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IN RERUM NATURA

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

INCIVILE

Lat. Irregular; improper; out of the due course of law.Incivile est, nisi tota lege perspecta, una aliqua particula ejus proposita, ju- dicarc,vel respondere. It is improper, without looking at the whole of

INCONVENIENCE

In the rule that statutes should be so construed as to avoid”inconvenience,” this means, as applied to the public, the sacrifice or jeoparding ofimportant public interests or hampering the legitimate activities of

IBIDEM

Lat. In the same place; in the same book ; on the same page, etc. Abbreviatedto “ibid.” or “ib.”

ILLEVIABLE

Not leviable; that cannot or ought not to be levied. Cowell.

IMBROCUS

A brook, gutter, or water- passage. Cowell.

IMPANEL

In English practice. Toimpanel a jury signifies the entering by the sheriff upon a piece of parchment, termed a”panel,” the names of the jurors who have been summoned to appear in court

IMPERITIA

Lat. Unskillfulness; want of skill.Imperitia culpa! adnumeratur. Want of skill is reckoned as culpa; that is, as blamableconduct or neglect. Dig. 50, 17, 132.Imperitia est maxima mechanicorum poena. Unskillfulness is the greatest

IMPORTATION

The act of bringing goods and merchandise into a country from a foreign country.

IMPRIMERE

To press upon; to impress or press; to imprint or print.

IMPUNITY

Exemption or protection from penalty or punishment. Dillon v. Rogers,30 Tex. 153.

IN BANCO

In bank; in the bench. A term applied to proceedings in the court inbank, as distinguished from proceedings at nisi prius. Also, in the English court of common bench.

IN CONSIDER ATIONE PREMISSORUM

In consideration of the premises. 1 Strange, 535.In consimili casu, consimile debet esse remedium. Hardr. 05. In similar cases theremedy should be similar.

IN ESSE

In being. Actually existing. Distinguished from in posse, which means “thatwhich is not, but may be.” A child before birth is in posse; after birth, in esse.

IN FORO

In a (or the) forum, court, or tribunal.

IN INITIO

In or at the beginning. In initio litis, at the beginning, or in the first stageof the suit. Bract, fol. 400.

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