Bill of exceptions

Bill of exceptions
Exception Ex*cep"tion ([e^]k*s[e^]p"sh[u^]n), n. [L. exceptio: cf. F. exception.] 1. The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule. [1913 Webster]

2. That which is excepted or taken out from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included; as, almost every general rule has its exceptions. [1913 Webster]

Such rare exceptions, shining in the dark, Prove, rather than impeach, the just remark. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]

Note: Often with to. [1913 Webster]

That proud exception to all nature's laws. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

3. (Law) An objection, oral or written, taken, in the course of an action, as to bail or security; or as to the decision of a judge, in the course of a trail, or in his charge to a jury; or as to lapse of time, or scandal, impertinence, or insufficiency in a pleading; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts something before granted. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]

4. An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; -- usually followed by to or against. [1913 Webster]

I will never answer what exceptions they can have against our account [relation]. --Bentley. [1913 Webster]

He . . . took exception to the place of their burial. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

She takes exceptions at your person. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

{Bill of exceptions} (Law), a statement of exceptions to the decision, or instructions of a judge in the trial of a cause, made for the purpose of putting the points decided on record so as to bring them before a superior court or the full bench for review. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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