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IGNORE

1. To be ignorant of. or unacquainted with.2. To disregard willfully; to refuse to recognize; to decline to take notice of. SeeCleburne County v. Morton, 09 Ark. 48, 00 3. W. 307.3.

ILLUSTRIOUS

The prefix to the title of a prince of the blood in England.

IMMOBILIS

Lat. Immovable. Immobilia or res immobile,?, immovable tilings, suchas lands and buildings. Mackeld. Rom. Law, | 100.

IMPEDIMENTS

Disabilities, or hindrances to the making of contracts, such ascoverture, infancy, want of reason, etc.In the civil law. Bars to marriage.Absolute impediments are those which prevent the person subject to them frommarrying

IMPRESCRIPTIBILITY

The state or quality of being incapable of prescription; not ofsuch a character that a right to it can be gained by prescription.

IMPROVEMENTS

A term used in leases, of doubtful meaning. It would seem toapply principally to buildings, though generally it extends to the amelioration of everydescription of property, whether real or personal; but, when

IN CHIEF

Principal; primary; directly obtained. A term applied to the evidenceobtained from a witness upon his examination in court by the party producing him.Tenure in chief, or in capite, is a holding directly

IN DORSO

On the back. 2 Bl. Comm. 468; 2 Steph. Comm. 164. In dnrso recordi,on the back of the record. 5 Coke, 45. Ilence the English indorse, indorsement, etc.In dubiis, benigniora praeferenda sunt.In

IN EXC VERBA

In these words; in the same words.In haeredes non solent translre action- e

IN MODUM ASSISiE

In the manner or form of an assize. Bract, fol. 1836. In modumjurata;, in manner of a jury. Id. fol. 1S16.

IN PBOMPTU

In readiness; at hand.In propria causa nemo judex. No onecan be judge in his own cause. 12 Coke, 13.

IN SUBSIDIUM

In aid. In sno quisqne negotio bebetior est quam in alieno. Every one is more dull in hisown business than in another’s.

INSDIFICATIO

Lat. In the civil law. Building ou another’s land with one’sown materials, or on one’s own land with another’s materials.

INCILE

Lat. In the civil law. A trench. A place sunk by the side of a stream, socalled because it is cut (incidatur) into or through the stone or earth. Dig. 43. 21.

INCOMPATIBLE

Two or more relations, offices, functions, or rights which cannotnaturally, or may not legally, exist in or be exercised by tlie same person at the sametime, are said to be incompatible. Thus,

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