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IMMODERATE

a term used to describe something that is unreasonable or beyond the normal bounds.

IRRECUSABLE

a term used for the contractual obligation that is imposed on a person legally but without the person’s consent.

IMMUNITY CLAUSE

a provision that will limit the responsibility of a trustee to liability for negligence or misconduct.

INOPERATIVE WILL

will not operative because the grants and bequests are contrary to the existing laws.

INSURABLE

the term used to describe a thing that can be insured.

INCOMPETENT EVIDENCE

This si evidence that is not permitted because it comes from a witness who is inadequate or defective.

IMPLIED EASEMENT

This term applies to the permission granted to a purchaser to cross another person’s property. See easement.

IN PROPRIA

a Latin term used to describe acting in your own defence or serving as your own attorney.

INCORRUPTIBLE

The inability to be bribed or made to a thing that is against the law or immoral.

INCIDENTAL RELIEF

This means the awarding in a court of equity that goes beyond the requested in the initial complaint.

ISSUE IN FACT

a term given to the matter brought before a court where issues that concern facts of then case that are in controversy,

INSTALLMENT

used to describe the regular and periodic payment of a debt.

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