IN TERROREM
In terror or warning; by way of threat. Applied to legacies givenupon condition that the recipient shall not dispute the validity or the dispositions of thewill; such a condition being usually regarded
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In terror or warning; by way of threat. Applied to legacies givenupon condition that the recipient shall not dispute the validity or the dispositions of thewill; such a condition being usually regarded
The act of installing or inducting into office with formal ceremonies,as the coronation of a sovereign, the inauguration of a president or governor,or the consecration of a prelate.
Burning to ashes ; destruction of a substance by fire, as, the corpse of a murdered person.
Lack of ability, legal qualification, or fitness to discharge therequired duty. Iu re Leonard’s Estate, 95 Mich. 295, 54 N. W. 1082; Iu re Cohn, 7S N.Y. 252; Stephenson v. Stephenson, 49
In the law of evidence. Going or tending to establish guilt; intendedto establish guilt; criminative. Burrill, Circ. Ev. 251, 252.
Lat Therefore. Calvin.
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
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
The coming Into a country of foreigners for purposes of permanentresidence. The correlative term “emigration” denotes the act of such persons in leavingtheir former country.
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
In old records. To impeach or accuse. Impescatus, impeached. Blount.
An impost; tax; contribution. Paterson v. Society, 24 N. J. Law, 400;Singer Mfg. Co. v. Ileppenheimer, 58 N. J. Law, 033, 34 Atl. 1001, 32 L. 11. A. 643.
The act of putting or confining a man in prison ; the restraint of a man’s personal liberty; coercion exercised upon a person to prevent the free exercise of his powers of
As used in legal phrases, this word means attributed vicariously; that is,an act, fac-f, or quality is said to be “imputed” to a person when it is ascribed orcharged to him, not
A term applied to the indorsement of a bill or note where it consistsmerely of the indorser’s name, without restriction to any particular Indorsee. 2 Steph.Comm. 104.
Immediately; without any interval or intermission. Calvin.Sometimes written as one word “inconti- nenti.”In contractibns, benigna; in testamen- tis, benignior; in restitutionibus, benignissimainterpretatio facienda est.Co. Litt. 112. In contracts, tbe interpretation is to
In exchange. Formal words in old deeds of exchange.
In fraud of creditors; with intent to defraud creditors. Inst. 1, 6, pr. 3.
In or at the beginning. In initio litis, at the beginning, or in the first stageof the suit. Bract, fol. 400.
For a suit; to the suit Greenl. Ev.
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