embezzler
n. a person who commits the crime of embezzlement by fraudulently taking funds or property of an employer or trust.

emblements
n. crops to which a tenant who cultivated the land is entitled by agreement with the owner. If the tenant dies before harvest the crop will become the property of his/her estate.

emergency
n. a sudden, unforeseen happening which requires action to correct or to protect lives and/or property.

eminent domain
n. the power of a governmental entity (federal, state, county or city government, school district, hospital district or other agencies) to take private real estate for public use, with or without the permission of the owner.

emolument
n. salary, wages and benefits paid for employment or an office held.

emotional distress
n. an increasingly popular basis for a claim of damages in lawsuits for injury due to the negligence or intentional acts of another. Originally damages for emotional distress were only awardable in conjunction with damages for actual physical harm. R ...

employee
n. a person who is hired for a wage, salary, fee or payment to perform work for an employer. In agency law the employee is called an agent and the employer is called the principal.