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IN DUPLO

In double. Dumna in du- plo, double damages. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 10,

IN FEODO

In fee. Bract, fol. 207; Fleta, lib. 2, c. 04,

IN KIND

In the same kind, class, or genus. A loan is returned “in kind” when notthe identical article, but one corresponding and equivalent to it, is given to the lender.See IN GENEUE.

IN MORTTJA MANU

Property owned by religious societies was said to be held in?mortua maim, or in mortmain, since religious men were civiliter mortui. 1 Bl. Comm.479; Tayl. Gloss.

IN RE

In the affair; in the matter of. This is the usual method of entitling a judicial proceeding in which there are not adversary parties, but merely some res concerning which judicial action

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,

IMPLEMENTS

Such things as are used or employed for a trade, or furniture of ahouse. Coolidge v. Choate, 11 Mete. (Mass.)Whatever may supply wants; particularly applied to tools, utensils, vessels,instruments of labor; as,

IMPRESSMENT

A power possessed by the English crown of taking persons or propertyto aid in the defense of the country, with or without the consent of the personsconcerned. It is usually exercised to

IMPRUIARE

In old records. To improve land. Impruiaincntum, the improvement so made of it. Cowell.

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