| Term | Definition |
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| Exclusionary rule | The rule preventing illegally obtained evidence to be used in any trial. |
| Execute | To complete the legal requirements (such as signing before witnesses) that make a will valid. Also, to execute a judgment or decree means to put the final judgment of the court into effect. |
| Executor | A personal representative, named in a will, who administers an estate. |
| Exempt property | In bankruptcy proceedings, this refers to certain property protection by law from the reach of creditors. |
| Exhibits | Any paper or object offered in court that is marked for identification or evidence. |
| Exonerate | Removal of a charge, responsibility or duty. |
| Expunction | Official and formal erasure of a record or partial contents of a record. |
| Extenuating circumstances | Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated, heinous, or reprehensible than it would otherwise be. |
| Extradition | Surrender by one state to another of a person accused or convicted of an offense outside its own territory and within territorial jurisdiction of the other, with the other state which is competent to try him/her, demanding his/her surrender. |
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