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  1. End Document Number or End Doc# The last single page image of a document.
  2. Endorser A small printer in a scanner that adds a document-control number or other endorsement to each scanned sheet.
  3. enforceability of patent the right of the patent owner to bring an infringement suit against a party who, without permission, makes, uses or sells the claimed invention.
  4. engrossed bill The official copy of a bill or joint resolution passed by the Senate and certified by the Secretary of the Senate.
  5. Enhanced Titles A meaningful/descriptive title for a document. The opposite of Verbatim Titles.
  6. Enjoin Direct or impose by court order.
  7. Enjoining An order by the court telling a person to stop performing a specific act.
  8. enrolled bill The final copy of a bill or joint resolution which has passed both chambers in identical form.
  9. Enterprise Architecture Framework for how software, computing, storage and networking systems should integrate and operate to meet the changing needs across an entire business
  10. Enterprise User Information (EUI) Email, including attachments, and user files.
  11. entitlement A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law.
  12. entity A legally recognized organization.
  13. Entrapment The act of inducing a person to commit a crime so that a criminal charge will be brought against him.
  14. Entry of judgment After a defendant is sentenced, the clerk enters the judgment of conviction on the docket sheet.
  15. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (EPA) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established as an independent agency on December 2, 1970 during President Nixon's term in office.
  16. EO Elected Office - the national Office or intergovernmental organization of or acting for the Contracting State elected by the applicant under Chapter II of…
  17. Eo ipso By the thing itself.
  18. EOF (End of File) A distinctive code which uniquely marks the end of a data file.
  19. ePaper An electronic version of a document, usually in a PDF or TIFF file format.
  20. ePAS Electronic Patent Assignment System -- see ePAS
  21. EPC See European Patent Convention.
  22. EPO European Patent Office
  23. EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port) Also known as Fast Mode Parallel Port. A new, industry standard parallel port, having higher transfer times competitive with SCSI.
  24. EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) Uncompressed files for images, text and objects. Only print on PostScript printers.
  25. Equal protection This refers to the notion, grounded in the U. S. Constitution, that no person or class of persons be denied the same protection of the laws which is…
  26. Equal Protection of the Law The guarantee in the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that all persons be treated equally by the law.
  27. equitable Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could…
  28. Equitable distribution Equitable distribution is the division of property that is fair in view of all of the circumstances. Equitable does not necessarily mean equal.
  29. Equity Another word for "stock." It represents an ownership interest by shareholders in a corporation.
  30. Equivalent Equal under patent law. MPEP 904.01(b), MPEP 2144.06, MPEP 2183.
  31. equivalents - means-plus-function claims Rather than expressly reciting a component or feature in a patent claim, one may recite a feature as a means for accomplishing something such as "seal…
  32. equivalents - reverse doctrine of This concept is used infrequently. It refers to situations where one might literally infringe a patent claim, but due to the interpretation of the claim…
  33. Equivocal death manner of death (homicide, suicide, accident) remains undetermined after a complete investigation.
  34. Erasable Optical Drive A type of optical drive that uses erasable optical discs.
  35. Erratum (Pl. errata) Error made in printing.
  36. Error Rate the frequency at which one deviates or strays from a correct standard.
  37. Escheat Reversion of real or personal property to the State when 1) a person dies without leaving a will and has no heirs, or 2) when the property (such as a bank…
  38. Escrow A financial instrument held by a third party on behalf of the other two parties in a transaction.
  39. ESD Examination Support Document -- see Guidelines for Examination Support Document (ESD) under § 1.265 [PDF]
  40. ESDI (Enhanced Small Device Interface) A defined, common electronic interface for transferring data between computers and peripherals, particularly disc drives.
  41. ESI Electronically stored information.
  42. ESI (Electronically Stored Information) Files or other data that are stored on computers, file servers, disks, tape or other devices or media.
  43. ESI Archival Systems Although the ESI has been removed from the primary storage system, it may still be accessible by the user with some delay in retrieval.
  44. ESI Audio Systems Covers traditional phone systems, phone messages, announcement systems and any other systems that transmit and record sound.
  45. ESI Backup Systems These systems may be considered 'inaccessible' under the new FRCP, but should be identified and addressed within the discovery process.
  46. ESI Collaboration Systems Although collaboration systems can include all communication systems, they specifically address systems that are used to manage group activities and share…
  47. ESI Communication Systems Although discovery and corporate communications have been dominated by email, the emergence of Unified Messaging Systems deserves consideration when…
  48. ESI Data Retention Archival Systems System specifically designed to store designated 'Corporate Records' to automate compliance with the corporate records retention policy.
  49. ESI Data Storage Systems Also called Mass Storage, "the storage of large amounts of information in a persisting and machine- readable fashion.
  50. ESI Email Systems Although MS Exchange and Lotus Domino predominate in publicly owned corporations, there are many other potential email systems that users and small…
  51. ESI IM Systems Unless the corporation captures or monitors instant messaging (IM) traffic with an enterprise system, there may by little or no organized records of IM…
  52. ESI Information Management Systems "Enterprise Content Management is the technologies used to Capture, Manage, Store, Preserve, and Deliver content and documents related to organizational…
  53. ESI Litigation Hold Archival Systems System specifically designed to store copies of ESI within an archival repository to effect Legal Holds on corporate data.
  54. ESI Mobile Communications Systems "The mobile phone or mobile, also called a cellular phone, or cell phone is a long-range, portable electronic device used for mobile communication that…
  55. ESI Process Management Systems Customer relationship (call center), supply chain, procurement. The system is built to support a business process and touches multiple parties.
  56. ESI Structured Data Storage Systems System that records data into an organized database or relational structure based on arrays, unions and other data types for efficient use.
  57. ESI Structured Storage Systems Some overlap here with Sharepoint and other collaboration systems, but the intent is to give a specific ESI type for enterprise systems that store…
  58. ESI Unstructured Data Storage Systems Refers to any mass storage system that does not have an organizational or relational data structure to manage the information and electronic items.
  59. ESI User Systems User systems are local computers, laptops and even small networks that are not maintained by the corporate IT administration group.
  60. ESI Video Systems Covers all systems that capture still images and motion image series for storage.
  61. Esprit de corps The spirit which animates a collective body, as of the army or the bar.
  62. Esquire In the United States the title commonly appended after the name of an attorney. Abbreviated: Esq.
  63. Esse To be.
  64. Essential a defined standard, which directly effects and has a fundamental impact on the work product of the laboratory or the integrity of the evidence.
  65. Estate Your estate is what you leave behind, financially speaking, when you die. To figure its worth, your assets are valued to determine your gross estate.
  66. Estate tax Your estate owes federal estate tax on the value of your taxable estate if the estate is larger than the amount you are permitted to leave to your heirs…
  67. Estatuto Un reglamento formal de la ley establecido por una entidad gubernamental.
  68. Estoppel An impediment that prevents a person from asserting or doing something contrary to his own previous assertion or act.
  69. ESTTA Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals
  70. ET And; also.
  71. Et alii (Abbr. et al.) And others.
  72. Et sequentia (Abbr. et seq.) And as follows.
  73. Et uxor (Abbr. et ux.) And wife.
  74. Et vir And husband.
  75. eTAS Electronic Trademark Assignment System -- see eTAS
  76. ETC Emerging Technology Center
  77. ETD Enterprise Training Division
  78. eTEAS electronic Trademark Examination Application System - electronic trademark filing system.
  79. Ethernet A common way of networking PCs to create a LAN.
  80. Ethics Of or relating to moral action and conduct; professionally right; conforming to professional standards.
  81. EU European Union
  82. European Patent Convention An agreement among Eurpoean nations that establishes a regional, European patent system.
  83. Eviction action A lawsuit brought by a party claiming that she/he has a right to possession and control of identified premises, usually an apartment, and that the other…
  84. Evidence (EV-uh-dins): Information that is collected in an orderly way about a disease or its treatment. This information often comes from research.
  85. Evidence Inventory the physical accounting of evidence and records related thereto.
  86. Evidence Submission Form form used to receive evidence into the laboratory and to initiate request for laboratory examinations or analyses.
  87. Evidence Transfer a change in the possession of a custody item that must be documented in two specified locations (submitter and receiver).
  88. Evidence Vault(s) a secured room or rooms for the storage of custody items.
  89. Evidentiary hearing A hearing held in open court before a judge or magistrate judge at which the testimony of witnesses is taken and exhibits may be introduced into evidence.
  90. Evidentiary Image or Copy See Forensic Copy.
  91. Ex adverso From the opposite view.
  92. Ex cathedra From the bench; with high authority.
  93. Ex contractu From a contract.
  94. Ex curia Out of court.
  95. Ex dono By gift.
  96. Ex lege According to the law.
  97. Ex officio By virtue.
  98. Ex Parte An action (a conversation orally or in writing, a ruling, or a hearing) done without all parties being notified in advance or without their presence.
  99. Ex parte proceeding Actions taken by or orders made by a court upon the application or petition of one party without notice or hearing to other interested parties.
  100. Ex Parte Protective Order An Ex Parte Protective Order is typically granted when certain acts of domestic violence have happened and the victim request a 10-day order of protection…

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