IMPRESSMENT
A power possessed by the English crown of taking persons or propertyto aid in the defense of the country, with or without the consent of the personsconcerned. It is usually exercised to
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A power possessed by the English crown of taking persons or propertyto aid in the defense of the country, with or without the consent of the personsconcerned. It is usually exercised to
In old records. To improve land. Impruiaincntum, the improvement so made of it. Cowell.
In close and safe custody. 3 Bl. Comm. 415.
In common. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 4,
In the same state or condition. Calvin.
In being made; in process of formation or development; hence, iucoin-_plete or inchoate. Legal proceedings are described as in fieri until judgment is entered.
In the distinct, identical, or individual form; in specie. Story, Bailm.
In the intendment, contemplation. or inference of the law; implied orinferred by law; existing in law or by force of law. See IN FACT.
In the name of God, Amen. A solemn introduction, ancientlyused in wills and many other instruments.
A party, plaintiff or defendant, who sues out a writ or other process, orappears to conduct his case in court himself, instead of through a solicitor or counsel, issaid to act and
A technical term used to designate proceedings or actions instituted against the thine, in contradistinction to personal actions, which are said to be in personam. See IN PERSONAM. It is true that,
In terror or warning; by way of threat. Applied to legacies givenupon condition that the recipient shall not dispute the validity or the dispositions of thewill; such a condition being usually regarded
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.
Lat In the civil law. Unadvisedly; unintentionally. Dig. 28, 4, 1.
An abbreviation for “id est,” that is; that is to say.
In the civil law. An unlearned, illiterate, or simple person. Calvin. A privateman; one not in office. In common law. An idiot or fool.
The condition before the law, or the social status, of a bastard; thestate or condition of one whose parents were not intermarried at the time of his birth.Miller v. Miller, 18 Hun
An occasional or obsolete form of “embezzle,” (q. v.)
To weaken, diminish, or relax, or otherwise affect in an injurious manner.Davey v. /Etna L. Ins. Co. (C. C.) 20 Fed. 4S2; State v. Carew, 13 Rich. Law (S. C.) 541.91 Am.