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INCOPOLITUS

A proctor or vicar. Incorporalia bello non adquirnntur.Incorporeal tilings are not acquired by war. 0 Maule & S. 104.

ICENI

The ancient name for the people of Sutfolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, andHuntingdonshire, in England.

IDONEUS

Lat. In the civil and common law. Sufficient; competent; fit or proper;responsible; unimpeachable. Ido- ncus homo, a responsible or solvent person; a goodand lawful man. Sufficient; adequate ; satisfactory. Idonea cautio, sufficient

IMITATION

The making of one thingIn the similitude or likeness of another; as, counterfeit coin is said to be made “in imitation”of the genuine. An imitation of a trade-mark is that which so

IMPERIUM

The right to command, which includes the right to employ the force ofthe state to enforce the laws. This is one of the principal attributes of the power of theexecutive. 1 Toullier,

IMPORTS

Importations; goods or other property imported or brought into the countryfrom a foreign country.

IN BEING

In existence or life at a given moment of time, as, in the phrase “life orlives in being” in the rule against perpetuities. An unborn child may, in somecircumstances be considered as

IN CONSPECTU EJUS

In his sight or view. 12 Mod. 95.In consuetudinibns, non diuturnitas temporis sed soliditas rationis est consideranda.In customs, not length of time,but solidity of reason, is to be considei-ed. Co. Litt. 141o.

IN EVIDENCE

Included in the evidence already adduced. The “facts in evidence” aresuch as have already been proved in the cause.

IN FRAUDEM LEGIS

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.

IN LOCO

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

IN NULLO EST ERRATUM

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 TOTO

In the whole; wholly; completely ; as the award is void in toto.In toto et pars continetur. In thewhole the part also is contained. Dig. 50, 17, 113.In traditionibns scriptorum, non quod

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