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IMPERSONATE

the term that describes a person who is pretending to be someone else.

INFIRMITY

1. used to describe a disease or an illness that is often permanent and make a person ineligible to take out an insurance policy. 2. A defect in a deed or document.

INDETERMINATE SENTENCE

This term applies to a jail sentence without a set period but it falls between the minimum and maximum time for the crime.

INCONTESTABLE CLAUSE

a clause in insurance policies that the insurance company can’t contest after period of time has passed.

IRRATIONAL

term that means something is absurd, ridiculous, mentally unsound. A sane person suffering stress may become irrational.

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

the used to describe a lack of evidence or not having enough facts for a jury top reach a verdict.

INELIGIBLE

This is the term that means not to be qualified or to be disqualified from holding a public office.

IMMUNITY FROM PROCESS

a term that applies to being exempt or free from being subpoenaed while working in a public office.

ILLICIT TRADE

This term applies to any grade with a country that has been forbidden by a law.

IMPEDIMENT

1. A hindrance or an obstacle. 2. A disability such as a speech or hearing impediment.

IMMUNITY CLAUSE

a provision that will limit the responsibility of a trustee to liability for negligence or misconduct.

IMPLIED MALICE

This term is applied to acts that bear a stamp of ill will, vindictiveness, spite etc.

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