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EXCI'SE, the name given to the taxes or 

 duties levied on commodities consumed 

 at borne ; distinct from customs, which 

 are duties levied on imports and export*. 



EXCITABIL'ITY, from excito. The con- 

 dition of living bodies, wherein they can 

 be made to exhibit tho functions and 

 phenomena which distinguish them from 

 inanimate matter. 



EXCOJCA'RIA, a genus of trees. Dioecia 

 Triandria. Two species, of which the 

 aloes-wood (Affallocha) is one. The heart 

 of this tree is the tambac or nalombac, so 

 much valued in India. 



EXCOMMUNICA'TION, an ecclesiastical 

 penalty or censure, whereby such persons 

 as are guilty of any notorious crime or 

 offence are separated from the communion 

 of the church. 



EXCRE'TION, from excerno, to separate. 

 The expulsion, by the various outlets of 

 the body, of such matters as would prove 

 injurious if they remained ; also, the mat- 

 ters excreted. 



EX'CRETORT, from excerno, to separate. 

 A term in physiology, applied to those 

 ducts which convey the secreted fluids 

 toin the glands, some of which have se- 

 veral excretory ducts. 



EXCUR'RE.NT, a botanical term, descrip- 

 tive of the ramification of a body whose 

 axis continues always in the centre. 



EX'EAT, an ecclesiastical term for the 

 permission granted by a bishop to a priest 

 to go out of his diocese. 



EXECC'TION , from ex and sequor. In law, 

 a judicial writ grounded on the judgment 

 of the court whence it issues, and is sup- 

 posed to be granted by the court at the 

 request of the party at whose suit it is 

 issued, to give him satisfaction on the 

 judgment which he hath obtained. In 

 fine arts, the mode of performing a work 

 of art, and the dexterity with which it is 

 accomplished. 



EXECUTIVE. In politics, that branch of 

 the government which executes the 

 functions of the state. The word is used 

 iu distinction from legislative and judicial. 



EX'EDKA. 1. A small conversation-room, 



equivalent to the modern boudoir. 2. A 



building separate from a church . but with- 

 in the limits of the consecrated ground. 



EXEMPLIFICATION (of letters patent], a 

 duplicate of them, made from the enrol- 

 ment thereof, and sealed with the great 

 seal. 



EXEQCA'TUR (Lat.), . an official recog- 

 nition of a person in the character of con- 

 sul, or commission agent, authorising him 

 to exercise his powers in the country. 



EXERGUE', from t|, and igyev. work. 

 A term used by medallists to denote the 

 little space around and without the work 

 or figures of a medal, for an inscription, 

 4erice, date, &^. 



EXFOLIA'TION, from ex, and folium, a 

 leaf. A term, in surgery, for the scaling 

 of a bone ; the separation of a dead piece 

 of bone from the living portion. 



EXHACS'TIONS. In geometry, the method 

 of exhaustions is a way of proving thv 

 equality of two magnitudes by a n due' to 

 ad absurdum, showing that if one be sup- 

 posed greater or less than the other, there 

 will arise a contradiction. It was of fre- 

 quent use among the old mathematicians. 



EX'HEDRA, eg, out of, and tb^a,, a chair. 

 In ancient architecture, a small room in 

 public buildings for conversation. 



EXHEHEDA'TION, from ex, and hares, an 

 heir. A father's excluding a child from 

 inheriting any part of his estate. 



EXHIB'IT from ex and hnbeo. In late, a 

 term used where a writing, being pro- 

 duced in a chancery suit, the commis- 

 sioner certifies on the back thereof, that 

 the same was shown to the witness at the 

 time of his examination, and by him 

 sworn to : the paper so certified is called 

 an exhibit. 



EXHIBITION, from exhibeo, a benefaction 

 settled for the benefit of students in a 

 university. 



EX'IGENT, from eric/0. In law, a writ 

 which lies where the defendant cannot 

 be found, nor any effects of his within the 

 county, by which he may be attached 

 or distrained in a personal action. The 

 exigent, or exigi facias, requires the de- 

 fendant to be proclaimed in five counties 

 to render himself, and if he does not, he 

 is then outlawed. 



Ex MERO More, a phrase used in char- 

 ters and letters-patent, to signify that 

 they are granted by the sovereign of his 

 own free will and motion, i. e. without 

 petition. 



EX'ODE, EfoS/ey, the concluding part of 

 a Greek drama. 



EX'ODIUM, the end or denouement of 

 the play, in Greek tragedy. 



Ex'oDus,E|<J<}f,from sl.andcSof, way. 

 The second book of the Pentateuch, so 

 called because it describes the journey of 

 the Israelites from Egypt. 



EX-OFFI'CIO (Lat.), by virtue of office, 

 and without especial authority. Ex officio 

 informations may be filed by the attorney- 

 general in virtue of his office, without 

 applying to any court, and without giving 

 the defendant notice. 



EX'OGEN, an exogenous plant, which 

 adds to its wood by successive external 

 additions. 



EXOGENOUS, from t%<u, without, and 

 5 tnreai, to grow. A term applied to plant* 

 which increase by additions to the out- 

 side of their wood, in contradistinction 

 to endogens (q. v.). 



EX'OPTHALMY, \ A species of ophthal- 



KX'OPTHALMIA } my, in whirl' the bulk 



