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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.

IN PRSMISSORTJM FIDEM

In confirmation or attestation of the premises. A notarial phrase.In proeparatoriis ad judicium favetur actori. 2 Inst. 57. In things precedingjudgment the plaintiff is favored.

IN SOLIDUM

For the whole. Si plures sint fidejussores, quotquot erunt nu- mero,singuli in solidum tenentur, if there be several sureties, however numerous they may be, they are individually bound for thewhole debt. Inst.

IN VINCULIS

In chains; in actual custody. Gilb. Forum Rom. 97.Applied also, figuratively, to the condition of a person who is compelled to submit toterms which oppression and his necessities impose on him. 1

INCH

A measure of length, containing one-twelfth part of a foot; originally supposed equal to three barleycorns.

INCLUSIVE

Embraced; comprehended; comprehending the stated limits or extremes. Opposed to “exclusive.”

INCREASE

The produce of laud; (>>) the offspring of animals.

IDEM SONANS

Sounding the same or alike; having the same sound. A term applied to names which are substantially the same, though slightly varied in the spelling, as”Lawrence” and “Lawronce,” and the like. 1

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