad.
Ekaterinkhuug, the capital of the above province. It is 148miles S. E. of Perm , and 960 EL S. E. of Petersburg.
EKAIERINOGRAD, or CATHERINOGRAD, a town ofRussia , in the government of Caucasus, on the Malva.
EK ATER IN OSLAVSKOI, or CAT H ER IN EN S LAFSKOI,a province of Russia , in the government of Ekalerinoslnw, com-prehending what has formerly been called Budziac Tartary, andthe Ukraine , now a part of the government of Ekaterinoslaw.
EKEBERG1A, a genus of the class and order decandria ino-nogynia. Calyx four-parted; petals four; berry contains fiveoblong seeds. There is one species, a tree of the Cape.
EKEREFORD, or EKRENFOllD, a town of Denmark , inthe duchy of Sleswick. It is 12 miles S. E. of Sleswick. Lon. 10.20. E. Lat. 54. 56. N.
EKESIO, a town of Sweden , in the province of Smaland, 60miles N. W. of Calmar.
ERIE, a town of Asia, in Thibet , 55 miles S. of Toson Ilotun.
EKRON, a city and government of the Philistines . It fell hylot to the tribe of Judah, in the first division made by Joshua (xv.45,) but was afterwards given to the tribe of Dan. (xix. 43.) Itwas situated near the Mediterranean, between Aslulod and Jamnia.Ekron wasa powerful city, and it does not appear that the Jews wereever sole peaceable possessors of it: the Ekroniies w ere the firstwho said that it was necessary to send back the ark of the God ofIsrael, in order to be delivered from those calamities which thepresence of it brought upon their country. 1. Sam. v. 10. Theidol Baalzebub was principally adored at Ekron. 2. Kings i. 2. &c.
EKSENIDE, a town of Asiatic Turkey, in the province ofNatolia, 84 miles S. of Degnizlu.
ELABORATORY. See Laboratory.
EL.EAGNUS, the Oleaster, or Wild Olive, a genus of the9 monogynia