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IN FAVOREM VIT

In favor of life.In favorem vitae, libertatis, et innocen- tiae, omnia praesumuntur. In favor of life,liberty, and innocence, every presump- tion is made. Lofft. 125.

IN JUS VOCARE

To call, cite, or summon to court. Inst. 4, 10. 3; Calvin. In jusvocando, summoning to court. 3 Bl. Comm. 279.

IN MORA

In default; literally. In delay. In the civil law, a borrower who omitsor refuses to return the thing loaned at the proper time is said to be in mora. Story,Bailm.

IN PROPRIA PERSONA

In one’s own proper person.In quo quis delinquit, in eo de jure est puniendus. In whatever thing one offends, in that is he rightfully to be punished. Co. Litt. 2336; Wing. Max.

IN TANTUM

In so much; so much; so far; so greatly. Reg. Orig. 07, 10G.

INBLAURA

In old records. Profit or product of ground. Cowell.

INCIPITUR

Lat. It is begun; it begins. In old practice, when the pleadings in anaction at law, instead of being recited at large on the Issue-roll, were set out merely bytheir commencements, this

INCONSISTENT

Mutually repugnant or contradictory; contrary, the one to the other.so that both cannot stand, but the acceptance or establishment of the one implies theabrogation or abandonment of the other; as, in speaking

I

The initial letter of the word “Insti- tuta,” used by some civilians in citing theInstitutes of Justinian. Tayl. Civil Law, 24.

ILLATA ET INVECTA

Lat. Things brought into the house for use by the tenant wereso called, and were liable to the jus liypothccce of Roman law, just as they are to thelandlord’s right of distress

IMAN, IMAM, or IMAUM

A Mohammedan prince having supreme spiritual as well astemporal power; a regular priest of the mosque.

IMMOVABLES

In the civil law. Property which, from its nature, destination, or theobject to which it is applied, cannot move itself, or be removed.Immovable things are. in general, such as cannot either move

IMPENSS

Lat. In the civil law. Expenses ; outlays. Mackeld. Rom. Law,

IMPLEADED

Sued or prosecuted; used particularly in the titles of causes wherethere are several defendants; as “A. B., impleaded with C. D.”

IMPRESSION

A “case of the first impression” is one without a precedent; onepresenting a wholly new state of facts: one involving a question never beforedetermined.

IMPROVIDENTLY

A judgment, decree, rule, Injunction, etc., when given or renderedwithout adequate consideration by the court, or without proper information as toall the circumstances affecting it, or based upon a mistaken assumption or

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