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INCARCERATION

Imprisonment; confinement in a jail or penitentiary. This term isseldom used in law, though found occasionally in statutes, (Rev. St. Okl. 1903,

INCLAUSA

In old records. A home close or inclosure near the house. Paroch. Autiip 31; Cowell.

INCORPORATE

1. To create a corporation ; to confer a corporate franchise upondeterminate persons.2. To declare that another document shall be taken as part of the document iuwhich the declaration is made as

ICONA

An image, figure, or representation of a thing. Du Cange.

IDONIETAS

In old English law. Ability or fitness, (of a parson.) Artie. Cleri, c. 13.

ILLICIT

Not permitted or allowed; prohibited ; unlawful; as an illicit trade; illicit Intercourse. State v. Miller, CO Vt. 90, 12 Atl. 526.

IMMATERIAL

Not material, essential, or necessary; not important or pertinent; not decisive.

IMPARL

To have license to settle a litigation amicably; to obtain delay for adjustment.

IMPERSONALITAS

Lit. Impersonality. A mode of expression where no reference ismade to any person, such as the expression “ut dieit ur,” (as is said.) Co. Litt. 3526.Impersonalitas non concludit nec ligat. Co. Litt.

IMPORTUNITY

Pressing solicitation; urgent request; application for a claim or favorwhich is urged with troublesome frequency or pertinacity. Webster.

IMPRISONMENT

The act of putting or confining a man in prison ; the restraint of a man’s personal liberty; coercion exercised upon a person to prevent the free exercise of his powers of

IMPUTED

As used in legal phrases, this word means attributed vicariously; that is,an act, fac-f, or quality is said to be “imputed” to a person when it is ascribed orcharged to him, not

IN BLANK

A term applied to the indorsement of a bill or note where it consistsmerely of the indorser’s name, without restriction to any particular Indorsee. 2 Steph.Comm. 104.

IN CONTINENTI

Immediately; without any interval or intermission. Calvin.Sometimes written as one word “inconti- nenti.”In contractibns, benigna; in testamen- tis, benignior; in restitutionibus, benignissimainterpretatio facienda est.Co. Litt. 112. In contracts, tbe interpretation is to

IN EXITU

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 FULL

Relating to the whole or full amount; as a receipt in full. Complete; giving all details. Bard v. Wood, 3 Mete. (Mass.) 75.

IN LOCO PARENTIS

In the place of a parent; instead of a parent; charged, factitiously,with a parent’s rights, duties, andresponsibilities. Wetherby v. Dixon, 19 Yes. 412; Rrinkerhoff v. Merselis, 24 N. J. Daw,GS3; Capek v.

IN ODIUM SPOLIATORIS

In hatred of a despoiler, robber, or wrong-doer. TheSaratoga, 1 Gall. 174, Fed. Cas. No. 12,355; Arthur v. The Cassius. 2 Story, 99, Fed.Cas. No. 504. 1 Greenl. Ev.

IN PLENO LTJMINE

In public; in common knowledge; in the light of day.In poenalibus cansis benignius inter- pretandum est. In penal causes or cases, themore favorable Interpretation should be adopted. Dig. 50. 17, (197), 155,

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