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Habitual intemperance is that degree of intemperance from the use of intoxicating drinks which disqualifies the person a great portion of the time from properly attending to business, or which would reasonably

(Lat. Between the dog and the wolf.) The twilight; because then the dog seeks his rest, and the wolf his prey. 3 Inst. 63.

In Roman law. A decree of the praetor by means of which, in certain cases determined by the edict, be himself directly commanded what should be done or omitted, particularly iu causes

To restrict or shut up a pei- son, as a political prisoner, within a limited territory.

The occurrence of some act or fact, during the period of pre- scription, which is sufficient to arrest the running of the statute of limitations. It is said to be either “natural”

Within the walls (of a house.) A term applied to domestic or menial servants. 1 Bl. Comm. 425.

Lat A view; regard; contemplation. Diverso intuitu, (q. v.,) with a different view.

To loan money upon securities of a more or less permanent nature, or to place It in business ventures or real estate, or otherwise lay it out, so that it may pro-

The absence of the quality of relevancy in evidence or pleadings. Irrelevancy, in an answer, consists in statements which are not material to the decision of the case; such as do not

In Scotch law. The period of the termination of a tack or lease. 1 Bligh, 522.

The person who is bound, by an indemnity contract, to indemnify or protect the other. INDEMNITY 616 INDEPENDENT

In English practice. A writ of prohibition that lies for a patron of a church, whose clerk is sued in the spiritual court by the clerk of another patron, for tithes amounting

L. Fr. In old English law. A person indicted. Mirr. c. 1,

Endowment, (q.

A person within age, not of age, or not of full age; a person under the age of twenty-one years; a minor. Co. Litt. 171 b; 1 Bl. Comm. 403-10G; 2 Kent,

Sax. An assault made on a person inhabiting the same dwelling. Infinitum in jure reprobatur. That which is endless is reprobated in law. 12 Coke, 24. Applied to litigation.

Within the body (territorial limits) of a couuty. Iu English law, waters which are infra corpus comitatus are exempt from the jurisdiction of the admiralty.

A coif, or a cassock. Jacob.

In ecclesiastical law. A writ issuing from a superior ecclesiastical court, forbidding an inferior judge to pro- ceed further in a cause pending before him. In this sense it is closely analogous

Bestoration to the protection of law. Bestoration from a condition of outlawry