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IN CAPITA

To the heads; by beads or polls. Persons succeed to an inheritance incapita when they individually take equal shares. So challenges to individual jurors arechallenges in capita, as distinguished from challenges to

IN FACIE ECCLESLX

In the face of the church. A term applied in the law of Englandto marriages, which are required to be solemnized in a parish church or public chapel,unless by dispensation or license.

IN GENERE

In kind; in the same yen us or class; the same in quantity and quality,but not individually the same. Iu the Roman law, things which may be given or restoredin yenere are

IN JUDGMENT

In a court of justice; in a seat of judgment. Lord Hale is called “oneof the greatest and best men who ever sat in judgment” 1 East 306.In judiciis, minori setati succurritur.In

IN MEDIO

Intermediate. A term applied, in Scotch practice, to a fund held between parties litigant In mercibus illicitis non sit commer- cium. There should be no commerce in illicit orprohibited goods. 3 Kent,

IN PAIS

This phrase, as applied to a legal transaction, primarily means that it hastaken place without legal proceedings. Thus a widow was said to make a request in paisfor her dower when she

IN PRSSENTI

At the present time. 2 Rl. Comm. 100. Used in opposition to in futuro.See Van Wyck v. Knevals, 100 U. S. 3G0, 1 Sup. Ct. 336, 27 L. Ed. 201.In prsesentia majoris

IN SOLO

In the soil or ground. In solo alieno, in another’s ground. In solo proprio,in one’s own ground. 2 Steph. Comm. 20.

INCHARTARE

To give, or grant, and assure anything by a written instrument.

INCOLA

Lat In the civil law. An inhabitant ; a dweller or resident. Properly, one whohas transferred his domicile to auy country.Incolas domicilium facit. Residence creates domicile. Arnold v. United Ins. Co., 1Johns.

INCREMENTUM

Lat. Increase or improvement, opposed to decrementum or abatement

IDENTITY

In the law of evidence.Sameness; the fact that a subject, person, or thing before a court is the same as it isrepresented, claimed, or charged to be. See Burrill, Circ. Ev. 3S2,

IGNORANCE

The want or absence of knowledge.Ignorance of law is want of knowledge or acquaintance with the laws of the land inso far as they apply to the act, relation, duty, or matter

ILLUD

Lat. That Illnd, qnod alias licitnm non est, ne- cessitas facit licitnm; et necessitas in- dncitprivilegium quoad jura privata.Bac. Max. That which Is otherwise not permitted, necessity permits; and necessitymakes a privilege

IMMINENT DANGER

In relation to homicide in self-defense, this term means immediate danger, such as must be Instantly met, such as cannot be guarded against It calling for the assistance of others or the

IMPECHIARE

To impeach, to accuse, or prosecute for felony or treason.

IMPOTENCE

In medical Jurisprudence. The incapacity for copulation or propagatingthe species. Properly used of the male; but it has also been used synonymously with”sterility.” Grif’feth v. Griff- eth, 102 111. 30S, 44 N.

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