Category: I

A thing is said to lie in render when it must be rendered or given by the tenant; as rent. It is said to lie in prender when it consists in the

Lat. To the terror of the people. A technical phrase necessary in indictments for riots. 4 Car. & P. 373.BL.LAW DICT.(2D ED.)

In Saxon law. A security, pledge, or hypotheca, consisting of the chattelsof a person unable to obtain a personal “borg,” or surety.

To arouse; stir up; instigate; sec in motion; as, to “incite” a riot. Also, generally, in criminal law to instigate, persuade,or move another to commit a crime; iu this sense nearly synonymous

Want of chastity; Indulgence in unlawful carnal connection. Lucasv. Nichols, 52 N. C. 35; State v. Ilewlin, 128 X. C. 571, 37 S. E. 952.

A memorandum of debt, consisting of these letters, (“I owe you,”) a sum ofmoney, and the debtor’s signature, is termed an “I O U.” Kinney v. Flynn, 2 R. I. 329.

This Is the name of an old writ which directs the sheriff to inquire whether a man be anidiot or not. The inquisition is to be made by a jury of twelve

That which is contrary to law; it is usually applied to bastards, orchildren born out of lawful wedlock.The Louisiana Code divided illegitimate children into two classes: (1) Those bornfrom two persons who,

See EMBRACERY.

For the meaning of this phrase inthe constitution of the United States, see 2 Story, Const.

As used in various legal compound terms, this word means defective orincomplete; wanting in some legal or formal requisite; wanting in legal sanction oreffectiveness; as in speaking of imperfect “obligations,” “ownership,” “rights,”

Intendment or inference, as distinguished from the actual expressionof a thing in words. In a will, an estate may pass by mere implication, without anyexpress words to direct its course. 2 Bl.

Lat. Let it be printed. A license or allowance, granted by the constitutedauthorities, giving permission to print and publish a book. This allowance wasformerly necessary, in England, before any book could lawfully

As to “irresistible” or “uncontrollable” impulse, see INSANITY.Impunitas continuum affectum tribuit delinquendi. 4 Coke, 45. Impunity confirmsthe disposition to commit crime.Impunities semper ad deteriora invi- tat. 5 Coke, 109. Impunity always invites

In the article of death; at the point of death. Jackson v. Vredenbergh, 1 Johns. (N. Y.) 159.In atrocioribus delictis punitnr affec- tus licet non sequatur effectus. 2 Rolle It. 82. Inmore

In consideration or contemplation of law; in abeyance. Dyer, 1026.

In a court of equity, as distinguished from a court of law; in thepurview, consideration, or contemplation of equity; according to the doctrines of equity.

In the character or manner of a pauper. Describes permissiongiven to a poor person to sue without liability for costs.

In the preliminaries. A term in Scotch practice, applied to thepreliminary examination of a witness as to the following points: Whether he knows theparties, or bears ill will to either of them,

On or at the threshold; at the very beginning; preliminarily.