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A criminal proceeding against a public officer, before a quasipolitical court, instituted by a written accusation called “articles of impeachment;” forexample, a written accusation by the house of representatives of the United

Impeachment of waste, (q. v.)

That which, in the constitution and course of nature or the law, noman can do or perform. See Klauber v. San Diego Street-Car. Co., 05 Cal. 353. 30 Pac.555; Reid v. Alaska

Adherents; followers. Those who side with or take the part of another,either in his defense or otherwise.

Attainable or recoverable by action; not in possession. A term applied toproperty of which a party has not the possession, but only 5 right to recover it byaction. Things in action are

Among the goods or property; in actual possession. Inst. 4, 2, 2. In bonisdcfuncti, among the goods of the deceased.

In body or substance; in a material thing or object.

In issue. De materia in cxitu, of the matter in issue. 12 Mod. 372.In expositione instrumentorum, mala grammatica, quod fieri potest, vitanda est. Inthe construction of instruments, bad grammar is to be

In fraud of the law. 3 Bl. Comm. 94. With the intent or view ofevading the law. Jackson v. Jackson, 1 Johns. (N. Y.) 424, 432.

To the original or former state. Calvin.

In place; in lieu; instead; In the place or stead. Townsh. PI. 38.

In nothing is there error. The name of the common pleaor joinder in error, denying the existence of error in the record or proceedings; which isin the nature of a demurrer, and

In mining law, rock or mineralized matter is “in place” when remaining asnature placed it, that is, unsevered from the circumjacent rock, or which is fixed solidand immovable in the form of

In the nature of things; in the realm of actuality; in existence.In a dilatory plea, an allegation that the plaintiff is not in rerum natura is equivalent toaverring that the person named

Lat. In witness; In evidence whereof.

In maritime law, and particularly with reference to the stowage of cargo, this term is contrasted with “outboard.” It does not necessarily mean under deck, but is applied to a cargo so

In medical jurisprudence. A cut or incision on a human body; awound made by a cutting instrument, such as a razor. Burrill, Circ. Ev. 003; Wliart & S. Med. Jur.

Mutually repugnant or contradictory; contrary, the one to the other.so that both cannot stand, but the acceptance or establishment of the one implies theabrogation or abandonment of the other; as, in speaking

To incumber land is to make it subject to a charge or liability; e. y., by mortgaging it. Incumbrances includenot only mortgages and other voluntary charges, but also liens, lites pendentes, registeredjudgments,

The initial letter of the word “Insti- tuta,” used by some civilians in citing theInstitutes of Justinian. Tayl. Civil Law, 24.