exception (eksepshon)

[F. exception = Sp. excepcion = Pg. excepção = It. eccezione, The or leaving out of count; exclusion, or the act at the end of the gardens. Howells, Venetian Life, xvii. of excluding from some number designated, or from a statement or description: as, all voted exceptionable ne (ek-sep's hon-a-bl-nes), n. IMG:content-0858.png:[blocks in formation] Do't for you! by this air, I will do any thing, without exception , be it a good, bad, or indifferent thing. Beau , and Fl . , King and No King, iii. 3. 2. That which is excepted, excluded, or separated from others in a general statement or description; the person or thing specified as distinct or not included: as, almost every general rule has its exceptions . Nay, soft; this operation hath another exception annexed thereto then you have yet heard: For if the divisor contayne 2 digits or mo this rule will not serve nor IMG:content-0859.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0860.png:[blocks in formation] George Eliot , Mill on the Flo , v. 5. The mastery of Shakespeare is shown perhaps more strikingly in his treatment of the ordinary than of the ex ceptional . Lowell, Study Windows, p. 136. The mode of migration [by sea] which was natural, and even nece ary, in the seventeenth century was altogether exceptional in the fifth. E. A. Freeman , Amer. Lects., p. 102. =Syn. Irregular, unusual, uncommon, unnatural, peculiar, anomalous. exceptionality (ek-sep-sho-nal'i-ti), n. [ ceptional + -ity .] The quality of being exceptional, or of constituting an exception. Artistic feeling is. of so rare occurrence that its ex ceptionality... proves the rule. The Century, XXVI. 824. exceptionally (ek-sep's hon-al-i), adv. In an exceptional or unusual manner; in or to an unusual degree; especially: as, he was exception ally favored. I will answer what exceptions he can have against our account. 4. Objection with dislike; offense; slight anger or resentment: with at or against , but more commonly with to , and generally used with take : as, to take exception at a severe remark; to take exceptionally foolish. exception to what was said. Thou hast taken against me a most just exception . Shak., Othello, iv. 2. What will you say now, If he deny to come, and take exceptions At some half-syllable, or sound deliver'd With an ill accent, or some style left out? Fletcher, Bonduc a, ii. 2. Neither should we doubt our intuitions as to nece ary truth. To do so is not to be exceptionally intellectual, but Mivart , Nature and Thought, p. 138. The country behind it is exceptionally fertile, and is covered over with thriving farms. Froude , Sketches, p. 86. exceptionalne (ek-sep's hon-al-nes), n. Exceptional character or quality. It is not the meritoriousne but the exceptionalne of the achievement which makes the few willing to attempt it. Spectator, No. 3035, p. 1142. [ ехсер- 5. In law : ( a ) In conveyancing, a clause in a deed taking out something from that which ap- pears to be granted by the deed, by which means it is severed from the estate granted, and does not pa . (b) The thing or part of the premises thus withheld. (c) In equity practice, an allegation, required to be exception ary (ek-sep's hon-a-ri), a. by the preceding part of in writing, pointing out the particula the particular matter in an adversary's pleading which is objected to as insufficient or improper. (d) In common law practice, ctice, the specific statement, required to be in writing or noted on the reco ecord, of an objection taken by a party to a ruling to a ruling or decision by the court or a referee, the object being to show to the higher court to which the matter may be appealed that the ruling was ad hered to and carried into effect against explicit objection, or to inform the adverse party of the precise point of the objection, or both. See bill of exceptions, below. In the Roman law excep tio was a plea similar to our confe ion and avoidance. Thus, such a plea would be a claim to offset a debt. In a narrower sense, however, it was restricted to the plea that an action competent in law should be excluded on the ground of equity. Such a plea was held to be dangerous, because, the facts alleged by way of exception being once disproved, the claim of the plaintiff was held to be proved as good in law by the pleading of the exceptio. Hence, probably, the maxim "The exception proves the rule" (Latin exceptio prob at regulam, 11 Coke 41; French l'exception prouve la règle ), which is certainly of legal origin. The words "in cases not excepted" (Latin in casibus non except is ) are, however, commonly added; and the maxim is taken to mean that an expre exception implies that the general rule is the opposite of the case mentioned. As exception corroborates the application of law in cases enumerated. not excepted, so enumeration invalidates it in cases not Bacon , De Augment is (ed. Spedding), VIII. iii. them; for as exceptio firm at legem in casibus non excepIf it be well weighed, that certificate makes against tis , so the excepting of that shire by itself doth fortify that the rest of the shires were included in the very point of difference. Bacon, Jurisdiction of the Marches. Bill of exceptions, in common-law practice, the docu- ment drawn up by the party unsucce ful at the trial for authentication by the trial judge, to show to an appellate court all the rulings complained of as error, and the ex- ceptions thereto taken on the trial. The exception proves the rule. See def. 5 (d). To note an excep- tion + -ary.] Indicating or noting an exception. [Rare.] After mentioning the general privation of the "bloomy flush of life," the exception ary "all but" includes, as part of that bloomy flush, an aged decrepit matron. Scott , E ays, p. 263 (Ord MS.). One who exceptionert (ek-sep's hon-er), n. takes exception or objects; an objector. Thus much (Readers) in favour of the softer spirited Christian; for other exception ers there was no thought taken. Milton , On Def. of Humb. Remonst., Pref. exception le (ek-sep's hon-les), a. [ Tom. So; did you mark the dulne of her parting now? Alon. What dulne ? thou art so excepțious still! Middle ton and Rowley , Changeling, ii. 1. Go dine with your Earl, sir; he may be exceptious ; we are your friends and will not take it ill to be left. Wycherley, Country Wife, i. He has indeed one good Quality, he is not Exceptious ; for he so pa ionately affects the reputation of understanding raillery that he will construe an Affront into a Jest. Congreve, Way of the World, i. 2. It is his ancestor, the original pensioner, that has laid up this inexhaustible fund of merit, which makes his Grace so very delicate and exceptious about the merit of all other grantees of the crown. Burke , To a Noble Lord.