The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by
taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a
class, statement, rule.
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.
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.
An objection; cavil; dissent;
disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; -- usually followed by
to or against.
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