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IN SOLIDO

In the civil law. For the whole; as a whole. An obligation in solido is onewhere each of the several obligors is liable for the whole; that is. it is joint and

IN VACUO

Without object; without concomitants or coherence.

INCEPTION

Commencement; opening; initiation. The beginning of the operation ofa contract or will, or of a note, mortgage, lien, etc.; the beginning of a cause or suit iucourt. Oriental Hotel Co. v. Griffiths,

INCLOSURE

In English law. Inclosure is the act of freeing land from rights ofcommon, commonable rights, and generally all rights which obstruct cultivation and theproductive employment of labor on the soil.Also, an artificial

INCORRIGIBLE BOGUE

A species of rogue or offender, described in the statutes 5Geo. IV. c. S3, and 1 & 2 Vict c. 38. 4 Steph. Comm. 309.

IDEM PER IDEM

The same for the same. An illustration of a kind that really adds no additional element to the consideration of the question.Idem semper antecedent! proximo refertur. Co. Litt. G85. “The same” is

IGLISE

L. Fr. A church. Kelham. Another form of “eglise.”

ILLITERATE

Unlettered; ignorant; unlearned. Generally used of one who cannotread and write. See In re Succession of Carroll, 28 La. Ann. 388.

IMMEUBLES

Fr. These are, in French law, the immovables of English law. Thingsare immeubles from any one of three causes: (1) From their own nature, c.

IMPEACH

To accuse; to charge a liability upon ; to sue.To dispute, disparage, deny, or contradict; as, to impeach a judgment or decree; oras used in the rule that a jury cannot “impeach

IMPOSSIBLE CONTRACTS

An impossible contract is one which the law will not holdbinding upon the parties, because of the natural or legal impossibility of the performanceby one party of that which is the consideration

IMPROPER

Not suitable; unfit; not suited to the character, time, and place. Palmerv. Concord, 48 N. II. 211. 97 Am. Dec. 005. Wrongful. 53 Law J. P. D. 05.

IN CAMERA

In chambers; in private.A cause is said to be heard in camera either when the hearing is had before the judgein his private room or when all spectators are excluded from the

IN CUJUS REI TESTIMONIUM

In testimony whereof. The initial words of the concluding clause of ancient deeds iu Latin,literally translated in the English forms.

IN GENERALI PASSAGIO

In the general passage; that is, on the journey to Palestinewith the general company or body of Crusaders. This term was of frequent occurrencein the old law of essoins, as a meaus

IN ITINERE

In eyre; on a journey or circuit. In old English law, the justices initinere (or in eyre) were those who made a circuit through the kingdom once in sevenyears for the purposes

IN MEDIAS RES

Into the heart of the subject, without preface or introduction.

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