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INTELLIGIBILITY

In pleading. The statement of matters of fact directly (excluding the necessity of Inference or argument to arrive at the meaning) and in such appropriate terms, so arranged, as to be comprehensible

INTER CZETEROS

Among others; in a general clause; not by name, (nominulim.) A term applied In the civil law to clauses of disinheritance in a will. Inst. 2, 13, 1; Id. 2, 13, 3.

INTERCOURSE

Communication; literally, a running or passing between persons or places; commerce. As applied to two persons, the word standing alone, and without a descriptive or qualifying word, does not import sexual connection.

INTERRUPTIO

INTERRUPTIO. Lat. Interruption. A term used both in the civil aud common law of prescription. Calvin. Interruptio multiplex non tollit prse- ?criptionem semel obtentam. 2 Inst. 654. Frequent interruption does not take

INTOLERABLE CRUELTY

In the law of divorce, this term denotes extreme cruelty, cruel and inhuman treatment, barbarous, savage, and inhuman conduct, and is equivalent to any of those phrases. Shaw v. Shaw, 17 Conn.

IRREGULARITY

Violation or nonob- servance of established rules and practices. The want of adherence to some prescribed rule or mode of proceeding; consisting either in omitting to do something that is necessary for

INDEMNIS

Lat Without hurt harm, or damage; harmless.

INDICATION

In the law of evidence. A sign or token; a fact pointing to some in- ference or conclusion. Burrill, Circ. Ev. 251, 252, 203, 275

INDULGENCE

In the Roman Catholic Church. A remission of the punishment due to sins, granted by the pope or church, and supposed to save the sinner from purgatory. Its abuse led to the

INFANGENTHEF

In old English law. A privilege of lords of certain manors to judge any thief taken within their fee

INFIDELIS

In old English law. An infidel or heathen. In feudal law. One who violated fealty.

INFRA BRACHIA

Within her arms. Used of a husband de jure, as well as de facto. 2 Inst. 317. Also inter braclUa. Bract, fol. I486. It was in this sense that a woman could

INFRINGEMENT

A breaking into; a trespass or encroachment upon; a violation of a law, regulation, contract, or right. Used especially of invasions of the rights secured by patents, copyrights, and trademarks. Goodyear Shoe

INHERIT

To take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of the ancestor. Warren v. Prescott, 84 Me. 483, 24 Atl. 948, 17 L. R. A. 435, 30 Am. St. Rep.

INJUSTICE

The withholding or denial of justice. In law, almost invariably applied to the act, fault, or omission of a court, as distinguished from that of an individual. See Ilolton v. Olcott. 58

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