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INDULTO

In ecclcsiastical law. A dispensation granted by the pope to do or obtain something contrary to the common law. In Spanish law. The condonation or remission of the punishment imposed on a

INFANS

Lat. In the civil law. A child under the age of seven years; so called “quasi impos fanili,” (as not having the faculty of speech.) Cod. Theodos, 8. 18, 8. Infans non

INHERITANCE

An estate in things real, descending to the heir. 2 Bl. Comm. 201; In re Donahue’s Estate, 30 Cal. 332; Dodge’s Appeal, 100 Pa. 220, 51 Am. Rep. 519; Rountree v. Pursell,

INLAGARE

In old English law. To restore to protection of law. To restore a man from the condition of outlawry. Opposed to utlagare. Bract. lib. 3, tr. 2, c. 14,

INNKEEPER

On who keeps an inn or house for the lodging and entertainment of travelers. The keeper of a common inn for the lodging and entertainment of travelers and passengers, their horses and

INQUILINUS

In Roman law. A tenant; one who hires and occupies another’s house; but particularly, a tenant of a hired house in a city, as distinguished from colo- nus, the hirer of a

INSINUARE

Lat In the civil law. To put into; to deposit a writing in court, answering nearly to the modern expression “to file.” Si non mandatum actis insin- uatum est, if the power

INSTAURUM

In old English deeds. A stock or store of cattle, and other things; the whole stock upon a farm, including cattle, wagons, plows, and all other Implements of husbandry. 1 Mon. Angl.

INSUEA

Lat. An island; a house not connected with other houses, but separated by a surrounding space of ground. Calvin.

INTEND

To design, resolve, purpose. To apply a rule of law in the nature of pre- sumption ; to discern and follow the probabilities of like cases.

INTERDICTION

In French law. Every person who, on account of insanity, has become incapable of controlling his own interests, can be put under the control of a guardian, who shall administer his affairs

INTERNAL

Belating to the Interior j comprised within boundary lines; of interior concern or interest; domestic, as opposed to foreign.

INTERSECTION

The point of intersection of two roads is the point where their middle lines intersect. In re Springfield Road, 73 Pa. 127.

INTRA PARIETES

Between walls; among friends; out of court; without litigation. Calvin.

INURE

To take effect; to result. Cedar Rapids Water Co. v. Cedar Rapids, 118 Iowa, 234, 91 N. W. 1081; Hinson v. Booth, 39 Fla. 333, 22 South. 687; Holmes v. Tallada, 125

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